This page is a collection of my opinions and at the bottom of the page rants on things I believe are wrong etc.

More and more people are getting dogs, and many of them have no idea what to do with them. In recent years help for canine stress, depression and OCD have been asked for and problems like a puppy biting and jumping up at people classed as behaviour problems yet none are the dogs' fault but the owners The first job of a dog owner is to train their dog. This involves time, effort, repetition and patience, and results in contentment for both dog and owner. If someone doesn't bother with training, they will probably end up telling the dog off every day of it's life.

However is it really surprising that dogs are not getting trained and cared for the way they should when we have In some places near feral children roaming the streets, ones who are not toilet trained and still in nappies when they start school and can’t use a knife and fork!!

In a country obsessed with political correctness where the very use of words like obedience, discipline, respect and correction are frowned apon to have these things in place saves us from chaos and anarchy. With obedience and discipline comes a sense of belonging, with correction meaning to guide us towards the right way punishment is unnecessary.

but....as someone once said 'common sense ain't that common'.

 The reports of OCD** in dogs, depression and sadness brings back memories of animals in terrible zoos who pace up and down in their enclosures, slowly going mad. Whose fault is that?

So If you're going to get a dog learn about puppies and dogs first.

Dogs are pack animals. They get lonely. In an ideal world, they would like to be with us every minute of the day and night. Since most people have jobs to go to, this is not possible. So some dogs are left alone for the best part of the day, and they get bored and anxious. They start clawing at the door. They chew up furniture. They go to the toilet indoors. They bark, when the  owner comes home the dog is beside himself to see them jumps up and rushers about but the owner is angry because of the mess and the behaviour the dog doesn't understand why his owner is cross. The owner doesn't understand why the dog is like it. I suppose at least the people who send for a behaviourist are less likely to hit their dogs, but it's an unhappy situation for both.

For some people, dog ownership has become purely a way of passing the time during lockdown or giving the kids something to play with until they go back to school. Lets hope when things get back to normal and people go back to work, kids back to school and holidays are being booked that all these ‘lockdown’ dogs don't end up in rescue centres as is feared.

 **Compulsive disorders (obsessive compulsive disorder, OCD) occur in dogs, although not with great frequency. These behaviours are exaggerations of normal dog behaviours. They are exhibited for longer than expected periods of time, are repeated out of context, and in situations in which they would be considered abnormal.

Common dog behaviours which can be classified as compulsive include spinning, tail chasing, fly biting, light chasing, barking, chewing, staring into space, sucking on a toy, or sucking on a part of the body.