Many thanks to Alex for this question. Refusing to walk on the lead can be as frustrating as a dog that pulls on the lead, but how do we resolve the problem of our dog not wanting to go for a walk? For more personal and specific help and advice our Mobile Master Trainer will be happy to visit you at home, but here are some suggestions that may help.

How can I stop my dog jumping up at people?

Many thanks to Amy for this question. Introducing new puppies to old dogs can be a problem at times. If you were an elderly, retired person, how happy would you be if someone asked you to live with a young child that always wanted to be playing and jumping around? Let's see what we can do to help the old dog ….

Do you have a "gofor dog"? A dog that goes for this, and goes for that? This type of behaviour can make a dog walk really miserable, not to mention living with them. But what can be done to eliminate the problem, and/or prevent it happening in the first place?

Why does my dog bite me when I grab him by the collar or pull him away from something he shouldn’t have?

Why does my dog pull on the lead? Why have I put up with it for so long? Is there a "quick fix"? Perhaps I should have gone to training classes ages ago!

So just what is a ruined dog, and how would you know if you had one? A dog can be ruined for a number of reasons - lack of socialising during the first 12 weeks of life; lack of training in the first 6 months of life; and lack of guidelines and boundaries are just a few of the ways in which humans ruin canines.

BEHAVIOURIST REPLY: Thank you to Helen with Maisie for asking about car travel sickness.