How to teach an old dog new tricks

Every dog owner wants their pup to be well behaved – but what exactly does that mean? A lot of the things we call ‘bad behaviour’ are just dogs being dogs, expressing their natural behaviour that we humans misunderstand. Even so, as owners we need to control our dogs’ behaviour so they don’t cause problems or embarrassment for ourselves and others.

Some of the most common problems people face are things like jumping up at people, chewing, excessive barking, digging and running away on walks. The first step to resolving the problem is to understand