The Mindful Dog

Do dogs actually suffer from anxiety? And what's the difference between fear and anxiety? Its something we mix up so often. Can we help a anxious dog and if so how do we do it.

The Summer Special is hosted and produced by Mark Bunting, the technical editor is Geoff Rooke.

Lots of questions and lots of answers. We pretty much righted the world in this weekday session.

The Summer Special is hosted and produced by Richard Green, the technical editor is Geoff Rooke.

What makes a good trainer? How can you tell that they are any good. What qualifications if any do they have?

There are so many questions you should be asking a a trainer before you hire them to teach your dog.

The Summer Special is hosted and produced by Richard Green, the technical editor is Geoff Rooke.

What makes a good trainer? How can you tell that they are any good. What qualifications if any do they have?

There are so many questions you should be asking a a trainer before you hire them to teach your dog.

The Summer Special is hosted and produced by Richard Green, the technical editor is Geoff Rooke.

Do you know what the law is around owning a dog. Have you ever heard of the Animal Welfare act or the Dog Control act. If you haven't and you have a dog in New Zealand then you better listen in.

The Summer Special is hosted and produced by Richard Green, the technical editor is Geoff Rooke.

Christmas time can be difficult and hectic so make sure you are thinking about your dog. Often dogs get very stressed out around Christmas and get forgotten. Or more worryingly they do silly things like bite guests. Make sure you are making provisions for your dog in the festive holiday.

The Sunday Cafe is hosted and produced by Mel Homer, the technical editor is Geoff Rooke.

Choosing to be a responsible dog owner means doing what’s best for your dog, even if it’s not always the most convenient option. Most animal professionals agree that meals versus free-feeding is the better option for our dogs.

The Sunday Cafe is hosted and produced by Mel Homer, the technical editor is Geoff Rooke.

It’s a disease that every dog gets, no matter how large or how small?

GROWING UP!!! Those Teenage Years.

When that little cute fluffball of a puppy hits the teenager stage it’s likely to be a bit of a shock for the owner. Did you even know that puppies become teenagers, with all those lovely behaviour that we associate with our two legged teenagers?

How to tell if your dog is becoming a teenager?

• Suddenly for no reason he becomes selectively deaf! That once perfect recall just seems to disappear.

The Sunday Cafe is hosted and produced by Mel Homer, the technical editor is Geoff Rooke.

Dog parks provide a great safe space for people to exercise their dogs, and watch them play. They can facilitate socialization with a variety of different dogs and people. They can be a wonderful place for adolescent dogs that have too much energy and no place to put it.

The disadvantages can sometimes come in the availability to repeat unwanted behaviours.  And often, owners unknowingly contribute to behavioural problems because they don’t recognize—or don’t interpret correctly—what their dogs are actually doing and learning.

The Sunday Cafe is hosted and produced by Mel Homer, the technical editor is Geoff Rooke.

Man’s and women’s best friends have lived in harmony with us for over 30,000 years. Helping protect us, and support our working practices. Domestication has seen dogs bred for herding , hunting, and baiting amoungst other things. 

Nowadays most of our dogs don’t get to exercise that drive that has been selected for so they are resigned to just be companion animals which are left at home to fend for themselves while we go out to work.  Not surprising they get bored!

Excessive barking can be a real problem for neighbours. Although over the years we have become much less tolerant of our cooperative friends, maybe due to the sheer number of dogs now owned as pets and the lack of training opportunities that most experience.

The Sunday Cafe is hosted and produced by Mel Homer, the technical editor is Geoff Rooke.