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I have four dogs, and genuinely, I could never go back to having just one. I actually think I would struggle to go back to two, I love having a multidog household, watching the different relationships between them and the whole dynamic of living with a group of dogs, but I also think people massively underestimate how difficult it can be. There is this lovely picture in our heads when we think about getting another dog. Your current dog is going to get a best pal, they are go

Understanding pack drive, prey drive and defence drive We have a wee sausage dog in with us for residential training at the moment, and he is a really good example of why we need to look beyond what a behaviour looks like and work out what is actually driving it. When a puppy is chasing your feet, grabbing your clothes, hanging off your hands or repeatedly coming back for another bite, it is very easy to look at that and think they are being aggressive. They are coming at you

Why sleep, fulfilment and behaviour are all tied together... Something we are seeing a lot of at the moment is owners coming to us with dogs who are barking at every wee noise, pulling like mad on the lead, stealing things around the house, following them from room to room and generally acting like they have absolutely no off switch. I completely understand why people look at that and think, “My dog is hyperactive,” or “they’re just being naughty,” because from the outside, t