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How To Keep Your Dog Calm For Nail Trims

Nail care is an important part of caring for your dog. It should be an easy and stress free experience for you both. Unfortunately, for many this aspect of pet... read more →
  • October 18, 2020
  • Dr. Claire Jenkins
  • Behaviour & Training

8 Tips To Happily Crate Train Your Puppy At Night

These are must follow tips when crate training pups, to ensure you're supporting their confidence and happiness.  The desired outcome is a well adjusted puppy who is very happy to spend some... read more →
  • December 19, 2018
  • Dr. Claire Jenkins
  • Behaviour & Training

Tips To Calm, Happy Toilet Training For Your Puppy

When toilet training a puppy, the most important thing you can bring is patience. Some pups will get it within a few days, while others can take months. Here’s our... read more →
  • August 20, 2018
  • Dr. Claire Jenkins
  • Behaviour & Training
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How To Introduce A New Kitten To The Family

Whether you’ve got fur kids already or you’re bringing home a new kitten for the first time, we’re here to help you settle in together as one happy family. Getting... read more →
  • May 2, 2018
  • Dr. Claire Jenkins
  • Behaviour & Training
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Why Does My Cat Lick Me?

Some cats just love to lick their owners. Hands, ears, toes, hair- nothing is off limits! But why? It would be really nice if we could ask our kitties this... read more →
  • May 15, 2017
  • Dr. Claire Jenkins
  • Behaviour & Training
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Why Does My Pet Eat Their Poop?

Whilst very disagreeable to us, many dogs and cats will eat their own (or others) poop. So why do they do it? Well popular belief is that it indicates there’s... read more →
  • March 1, 2017
  • Dr. Claire Jenkins
  • Behaviour & Training
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Why Does Dog Urine Turn Grass Brown?

All dog lovers surely have experience with brown patches of grass over the lawn in their dog’s favourite pee spots, but do you know why it happens? Well, the answer... read more →
  • December 20, 2016
  • Dr. Claire Jenkins
  • Behaviour & Training
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Dogs Meeting Dogs At The Dog Park

When your dog is going to meet another dog at the dog park, the way you facilitate this is really important. Should you have one on the lead? Both? Neither?... read more →
  • September 13, 2016
  • Dr. Claire Jenkins
  • Behaviour & Training
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Why Do Dogs And Cats Eat Grass

Many dogs and cats eat grass. There's a lot of speculation as to why, but actually little evidence. Popular theories include that they have a dietary deficiency (ie. fibre), that... read more →
  • July 12, 2016
  • Dr. Claire Jenkins
  • Behaviour & Training
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Is My Dog Dreaming?

We do know that dogs experience a type of sleep phase known as ‘rapid eye movement’ sleep (REM), and that REM is also a stage of humans sleep, which is... read more →
  • June 29, 2016
  • Dr. Claire Jenkins
  • Behaviour & Training
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How Do I Stop My Dog Eating Poop?

The eating of poop (their own, other dogs, or other species) is a behaviour that is more frequently seen in young dogs and it’s usually something that they grow out... read more →
  • May 24, 2016
  • Dr. Claire Jenkins
  • Behaviour & Training
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How Do I Stop My Dog Constantly Licking Me?

We’ve talked about why dogs lick themselves but what about when they are licking you?! Whilst licking is a completely normal behaviour and an important form of communication, it can... read more →
  • May 6, 2016
  • Dr. Claire Jenkins
  • Behaviour & Training, Health
dog looking pensive

How To Stop Dogs From Biting Guest’s Ankles

From the boisterous puppy that doesn’t realise their play can be painful, to the dog that saves this behaviour only for guests, here’s some tips to protect those ankles! AVOID... read more →
  • April 21, 2016
  • Dr. Claire Jenkins
  • Behaviour & Training
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Tips To Stop Your Dog Jumping Up On People

Jumping up to say hello is a normal behaviour for many dogs. By teaching them an alternate way of saying hello and staying on all fours you are not only... read more →
  • April 15, 2016
  • Dr. Claire Jenkins
  • Behaviour & Training
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Managing Dogs That Love To Dig!

It can be very hard to stop a natural and normal behaviour such as digging, especially in a young active dog. As it’s most undesirable to have pot holes and... read more →
  • March 22, 2016
  • Dr. Claire Jenkins
  • Behaviour & Training
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