How is everyone?
Things are going well here, Harry is finally responding to training after 4 months of hard work. Hired a great trainer, but took Harry a long while to settle into the training, now he is coming along quite well. Big difference from a month ago even! Puppies are hell to raise, but I am certainly enjoying him now and not tearing my hair out while chugging wine! 15 1/2 months now! |
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| Great news. What's working? |
| Remote collar paired with a starmark pro collar!. Remote for off leash, starmark pro rather than the prong. Its s plastic version of a prong, but doesn't cause him to be defensive. Still learning, but the aggressive reactions are slowing down! |
| That's awesome. Have you been able to check on the caloric content of the food? |
| Good to hear that you are getting somewhere! I sort of found all of a sudden it clicked and which ever pup it was at the time started to "be trained". Our very first, Shep, was by far the easiest but then I was 18 and had no children and spent all day with him whislt got towards the end of first pregnancy - you never saw such a good "child minder"-I got a nudge when was baby's feed time just before the yelling started and he would not let anyone apart from husband and myself near to baby until we said it was ok but no one could take baby out of the house.xx |
| He still has selective hearingin the house,and is leash reactive with corrections or high distractions, but from what he was before, he is 70% better. Structure was the key, no free roaming right now. Plenty of exercise and obedience, and crating. He is young, so plenty of time to keep on. I am just happy he is not lunging at me lately, no bruises or snapping! It's been a long road, but showing progress. Ron, I cut back the food , too many mixed bags to check calories, I am going by body feel now. He isn't thin, but he isn't weighty either. |
| How's it going? How's Harry doing? How are YOU doing, Becky? Allyson? You, Sprocket? |
| Harry is still reacting to the kids when we walk, so he is no longer joining us on evening walks. He is sporadically reacting on leash still, good for about 4 days, than back to fighting . He refuses to be controlled by any collars, even flat ones. We cant have him out when guests are here, he growls, barks and whines, is very pushy and I dont trust him not to bite. We absolutely cannot get him in the car, he will flip the crate, and go mad. On the seat he will bark and hit the windows. Quite honestly I am at a loss. He is a hard dog, positive reinforcement does not work, unless he is in the mood. Corrections he will fight. My broken bones have healed. So I am mobile now, but in a back brace and knee braces. He does not scare me one bit, but he is getting on my nerves. I took a break this week, and he has been back in the crate. The trainer I hired worked out a few things, but this frustration aggression he has is putting him on thin ice with me. I don't take him with me when I go predator tracking, because frankly I don't need him getting me killed. Any ideas? And dont tell me more food rewards. He eats better than I. Which stopped a few weeks ago when he took a treat one minute than snapped at me the next. |
| Hi, I have just updated Sprocket's mouth on the "other" topic bit. He seems to be doing great though he doesn't settle in the van now when he is out with me until we are well away from where the vet may be lurking!!!! He shakes and hides his head in my bag meaning he is hiding (the head in bag bit) I don't know if it is just me but on Sunday when we were racing our sidecar outfit there was another oes-making 3 in the same field(Sprocket, his nephew Dylan and what was still a black haired large pup-never got told his name) the owner had him on a soft material homemade looking harness. There was no control and the man trying not to be dragged around was shouting "pack it up" over and over. He did yell from a distance that his dog didn't get on at all well with other dogs as now they all had "bad temprements " . I always tried to think that even if you did have a "grumpy" dog you could help it to overcome whatever the problem is? If they are frightened of other dogs then you walk him "the other side" with you blocking the dog or go another way etc-not put the poor dog right in a situation he didn't like. What do others think? xx Sprox is now half on my chair trying to get his head under my arm-"enough time spent on that laptop and not enough on me" he seems to be telling me-not that dogs communicate with us I am told!!!! xx xx   |
Just thought I'd say hi , since Ron gave me a big hint  I lost Marley in January but still have Kenley and now have a 10 month old pup called Ollie .Ollies mam is From Germany and his father is from Serbia . A bit of a foreign OES |
sixpence wrote: Just thought I'd say hi , since Ron gave me a big hint Oh sure, blame me!  sixpence wrote: I lost Marley in January but still have Kenley and now have a 10 month old pup called Ollie .Ollies mam is From Germany and his father is from Serbia . A bit of a foreign OES I'm sorry for your loss of Marley.  |
| I am sorry to hear about Marley. I hope that the new pup is a distraction and keeps you smiling! |
| Sorry to hear about Marley. xx Your new pup-do you have to speak german to him? he he. xx |
| I have to blame someone Ron Just noticed i have a young Marley as a profile pic , made me smile . Ollie is a very cute terror that can understand English when he listens . Both his parents are show dogs in the UK . Kenley loves him to bits apart from when he teases him . Ollie will nip his bum for attention |
Awwe  Sorry about the technical problems, Julianne. Glad you got them sorted. |
| Yes , just knocked some of the smillies off and it posted so it must of been them |
| Hi everyone!! I'm still here. Try to check in daily Bentley the rescue Airedale is still with me but I fear his time may be up. (I'll make another post about that)The fall of 2019 was a bit of a tumultuous one for me. My whole department was eliminated at work, so I lost my job. I had almost 10 years with that company. Fortunately, I found something pretty quickly. I had 3 offers within 3 weeks and was back to work within 6 weeks. The downside is that my commute is a LOT longer. I went from a 20 minute commute to a 45 minute commute. My mother is having health struggles, too. She's had some spinal issues back in '17 and '18 and it's really affected her mobility. She's lost the ability to do a lot of things that she loves to do, like gardening, and yard work, and volunteering, and travelling. Her hearing is diminishing and I can see a slight change in her cognitive abilities. All her issues are stressing her out a LOT. Her blood pressure is ugly high. She sees lots of docs but none seem to be very interested in REALLY listening to her concerns. I spend a LOT of time at her house helping her out. So, yeah, lot going on. |
CamVal1 wrote: Hi everyone!! I'm still here. Try to check in daily Bentley the rescue Airedale is still with me but I fear his time may be up. (I'll make another post about that)The fall of 2019 was a bit of a tumultuous one for me. My whole department was eliminated at work, so I lost my job. I had almost 10 years with that company. Fortunately, I found something pretty quickly. I had 3 offers within 3 weeks and was back to work within 6 weeks. The downside is that my commute is a LOT longer. I went from a 20 minute commute to a 45 minute commute. My mother is having health struggles, too. She's had some spinal issues back in '17 and '18 and it's really affected her mobility. She's lost the ability to do a lot of things that she loves to do, like gardening, and yard work, and volunteering, and travelling. Her hearing is diminishing and I can see a slight change in her cognitive abilities. All her issues are stressing her out a LOT. Her blood pressure is ugly high. She sees lots of docs but none seem to be very interested in REALLY listening to her concerns. I spend a LOT of time at her house helping her out. So, yeah, lot going on. I am so sorry that things are so tough right now. It is very difficult watching a parent decline in health. I lost two dogs and my mother in a short span of time, as well as experiencing some health issues. I have still not recovered from the losses. Thank heavens we made the dumb decision to get a puppy in the middle of all of that sadness. I think Kasse saved me from myself! I hope that they can help your mum. |
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