A MESSAGE FROM COCO’S FAMILY
“It’s been seven months since we adopted Coco. She’s beautiful and there’s not an aggressive bone in her body – we’ve yet to hear her growl. She still loves her soft toys she came with and unlike our previous spaniel doesn’t damage them. She settled quickly into our house and is very affectionate. She loves it when visitors come, greets them with a soft toy, does not jump up or bark and will roll on her back to have her tummy tickled. She doesn’t bark when people go past the house and settles happily when we go out and leave her for a short while. She’s been on holiday to the coast and loved the sea.
We’ve worked on recall with a whistle and we’re now confident that on her off lead walks in local woodland she’ll return to the whistle, although sometimes at such speed she overshoots! Off lead we walk two miles – she does many more than this! She’s a very energetic dog and it’s great to see her enjoying the freedom of the woods.
She gets very excited and barks when she thinks she’s going for a walk. We’ve learnt to desensitise her to some of the triggers that cause this behaviour and this has improved. With the help of a local behavioural trainer we’re making further progress. She doesn’t pull on the lead as much as she did when we first got her and is now more social with other dogs and people we meet. She’s now got used to seeing horses, although the first time she met one with us she wasn’t quite sure what it was! We’ve tried taking her to our local pub and cafe and to a friend’s house but she doesn’t settle and barks to leave. This is something else we’re working on with the behavioural trainer as we’d love her to join us on these social occasions. We are really happy Coco came to live with us.”
“It’s been seven months since we adopted Coco. She’s beautiful and there’s not an aggressive bone in her body – we’ve yet to hear her growl. She still loves her soft toys she came with and unlike our previous spaniel doesn’t damage them. She settled quickly into our house and is very affectionate. She loves it when visitors come, greets them with a soft toy, does not jump up or bark and will roll on her back to have her tummy tickled. She doesn’t bark when people go past the house and settles happily when we go out and leave her for a short while. She’s been on holiday to the coast and loved the sea.
We’ve worked on recall with a whistle and we’re now confident that on her off lead walks in local woodland she’ll return to the whistle, although sometimes at such speed she overshoots! Off lead we walk two miles – she does many more than this! She’s a very energetic dog and it’s great to see her enjoying the freedom of the woods.
She gets very excited and barks when she thinks she’s going for a walk. We’ve learnt to desensitise her to some of the triggers that cause this behaviour and this has improved. With the help of a local behavioural trainer we’re making further progress. She doesn’t pull on the lead as much as she did when we first got her and is now more social with other dogs and people we meet. She’s now got used to seeing horses, although the first time she met one with us she wasn’t quite sure what it was! We’ve tried taking her to our local pub and cafe and to a friend’s house but she doesn’t settle and barks to leave. This is something else we’re working on with the behavioural trainer as we’d love her to join us on these social occasions. We are really happy Coco came to live with us.”
