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| Is the younger one neutered yet? If he is marking territory, I would neuter him.
As for water, some dogs are just like that, but I would mention it to your vet just in case also. You don't have to reduce it to sips, but let them drink 3 or 4 times a day instead of leaving water out? |
| Have you ever just left the water out all day? With mine knowing that the water is always available they don't drink as much at one time.
I haven't had any of the other experiences you posted about but I am sure someone else from the forum will have information for you regarding those issues. |
| I think you'd benefit a lot from working with an animal behaviorist so you can target the specific behaviors that you're having troubles with. I know there a lot of challenges in dealing with a deaf dog and your dogs could be influencing each others' behavior. A professional could probably be better able to assess that.
What are you doing now to stop the barking? What is the situation that it starts? Is the younger boy neutered? |
TwoSheepies wrote: I am the owner of two wonderful sheepies. My oldest is 6-Earnie and my youngest, Teddy, is a little over a year. Welcome to the forum. How long have you had your sheepies? TwoSheepies wrote: My oldest is deaf and barks constantly-but, only when I am home. He doesn't do this when my husband is home. Has he always bene this way? Has anything changed that could be causing him stress? It is hard to tell what is happening here, as it could be "demand barking" that dogs will do to get something...be it attention or food, or whatever. Maybe it works with you but not your husband? TwoSheepies wrote: Teddy the toddler has recently been marking territory where this was never an issue before. As asked befere, is he neutured? If yes, then has something changed in the household? Was he reliably housetrained before? Perhaps there is a medical issue at work, here and a urine sample should be taken in to your vet. Doe she alwsy go in the same spot? TwoSheepies wrote: They both LOVE water. They will both drink so much that they turn around and throw it back up. I am constantly giving them sips of water so they can drink but not drown themselves.
Is it perhaps due to the heat? Are they full-coated? Drinking until they throw up seems a bit extreme. Maybe they would drink less in one sitting if they had access all the time? How much is a lot? One of mine drinks an immense amount, and the other Ihardly ever see taking a sip. |
As far as the drinking goes - Ava used to do that - she would drink and drink and drink after playing and then go to chase after the Jack Russel and play some more and then there was that loud burping noise and a puddle  I just learned to limit her drinking to a little at a time during playtimes and she was fine |
| Sorry you're having problems.
Barney used to drink until he puked. He basically outgrew it, I think. We at first had water out all the time, but he would drink and puke, so we only took it out a few times a day, which seemed to help. We decided to leave it out full-time when he was about a year old, and most of the time he's fine...every once in a while he'll still drink until he pukes. We basically just tell him to stop drinking and he will. |
| I have a suggestion regarding the water issue. I use a bottle similar to these in my wigglebums' crates.
http://www.petedge.com/shopping/product ... D=837&AS=1 Genevieve actually prefers this and will go into her crate to drink out of the bottle before she goes to the water bowl. They don't have water consumption issues, but I think it might help your kids control the amount they drink because only a little comes out at a time. It also helps with wet beards which I like!  |
| Hello and welcome!
I have a deaf sheepdog too, and he LOVES to bark!  Usually though, he is looking out the window when he goes off, so it's not often random. I think deaf sheepies bark because it's the only thing they can "hear" (feel) through bone conduction. At any rate, we've had success with two hand signals in a row. First, we tap Oscar to get his attention. Then we tell him "No". Then we put our index finger to our lips for "Quiet". In the beginning, he would get a treat if he stopped barking, so he learned the command through positive reinforcement. When he just won't be quiet, we put him in a down-stay, which makes him focus on us, and takes him out of the barking behavior.
Oscar also has water issues.  Since he was a puppy, he would drink every last bit in his bowl and vomit it up. My vet suggested limiting the amount he receives at any given time. Through trial and error, we discovered that for Oscar, 10 - 12 ounces at a time works best, so that is all that's in his bowl. Sometimes, if we forget to refill, we'll hear the sound of a sheepie nose knocking around his metal bowl. 
Good luck with your boys. Laurie |
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