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Separation anxiety is caused by dogs being over bonded to their owners. If his crying is causing you anxiety (which, of course, it would) are you over compensating for it by giving him far too much attention, when you are there, than is good for his development. Puppies need to learn to be...

Can you please expand on the "Breeding Facilities"? Could you also give an outline of who the owner is and their background?

I would pester the vet until they sort it out. Mention all the things you have mentioned here. Try to see the same vet each time and see if it can be a senior vet. Stress might be a factor. I have worked in a vet's surgery and they see diarrhoea all the time. They can go on to auto pilot when...

I am a big fan of crates but I would not crate him if he finds it so upsetting. See if you can settle him in a different cosy place. Adaptil is often helpful. Its all about trial and error with some pups. They are all different. Try sectioning off a corner of a room perhaps. Puppy pads are a...

Our diet expert will be along shortly but raw food rarely causes allergies unless the dog has an allergy to a particular protein. This could be any of the many kinds of protein and only by excluding each one and waiting and then reintroducing it will you find out for certain. Dogs can be...

Do factor in that she is scavenging around as well. My Whippet used to scrape up road kill from the road and eat it as we trotted along! It never affected her though. Whippets do have trouble with immune mediated diseases. My Whippet had Addisons disease. This is very hard to diagnose as it is...

You say she was ok on Wainwrights. You took her off because she stopped eating it. This is a big clue. Wainwrights seems to suit her so I would put her back on it and give her absolutely nothing else. Use it for treats too. Not eating can be a behaviour problem. They quickly learn that we will...

There is a check you can make on how inbred any puppies might be. It is called the co-efficient of inbreeding. Someone, somewhere has put them all on a database and you can put sire and dam in and it will tell you how inbred a puppy is. The lower the number the better. When you find a breeder or...

Very nice!

Ha ha! Bet she was shocked!

Separation Distress is very "distressing" for the dog. They are not, as I am sure you know, just "acting up" at being left. The dog is genuinely distressed when, as they see it, they are "abandoned". It is quite a complex issue to resolve and involves teaching the dog to be more independent of...

Love them! Just had a look at Foul Mouthed Fido, Joanne. He is foul mouthed isn't he? I was trying to get the French translation for the F word! When we were in a small village, deep in France, once, we saw a sign that said "Welcome to Dog Sh** Alley" at the side of a lane. It amused us that it...

Not the right symptoms for separation anxiety. It does look like some sort of fear response though. Dogs have three responses to a fear stimulus. Fight, Flight or Freeze. They usually give up the "freeze" after puberty but some dogs retain it. It sounds as though something has scared your dog at...

The trouble is that dogs do what they find rewarding. If, by pulling on the lead, the dog gets to that lovely sniff or to meet that other dog/person etc they will think that is what you do. Heel work is very intensive. Most adult dogs struggle to concentrate for long periods of heel work. I...

Quite common. The breeder should have sorted it for you. Either to say it does not need treatment or to get it fixed by their vet.

Is he warm enough? You may like to do the toilet run and then pop him back with a hot water bottle to snuggle up to. Adaptil can be very soothing to puppies. It comes as a spray or a collar or as a room diffuser to plug in next to the crate. As it is early morning waking it may be that the...

Yes, I think something along the lines of "Dog about - please shut the gate" might work. We are ordering new gates and hope to have a key lock on them so that they can be locked against the "oh it's all right - I love dogs!" brigade. It is fine if he is awake because no one would dare come...

I echo all that Joanne has said. A little while ago Golden Retrievers had a few temperament issues. It was thought to be from a particular line so hopefully it has been ironed out now. The trouble is that a dog will do a lot of winning in the show ring and everyone takes their bitch to him for...

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Could it be that he is "calling" your dad? Not a distress noise, just a sort of "hey, here I am, come and see me"?