From a peeing cat to a destructive dog – your pet queries answered

HE is connected a ngo to assistance our pets  . . . and is present to reply YOUR questions.

Sean, who is the caput vet astatine tailored favored nutrient firm tails.com, has helped with owners’ queries for 10 years.

Q) I HAVE to question a batch for work, but each clip I’m getting acceptable for a trip, my feline Grizzly pees connected my luggage.

Why does helium bash this and however bash I halt it happening?

Dave White, Camden, North London

A) He’s astir apt peeing connected your luggage due to the fact that helium is picking up the scent from erstwhile helium antecedently peed connected your luggage.

It whitethorn not beryllium detectable to humans, but cats odor incredibly well.

And this precise salient entity that gets wheeled retired of retention and has a lingering scent connected it conscionable screams, “Mark me, people maine again and proclaim your territory here!”.

So you person 3 options. One, person your luggage heavy cleaned and usage a pet-safe deodoriser spray afterwards. That mightiness interruption the cycle.

Two, regenerate the luggage (don’t bin the aged container — charity store it, please).

Or three, possibly the astir elemental solution, don’t fto Grizzly entree your luggage erstwhile it comes out.

Q) OUR gorgeous caller puppy Alfonso seems unusually frisky.

When we’re playing, helium starts mounting my leg, brushed toys oregon cushions. Is this antithetic and tin you suggest ways to help?

Pauline Platt, Hull

A) So galore radical get a puppy not realising rather however brainsick and boisterous they tin be.

On the flipside, they sleep a batch arsenic they are processing physically and mentally astatine specified a accelerated rate. But those crazy, zoomie periods decidedly support america connected our toes. Frisky indeed.

What you picture is each wholly mean puppy behaviour. You don’t notation Alfonso’s age, but I’m guessing his humping is overexcitement and stimulation alternatively than a hormonal oregon intersexual response.

That whitethorn alteration with clip arsenic helium goes done his teenage phase.

If his mounting truly bothers you, effort to redirect him from your limb to toys oregon different activities with plentifulness of calm, reward-based training.

Puppy classes with a bully trainer oregon behaviourist volition amusement you however to negociate him and assistance him go good socialised, too. Win win.

Q) MY canine has astir destroyed the obstruction successful the backmost plot trying to escape.

Do you person immoderate proposal to marque definite helium doesn’t bash it again?

Daniel Hartley, Guildford, Surrey

A) Let’s research wherefore your canine is destroying the obstruction and code the underlying cause, not conscionable the grounds and anticipation for the best.

My hunch is that he’s bored, and that determination are acold much breathtaking sights, sounds and smells connected the different broadside of that barrier.

Multiple regular walks, enactment and training, enrichment with toys and games, adjacent exercises oregon challenges that harness your dog’s idiosyncratic and breed preferences, are each going to assistance stimulate his mind.

Q) ARE determination immoderate words of contented erstwhile it comes to introducing a caller rabbit?

I americium readying to astonishment my niece with a bunny for her birthday, but she already has 1 and I’m disquieted determination mightiness beryllium issues astir socialising and bonding.

Mary Sellers, Durham

Sean says: They are precise overmuch individuals, with property preferences, but highly sociable.

Maybe marque the astonishment constituent the announcement that you’re going to assistance find her bunny a companion, alternatively than rocking up with a caller 1 that whitethorn not beryllium compatible.

Most rescue places volition assistance with this. See the Rabbit Welfare Association and Fund website, rabbitwelfare.co.uk/pairing-up-rabbits-bonding/.

Star of the week

DANCING canine Chester refuses to fto his hep op cramp his style.

The eight-year-old Long-Haired Collie has felt the bushed since helium was a pup, swaying and bouncing erstwhile helium hears music.

But arthritis successful his close hep enactment the brakes connected bopping until owner, Dawn Sutcliffe, took proposal from a vet – Chester needed a hep replacement successful bid to groove again.

Mum-of-two Dawn, 38, from Exeter, Devon, says: “For arsenic agelong arsenic we tin remember, Chester has ever reacted to music. He besides loves dancing one-to-one, with his paws connected my shoulders.

“The quality successful his question aft the cognition successful September is amazing.

“He is present retired of symptom and rocking again.”

THERAPY DOGS GIVE POORLY KIDS A LIFT

THE Christie NHS Foundation Trust has introduced therapy dogs to comfortableness anxious kid crab patients having treatment.

Zac Keyworth, three, was the archetypal to conscionable lovable pups Lilo and Luna which helium and his small sister, Elodie, one,  loved.

Zac has a encephalon tumour and was astatine the Manchester infirmary for regular proton- beam therapy – a benignant of radiotherapy.   Walking the dogs determination was besides a signifier of physio pursuing surgery.

The sojourn was specified a success, the infirmary has present arranged for the pups – from Inspiring Animal Therapy successful Macclesfield, Cheshire (animaltherapy. co.uk) – to popular successful each fortnight.

Zac is present backmost location successful Lichfield, Staffs, but his teacher parents Jake and Keeley accidental the pups helped his recovery.

Jake added: “It was large to spot Elodie and Zac having amusive with the dogs, portion besides knowing that it was helping.”

Therese Smith, health play specializer astatine the Christie, said: “Pet therapy is simply a fantastic distraction and it reduces anxiousness and stress.

“It gives children confidence, allowing them to talk to the dogs and archer them their worries successful a non-clinical way.”