Obsessed with daddy
Is this normal??? Is there a way to stop it?? We have a muzzle we put on her if she does not stop the barking after being asking, but she has now found a way to bark with the muzzle on! crafty!!!! It is to the point where my dad doesn't get to spend time with his only granddaughter because of the dog. Any ideas???? my dad just gives in to her so that she will shut up and stop scaring the little one. as you can see this is not working!! Haley is the Alpha over my dad!!!! HELP! please!!! |
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| Welcome to our little sticky strand of the world wide web! I don't have any sure fire ways to prevent the barking, but I know a few things you might try. Try teaching Haley to bark on command, so that you can then teach some sort of a quiet command. When that doesn't work, you can try to get your dad involved in hours of training; turning back on Haley until she's quiet, treating or clicking when she's good. When that doesn't work, you can try a frozen peanut butter filled Kong treat as a distraction. If all else fails, she can stay in her crate in another room with the door closed. Does she have her own crate already? I'm sure others will chime in with better advice, but until then... Welcome again! |
| Bella gets very excited at agility and at times starts to bark uncontrollably. When she does this and does not respond to the quiet command I make her work.......Sit, down, a game of touch etc. This makes her focus on a job and stops the barking. I am sure others will have more suggestions of additional games or training exercises that will help. After a few minutes of "work" Bella calms down and knows what she needs to do if she wants me to pay attention to her. |
| Your father has given in too often and Haley thinks that she is the boss. It will take work or your father's behalf to turn things around. As mentioned in the previous post your father should start some obedience training with Haley. Once she has learnt a sit or drop stay then he can start to increase the time he asks her to sit or drop and wait quietly. Very small increments of time and a reward when Haley waits quietly. You have to make the time spans short enough that she can succeed. Sheepies bark when they are excited. My Tiggy barks like a crazy woman when we get her lead out to go for a walk, very annoying. If I am home on my own I can manage it by putting the lead away until she is quiet again. My husband doesn't have the patience and won't wait, so its a bark fest until we get out the front door. The two times Tiggy has been sheep herding she started barking at the sheep and the other dogs having their turn. I would ask her to sit and tell her quiet. She knows what wait in the car means so if she kept barking I said quiet or you will wait in the car if she didn't stop, guess what. I left her in the car for 10 minutes and then went back and got her and she could stay as long as she didn't bark. It was dead annoying at first because I went back and forward to the car at 10 minute intervals but she got it much quicker on the second day so within a couple of hours she was lying beside me calmly watching the other dogs herd sheep in the pen. It's boring and annoying at first to have to keep doing the drop, stay and get up and reward for quiet after only a few seconds at first and put her in another room if she barks but sheepies are smart so they learn pretty fast. Let's face it Haley was smart enough to train up your father to be her own personal play mate. But it's really worth it in the end because you will have a well mannered gorgeous sheepie girl. PS remember sheepies are still big puppies at 2 they mature late at around 3 years. Good luck with your girl and I hope your father is more into training than my husband.  |
| I agree with the wait elsewhere command. I would calmly tell your pup to stop and then when she insists on continuing remove her immediately from the room. Preferably she will go to her crate or a room with no toys. Bring her back out in a set amount of time. (long enough in the crate to have relaxed. ALSO...NO BARKING FROM THE CRATE OR ROOM. Only quiet behavior gets her released from the crate). She will VERY quickly learn that if she barks she looses the privledge of association. She wants attention on her terms. Instruct your dad ONLY to pet and acknowledge her when she is quiet and well behaved. Any pushy or rude behavior and in the crate she goes. When Dad comes over put a leash on pup so you can quickly remove her from the room without a big fuss. We have to do this with Chiquita when my parents come over. Grandparents tend to spoil the kids and puppies....lol! You do the work of correcting your pup. Don't place blame on your Dad or require him to do anything but ignore bad behavior. Try it. We've done it with very good success. Just last week my Aunt visited us and Chiquita would not stop pestering her for love. She jumped up and down in front of her. Rubbed all over her. Barked and eventually stole her hat.  I put Chiquita up in the crate for 30 minutes. She came out calm and relaxed and did none of the above again the whole night. (She has learned I will endlessly put her fluffy butt back in the crate for unacceptable behavior.  I will not be beaten!!!!) |
| she def has a crate, that is how we first trained, she has been to classes... i think i have to retrain my dad first! hahaha, my mom and i are working with both of them, but i like the take her to another location until she gets that she cant be that loud. thank you all soo much! i had a sigh of relief when my mom found your forum!!  |
that idea came from seeing an episode of Victoria Stilwell. Bumble and Doogle, two old english sheepdogs beating up on the aged mother that wanted to come visit. It's fabulous! It's the only dog-training show I've seen that specifically dealt with OES'. They mouthed, barked in peoples faces and were pushy. She put the owners (a mother and daughter) on a two pet/snuggles a day! She explained that they look like big stuffed animals but they are not! They are dogs. Too much attention spoils a good thing. Add to your training routine much less petting (for a time  ) and obedience before rewards. Also if you can find any way of seeing that episode. it's exactly your story. sounds like you've got a great dog and a great family. I know this is going to turn around fast with everyone working together.   |
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