Dose my OES have adhd?
Sit dosen't work, she only sits til released and then she is jumping again. The water gun dosen't work well either, now she just drinks it! I have only seen her lay down 3 times. She pants constantly like she has run a marathon. I us a pinch collar and that helps somewhat. I have to use it often because she and I are nearly the same size. She can hurt me when she jumps on me. She also grabs with her teeth and pulls my hands, arms. I have read that this is a possible defect of the breed/breeding process. These dogs are supposed to be laid back. So far my dogs behavior tops everything I've read. HELP |
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| Laid back, huh? My last OES was still this way at age 6.... |
| what a coincidence I just got through posting a thread similiar to yours...good luck. |
| oes are suppose to stay puppies forever, that is one of the joy of owning them. I also have one that barks alot. He has to be the father figure in the family, since my husband passed away. Other than that, he is a joy to have around. I have 2 puppies (not oes) that he plays with at their level. Its fun to watch them |
Sounds like my first oes Mickey...lol... her nickname was spincookie  |
| You don't mention how old your sheepie is? Has she been spayed? Have you taken her to obedience? 5 hours outside doing what?
First thing to remember about this breed: They are from the working group. They are smart and need to be challenged. If you don't train and challenge your sheepie you are asking for trouble. This forum has lots of great advice and I am sure that everyone will be sure to help you with your issues. Read old posts regarding behavour issues, you may find some insight. Good luck |
| I have always had to do some training everyday. They don't just need physical stimulation to get them tired, but also mental stimulation. You could run 10 miles with mine and after they get a good drink of water were ready to back to it, but if you play hide the ball, or other silly games then it wears out their mind. Even inside, get small treats and practice sit, stay, ect.....it makes a huge difference.
If yours is still a puppy, it does get easier than it is now. Keep the patients and consistency and you will do just fine. Please keep us updated and A BIG WELCOME TO THE FORUM! Stormi and co. |
Samantha seems to be a very laid back OES (which I guess is a good thing), but she does have her moments! She loves to chase any type of ball and loves the soft water frisbee (as long as it doesn't go over the seawall). Stormi mentioned mental games. Could you please share some? Sam doesn't dig (yet), we didn't know she barked until we had her for a few days, BUT it only took her 2 days to scope out the house and ways to dodge us! We took her on the boat on Monday to an island and she was fine with the boat, but is definately not a water dog. She will walk along the shore, but not take herself for a swim. She likes to chase the birds  !
Still nips at my son, any suggestions? I tell him that he needs to go out and play and he will, but the nipping continues. |
| You have to use your imagination for mental games.
Does your dog know how to sit, shake, beg, stand, dance, spin, play dead, roll over, kiss, ring a bell? Teaching them tricks 5-10 minutes a day (maybe even a few times a day), every day, is a great mental game. FAKE throwing the ball and saying "sammy, where is it, where is it" works too. Eventually they understand "where is it" and you can begin putting it in a laundry basket, box, behind the counter, etc for them to get. My dog SEES me put it somewhere, but ....for me, since she is so small (not an OES), it's a mental game (challenge) to try to get it out. Making them problem solve being the point. When you walk him/her, you can try teaching them halt. I walk my dog and randomly every few minutes I make her stop. Then we continue. Then we stop. Then we continue. Teaches her obedience and makes her think. Hiding the treat in a Kong is a good mental game too. |
| I think Joahaeyo gave some great idea's for mental stimulaion in the above post. It can just be a normal 15-20 minute training session with just normal commands like sit, stay, down, and shake. It also doesn't have to be the basic commands. It is amazing what you can teach these dogs with consistency.
We have taught ours each one of our families names....well sort of....Mommy, Daddy, Ashlan, or Joey. We will distract the dogs and ask them where "Mommy" is and they will run all over the house playing hide and seek for the person. They stand there and bark once when they find us and then the game starts all over again. It is funny because now if one of the family is in the other part of the house and can't hear us, we can send the dogs to go get them. 
We have taught them to speak, to catch a ball in the air, (well Jack can catch it, Annabelle usually gets bonked on the nose), they can walk backwards with the back command. There is so many things that we have taught them that are really silly, but just something to help them get out some brain energy. Plus, it is a lot fun for you and the dog. There are a few toys out that really challenging for them, one of my favorites is the I-Cube, we got ours at petsmart. It is a cube with holes all over and it comes with 4 squeaky balls that are all different colors. You can also put other toys and treats that they have to figure out how to get out of the cube. There is also a ball that they bat around and treats fall out of it. Joahaeyo also mentioned a Kong, that can keep mine busy for a couple of hours. Just use your imagination and you can come up with some great games, just be sure to share them with us.
Stormi and co. |
| Another way to challenge your pup's mind is some new toys that are out there. There is the I Cube it is soft with 4 openings and 4 soft balls you put the balls in and the dog has to get them out. If you over load it with other balls they shake the cube to get them out. There is another one with plush rings that are on a dog Ithink and they have to get them off one at a time. Many pet suppliers have these and I think there is a new one coming out. I have taken scrunchies for my hair and put them on a plush toy and they will take them off. I don't like if you fall asleep on the sofa and they try to remove a scrunchie. A scrunchie is a rubber band covered with fabric, I woke up once with head hanging off the sofa. Does anyone have their own sheepie games? |
| Shaggy Dog! LOL!! My Penelope used to remove anything and everything that was in my hair! It was our little game, headbands, combs, bows, barettes, scrunchies, you name it, if it was in my hair it was fair game. I love it! She would steal the item and take off with it too, but lots of times she would pull it out of my hair and then "patooe" spit it out on the floor.
So I agree with all of the above and would like to add- Sheepdogs like other working breeds need 'work' to do- play is work and you can also assign them duties within the houshold that gives them something to excercise their brain- some examples- Chelsea has duties she must perform throughout the day- she wakes up my son every morning (he calls it his "furry alarm clock") - she pulls the kitchen towels off of the stove handles and leaves them in a heap on the floor- she helps me take a shower in the morning- there is much inspecting of the pajamas on the floor, sniffing the shower door- etc., She is also responsible for helping me pull weeds and inspect the flower beds and we sniff every inch of the perimeter of the yard. She is also responsible for inspecting the vanity in the master bath, she jumps up every morning, sniffs the sink, sniffs the saline solution bottle and the toothpaste tube- or whatever is setting out, and then she jumps down- these are her JOBS- and she is religious about them- we actually praise her when she does this stuff, because it doesn't hurt anything and she gets a lot of satisfaction from it, if we don't let her do them she lets us know something is amiss- it's a silly game but if you come up with these quirky little things for your sheepie to do they become very self satisfied- after her work is complete Chelsea plops down in the middle of the floor and harumphs! Ahh, the work day is over. Up. |
| LOL... it is so much fun reading all your stories!
Dancer loves to play games like those. She has about 15 different toys now, and knows each one by name. I can say go get..... whatever, and she will bring me the exact one I ask for. She loves to do obedience work, and we do separate training for the show ring, when she sees the "show' lead and collar come out she gets all excited too. My younger pup Sky doesn't seem to have the same interest in these things, she's happy as long as her food bowl is within a few inches of her face. LOL |
| Seems that many of us got an OES thinking that they were living rugs... LOL
Ours love to run around the house and learned a few tricks of their own. Sofa konws how to play dead, gives paw and she stays quiet. Lennon can catch a frisbee, open sliding doors, bounce a ball back with his nose, plays "Where is it?" with his toys and fetches toys by name and does other cute things too.... They've been very interested in door knobs 
Stormi, the "Mommy" command sounds like a lot of fun... How did you teach yours to do that? I've been trying to teach that to ours to annoy my wife  but I've had no luck... Care to give me some pointers? |
| Sure Saul,
The way we started was just letting them learn a name one person at a time and stick with that name and person for about a month before moving on. Such as I would say "go get daddy", and hubby would be across the room and would say "come" right after and he would have a treat. Then I would say "Good, get daddy" I do that after every command so that the command word is emphasised right after the action. It takes a couple of weeks for them associate a person with a name. After that we would begin disappearing into other rooms and then saying "Go find, daddy' and off they go, they don't rest until the person is found. It took them forever to figure out how to use their noses. They can find us a lot quicker now. LOL It sounds like we just have too much time on our hands, doesn't it. LOL I reread my post, and I hope it makes sense. I never would have thought trying to write directions would be so difficult. LOL If you have any other questions that I didn't happen to mention, just ask. LOL Stormi and co. |
| don't all sheepies have ADHD? |
| I enjoyed your post too Uppetybup! Maybe this is a new game with scrunchies! LOL Oliver would steal my daughter's scrunchies while she was there watching and he ran like the wind. Oreo will throw them in the air and pounce them like a cat. He throws all his toys, we have soft toys. We have what is called bungee toys they are a cylinder shape piece of cloth at one end is a tennis ball the other end makes the sound of the animal that it is. We have a cow and it moos one night I heard my husband, "what the heck was that?". He got the bungee toy right in the head, Oreo never missed a beat he kept on playing. I'll put scrunchies on a stuffed animal it is a puzzle and stimulates his mind and keeps him busy. I love all these sheepie stories! |
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