behaviorist meeting
We are going to work on counter conditioning to get her used to having people touch near her nose/ face. The behaviorst helped me see some dog body language that I was missing. She gave me a couple of training ideas - to start with family, then friends and work our way up to stangers. I also need to work on being a stronger pack leader - which does not come as a big surprise to me. I am a little frustrated with myself. Because I knew she was a timid puppy and I thought we had done enough socializion and greeting. After having the body clues pointed out for me I am mad at myself for missing the signs. Most of the training homework was things I had already learned in the classes - that she would do fine on in class so we stopped working on. I feel like I am letting her down. But hope that we are now on the right path. |
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| You're not letting her down. I've seen "letting her down". I've rehomed "letting her down".
You recognized you had a problem, you sought professional help. Quickly. Most dogs should be so lucky. You're beating yourself up over something you see NOW, sure. You may have seen it before, you now realize, but that doesn't mean you would have known what it meant until someone spelled it out for you. Happens to me all the time in agility. Instructor points something out, for instance the type of reinforcment she needs, I take a closer look and even though it's been right in front of me all the time (gee - I live with the dog - oh, heck, I BRED her), I never saw it. Sometimes it's actually easier for an outsider to detect these things, and especially a professional who sees a lot more dogs than you and I do. She's fundamentally such a sweet dog that you just do as suggested - I've seen this work oh, so successfully before, it's one of those things that's really rewarding to work on for that reason - and life goes on. When you're through beating yourself up (I do that a lot myself <sigh>, so I can relate), you can congratulate yourself for the way you're dealing with this. She's a lucky dog. Kristine |
| Becky, as always Kristine is right. You saw a problem and you sought an answer. You DO have a very lucky dog!!! |
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