The lovely Karen Murphy is staying with us for a couple of days (well, in her camper van on our drive!) and last night she and Leon were working on introducing her dog Nanook (Northern Inuit) to Tuchena. Tuchena can be quite reactive to other dogs and it took them sometime to get to this …
Yes, I have a reactive dog. No, it is not my fault!
The article below has been written by Dr Isla Fishburn, it looks at why some dogs are 'reactive', interpreting that reactivity and the stigma associated with it. Yes, I have a reactive dog. No, it is not my fault! You hear it wherever you go if you have a reactive dog, “Oh, you just need …
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Teaching you to Understand & Communicate with Your Dog – One Day Seminar by Dr Isla Fishburn
***There are only a couple of spaces left at this event, if you would lie to join us please get in touch to reserve a place - details and booking forms can be found on the 'Events' page by clicking the tab above.*** One Day Seminar (South West UK) By Dr. Isla Fishburn of Kachina Canine Communication ‘Teaching You to Understand …
Exciting Events
We now have an 'Events' page (see top of page for tab, or click here) Please take a look at our first event, which will be by Dr Isla Fishburn of Kachina Canine Communication and takes place Near Bristol, UK. We are happy to help promote other events in the UK, as long as they …
Understanding Your Dog – By Dr. Isla Fishburn
I would like to say a huge thank you to my wonderful friend Isla for the following post. Isla is the most dedicated person I have ever met when it comes to understanding our dogs behaviour. The time and commitment that she puts in to her work is second to none and I can not …
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Responsible Dog Ownership
For the last 24 hours the news has been full of reports of the death of a 15 year old girl; Jade Lomas-Anderson, in Wigan. Jade was attacked by dogs whilst staying at a friend's house. Jade was apparently home alone with her friends dogs at the time of the incident. The reports also state that …
Living with a wolfdog
I spend a lot of time rambling on here about Tuchena and our life with her. I thought it was about time to hear what others think about sharing their lives with a wolfdog, so have asked a few other owners if they would like to write their own stories. I am very interested to …
Wolfdog Rescue
Due to the recent increase in popularity of wolf type dogs, the sad but inevitable has happened. They need rescuing. They are difficult dogs to own, not only do they require an enormous amount of time, energy and effort, but they also need a different level of understanding, commitment and socialisation to ensure you have …
Social Skills
For the last month, Leon has been taking Tuchena to a trainer in Bath to work on her socialisation skills. Following the incident earlier in the year with the mini dachshund she now has 'issues' with smaller dogs. There was definitely progress with the training last week. I am hoping Leon might write a blog post about …
Wolfdogs Unite!
On Sunday we travelled to Leicester for the annual 'Wolves of Willesley Woodside' event, organised by Racheal from Akna K9 Academy . This was our first time at one of these events and was a last-minute decision to make the 300 mile round trip with Tuchena. We decide to leave our Labradors at home, so we could concentrate on Tuchena …
