Hyper
I am new to the breed I personally dont have a OES and am doing some research before I get one. One of the many questions i have is are OES normally hyper  |
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| Hi Brooke, as far as being Hyper, I may need you to be more specific. My OES can be hyper in certain situations. When we are working around the house she is usually napping on the floor or in a chair and is rather mello on routine day to day activities. When people come to visit she usually greets them and then goes to pllay with toy or snoozes on her mat.
She LOVES to alert us to changes in the environment (it used to be even a bird that dared to land in HER yard) by barking. We taught her to bark one time and wait for us to check it out so that decreased that type of "hyper" behvior. She also loves to be goofy and play when we are outside. She could run around the outside of the house 10 times just because. Although I feel my OES has been relatively easy to train we have struggled with her "hyperness" towards other dogs. She wants to play with them rather than work at times. But again with training and consistancy we are successfully addressing these issues. |
| Woof, at 10 months can be a goofy whirlwind of a dog! Being a little clumsy and clownish myself, he's perfect but, since I've been told many times that an OES remains puppy-like in temperament for the majority of thier lives, I wouldn't recommend you for a Sheepie if you like the quiet life!!!
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matie is starting to settle down a little bit. she's becoming a "woman" as she is almost a year now. the thing with a sheepie is that they are quite large while they are still puppies...(matie was around 70 lbs. at 10 mos.) so you must take that into consideration. ( i didn't think about that when i got her...lol!) however, matie and i are babysitting a shitzu (not sure on spelling) this week and let me tell you, that is a hyper dog! he is 8 months old and about a 10 lb. ball of fire! the other day when i went to take him for a walk, he was on leash still in the house and he jumped up and ran across the back of the sofa and was back on the floor before i could even see him take the first leap. it was like watching "the matrix" movie. i'll be sitting there looking at him and all of a sudden, he seems to be standing on the wall and then back to the floor! yes, my sheepie matie has her spastic moments but for me, i'd rather be leaped upon for a few licks with a slobbery chin once or twice a day than have perpetual supersonic speed motion.  and the barking...shitzu's bark...a lot! matie barks about 3-6 times per week.  just my preference. |
| Hi Brooke,
I was also new to the breed. I read everything I could get my hands on and ask questions for six months before we got our Bam-Bam at 8 weeks old. Nothing I did prepared me for the most energectic, happy little soul I have ever known. They are very strong and expressive dogs. Any OES that isn't on the happy, hyper, energectic side would concern me it may not be healthy. After his second birthday he kind of started to calm down a bit. They all eventually grow out of some of their puppy ways even the OES. He is still expressive when we have visitors, playing ball, and doing some of his other favorite things. He has become the love of our life and I know now we will never have any other kind of dog. You got to love them and have tremendous pateince in their younger days, they do settle down (a little) eventually..............Good Luck |
| Hi Brooke!
Lennon has two different sides, so different that sometimes I think we have two different dogs. He's usually napping on the floor as we go about the house, picking up stuff or just hanging around in the living room, he even likes to watch TV with my wife and me... But if it's time to play, to wake up to go to work, coming home from wherever we were or a cat dared to go close to our hose, he turns into a tornado of activity, running and barking like there was no tomorrow, just like if he had an energetic hyper evil twin. It looks like if there's nothing to do, he'll just nap on the floor close to any of us, saving his energy for the time when it's needed. I guess is that that's the way his personality is, and as long as he has his energy bursts and wants to play and do stuff, it's OK for him to nap when there's nothing to do. |
| Hi!
Felt like I had to put in my two cents worth too. Here's a bit of trivia about dogs in general. Did you know that most companion or helping dogs such as seeing eye or dogs trained for the disabled are never put to work until the age of 18 months? Until that time most dogs exhibit too much puppy behavior, only after the age of 18 months are they ready for "real work". People that train these dogs have them live in normal homes for socialization, then choose them on temperment and I'm sure other things to begin their serious training. I find OES always display that puppy like temperment and most info about them describe them as "The Clowns of the Dog World". How true! Still, they are intelligent dogs and if trained properly the word "go play" allowed my Shaggy to display that silly behavior when I spoke those words...and except for her bounciness remained the rest of the time a pretty civil member of the family. Hope that helps. |
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