Daddy's Girl
 Now, on to other Sheepie matters...Does anyone have any experience with a jealous sheepdog? Izzy knows that mom keeps her alive, but ADORES her father. Of course, I was the one that wanted her, feeds her, takes her out at 3 in the morning  , but Dad is the FUN one - and I'm completely fine with that, except now she has laid claim to him as her own. While she's never aggressive (I've never even heard her growl in play) if my husband and I want to sit on the couch together (or God Forbid if he hugs me!) she is right there on him...sitting on his lap, giving him her own hug, trying to crawl up on his head. She'll reach over (while sitting on his lap) to give me a kiss as if to say "It's s'okay, Mom, I love you too!" The only thing we've found that works is spraying her with a squirt bottle, but I don't tend to keep one on me all of the time. So is this a phase? Lovable sheepie devotion? We start the next phase of training tomorrow, but something tells me "What to do when your Sheepie is obsessed with her father" won't be in the syllabus. |
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| I think Dad needs to do more training. Currently he's probably be seen more as a play buddy and not someone to be listened to or obeyed. Then when he asks Izzy to sit nicely on the couch instead of his head she will mind him. Also you could start doing a few more of the fun things, some fun trick training and walks. Good luck with it. My husband wont train the dogs. He just lets them run riot.  |
We had exactly the same problem with Chauncey. He was MY birthday gift 5 years ago and I am his full time mom/caregiver. Chaunce was a difficult puppy and had a difficult time with trusting us and bonding, I fell in love with him when he was 4 weeks old. The 1st year was really a challenge. He became very protective and posessive of Bobby ( 6'4"of Mr. Goodtime and okay with being at the bottom of the pack  ). It got to to the point if Bobby was laying down and I went near him Chauncey would aggressively grab me. He was fine if Bob was sitting or standing. I nipped this in the bud pretty quickly. However, to this day if either of us is in a laying position no matter where we are and the other gets up, Chauncey will get up make sure the other is okay. He is equally affectionate, not really jealous and we do not mind him being a little protective. We have not have had any other problems with aggression other than this one.Chauncey was about Izzy's age when we had our problem. You may want make sure to discuss this with your trainer so that you can address this. |
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