Graeme Hall tackles a number of questions listeners have about dogs who like to use their paws. First up is a cross breed who absolutely loves digging up the garden. Her owner has made her a sandpit so she can dig there... but she’s still inten

Episode 59 – Settling Dogs Alone

May 10th, 2022 20m 42s

Graeme Hall talks through how to help your dog settle in various scenarios, including when you’re busy working from home, when you leave them alone in the house, and at night time.How long should you leave your dog by themselves? Should the d

Episode 58 – Teaching Dogs To Share

May 3rd, 2022 16m 44s

Graeme Hall helps a couple of listeners whose dogs don’t like sharing things – particularly toys – with other dogs. First, he wonders if a spaniel who can growl when others try to play would benefit from learning some boundaries in other areas

Episode 57 – Dogs and Toys

Apr 26th, 2022 15m 46s

Graeme Hall helps a couple of listeners whose dogs don’t seem to be particularly interested in toys. First, an owner who wants to use a toy to teach his food-motivated rottweiler an ‘out’ command, and secondly an owner who would like her rescue

Episode 56 – Communicating with Dogs

Apr 19th, 2022 20m 34s

Graeme Hall explains the principles behind why we generally communicate with dogs both verbally and visually with voice commands and hand signals. With this in mind, he then helps two listeners who have deaf dogs. One can’t hear other dogs bark

Episode 55 – Dogs Exploring With Senses

Apr 12th, 2022 25m 21s

Graeme Hall explains how dogs explore the world with the mouths and noses. He met spaniel Bertie on Dogs Behaving Very Badly; he was grabbing and eating everything from facemasks to fireworks. The Dogfather recaps with owners Jackie and Daisy h

Episode 54 – Dogs That Bite

Apr 5th, 2022 24m 37s

Graeme Hall tackles two problems with dogs that bite. The first gets over excited when visitors arrive, and explores the new people by getting his teeth round their wrists. The Dogfather is clear he’s not being vicious, but he does need to be t

Episode 53 – Dogs That Don’t Like Cars

Mar 29th, 2022 24m 32s

Graeme Hall talks about dogs who don’t like cars – one that barks and lunges when he’s near traffic, and one who bites and lunges when she’s put inside the car.The first is Old English Sheepdog Wilson, who Graeme met on TV’s Dogs Behaving Ver

Episode 52 – Dogs With Strange Obsessions

Mar 23rd, 2022 20m 24s

Graeme Hall explains why finding our dogs behaviour funny at first could be paving a path for that behaviour to become a worrying obsession. On this week’s episode of TV’s Dogs Behaving Very Badly Graeme met sprocker Brodie who was obsessed wit

Episode 51 - Stubborn Dogs On Walks

Mar 16th, 2022 19m 32s

Graeme Hall talks to owners of dogs that have very strong opinions about their walks. He catches up with Lisa and Linda from TV’s Dogs Behaving Very Badly whose German Shepherd cross Buddy would often just plonk himself down in the road on a wa

Episode 50 – Greedy dogs

Mar 9th, 2022 20m 38s

Graeme Hall explains how to make your dog understand the difference between human food and their own dog food. He recently met Ilana and cockapoo Bailey on TV’s Dogs Behaving Very Badly; Bailey used to snatch food out of people’s hands, steal f

Episode 49 – Dogs at war

Mar 2nd, 2022 22m 20s

Graeme Hall catches up with a couple he recently met on TV’s Dogs Behaving Very Badly. Scott and Christy’s dogs Buzz and Roshi used to be the best of mates, but when they moved house the happy family dream became a nightmare. The dogs fought so

Episode 48 – Dogs with Phobias

Feb 23rd, 2022 21m 33s

Graeme Hall talks through the principles behind helping get your dog over their phobia, regardless of what it is. To illustrate the point he catches up with Rachel, who he recently met on TV’s Dogs Behaving Very Badly. Her Newfoundland Bailey w

Episode 47 – Dogs, Sudden Movements, and Weird Noises

Feb 16th, 2022 21m 38s

Graeme Hall explains what dogs might be thinking when they experience strange noises and sudden movements that we as humans consider entirely normal. He hears from a listener whose dog starts barking when they drive through puddles, and asks if

Episode 46 – Extremely Reactive Dogs

Feb 9th, 2022 23m 30s

Graeme Hall reckons German Shepherd Marvel was the most reactive dog he’s ever worked with. He lunged and barked at absolutely everything, both indoors and out. He met Marvel and owner Lorna for TV’s Dogs Behaving Very Badly, and now catches up

Episode 45 – Difficult relationships with dogs

Feb 2nd, 2022 21m 22s

Graeme Hall recently helped an owner see the part he was playing in his deteriorating relationship with his dog. The Dogfather met Ray for an episode of TV’s Dogs Behaving Very Badly; Ray felt Welsh terrier Henry only had a problem with him, no

Episode 44 – Dogs that snap

Jan 26th, 2022 21m 7s

Graeme Hall gets back in touch with Steph, who he visited on TV’s Dogs Behaving Very Badly. Steph’s Chalkie Coco was snapping at visitors to the family’s coffee shop, driving vital business away. Hear how a play pen and affection at specific mo

Episode 43 – Clingy dogs

Jan 19th, 2022 18m 50s

Graeme Hall met Leanne and her Weimaraner Tinkerbelle for the TV show – Dogs Behaving Very Badly. Tinkerbelle was incredibly clingy and affectionate; she had to be with her owner at all times ...Leanne even had to barricade the dog in the kitch

Episode 42 – Calming excitable dogs

Jan 12th, 2022 19m 22s

Graeme Hall catches up with Liane from TV show Dogs Behaving Very Badly. They reflect on how her boxer Woody used to behave – jumping all over visitors, darting out the front door, and stealing balls from her son when he was trying to play with

Episode 41 – Dogs in water

Jan 5th, 2022 20m 50s

Graeme Hall gets back in touch with John and Linda, a couple he helped on TV’s Dogs Behaving Very Badly. Their spaniel Harris’ love of water was putting his owners in danger as they regularly had to climb into rocky lakes to get him back out. T

Episode 40 – Raising a puppy, with Frank Skinner

Aug 31st, 2021 29m 41s

Comedian Frank Skinner has a new cavapoo called Poppy. He and Graeme Hall chat through the realities of raising a puppy, as it’s turned out to be a little more difficult than Frank had expected. He explains what he found particularly challengin

Episode 39 – Guide dog training, with Amit Patel

Aug 24th, 2021 35m 30s

Amit Patel is known as Blind Dad on social media, but it’s his guide dog Kika who’s the real star of the show. Amit uses his online presence to show how Kika helps him navigate the world – popping to the shops, taking him on airplanes, and even

Episode 38 – Post-injury fear, with Storm Huntley

Aug 17th, 2021 35m 48s

Storm Huntley is known for being a presenter on TV’s Jeremy Vine show, but she says being mum to five-year-old Shih Tzu Boo is the best job she’s ever had. She joins Graeme Hall to learn more about why Boo likes to have a pop at other dogs, as

Episode 37 - Countryside Code

Aug 10th, 2021 16m 52s

Graeme Hall recently had an encounter with some cows that got him thinking about how to safely walk a dog in the countryside around livestock. Plus, a couple of listeners have found themselves having to wrestle sticks away from their dogs, so T

Episode 36 - Stealing Food

Aug 3rd, 2021 17m 11s

Graeme Hall knows you’ll likely be getting outside for a picnic this summer, but what should you do if you’re worried your dog will be running up to everyone else’s picnic and stealing food? A good recall and ‘drop’ command will come in handy.