What the Media Says
| A shaggy dog story with a happy ending | 10th June 2005 | A DOG may be a man’s best friend, but one dog owner began questioning that after her pet pooch led to her injuring her back.
Linda McGhee, 41, and her partner James Curils, 49 were at their wits’ end with badly behaved Girly. | | | | Failed police dog given therapy | 27th April 2005 | A failed police dog was so nervous of his new owners that he had to get therapy to overcome his fear. Read this story on the BBC News website | | | | You CAN teach an old dog new tricks | 25th April 2005 | THE idea of dog therapy might sound barking mad - but the beloved pet of one Gwent couple owes his life to it.
Failed police dog Ben so terrified his new owners, and his behaviour was so unpredictable, they feared he might have to be put down.
Now, after receiving therapy, he's a reformed character. | | | | Distressed, Deaf Dog Cured By Therapy | 15th April 2005 | A seven year old English Setter has caused her owners Kath Stead and daughter Becky, of Torrisholme, Morecambe, a headache or two.
Simba, who is totally deaf, took to barking continuously when left home alone and was showing clear signs of distress. | | | | Meet problem pooch Patches, the £95,000 pet | 28th March 2005 | PROBLEM pooch Patches must be Sunderland's most expensive dog.
He's already cost his owners £95,000 because they had to move when his yapping and howling upset their neighbours. | | | | Basil now a Hush Puppy | 24th March 2005 | A DOG which was driving its neighbours barking mad has undergone therapy to make it a hush puppy.
Lindsay Bambrick, of Main Street, Newhall, had no idea how bad her dog Basil’s barking was until she heard a tape recording made by South Derbyshire District Council. | | | | Out of the Dog House | 5th January 2005 | NAUGHTY English bull terrier Lugar is back in his master's good books after therapy saved him from the dog house. | | | | Terror terrier | 29th March 2004 | ORSON the tiny terrier brought a reign of terror to his new owners and it took an expert to bring him down to size.
The foot-high Jack Russell turned on Sophie McCoy and Daniel Moores, snapping, snarling and biting - unless they crawled around on all fours on the floor.
The pair were so terrified by Orson's mood swings that once they spent an hour standing on their kitchen work surfaces while the furious dog snapped away beneath them. | | | | Bark worse than a bite | 23rd January 2003 | ROSEY the dog’s bark was definitely worse than its bite - so much so its owners had to call in a canine counsellor.
The little Sheltie, whose owners Joyce and Derek Lee live in Fallowfield, barked for almost every single waking moment since she was born 12 years ago. | | |
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