I think we may be making progress

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For those we don't know Shelby has major issues when she sees or hears kids playing basketball or riding skateboards. If she is outside she will run the fence and bark. Inside she will jump at the windows and bark. This started after a kid was teasing her while he was playing basketball. She is not agressive nor upset just overly excited to the point of exhaustion. Nothing you can break her focus on this. For this reason she must be crated when we are not home as frequently there are a lotof kids outside our home.:gaah

We have been working very had the past year and a half on this. Well the past two times I came home and saw the kids outside I was pleasently surprised to find her not carrying on. I didn't say anything thinking my husband and her just didn't know they were there. But when he told me she was on the chair watching for me to come home I knew they had to know the kids were out there. When I asked what he did to quiet her he said he just sternly said to her "enough" and she came over to him and sat down. This is a first that we didn't have to move to the basement or distract her with a favorite chew bone.

We had multiple trainers tell us it would be almost impossible to stop this behavior so I hope this is the beginning of prooving them wrong!
 
This is great news. At some point they get past their teeny bopper immature years and they just grow up.

Chloe barks like a mad dog when we go and take care of the goats. All I have to say now is "quiet" in a sharp quick voice and she stops to. They learn our behaviours over time, and understand when we are upset with them.

So glad to hear that you are making progress!
 
She has been much more difficult that our previous Sheltie. Shelby just never seems to understand when you are upset with her or she just doesn't care. When you catch her doing something she just looks at you (with her adorable undebite) as if she is saying "yep I did it, big deal now get over it". Where as our previous pup hated if anyone was upset for any reason. But like you said maybe she is growing up and becoming more mature and understanding.
 
That is really great that she is showing some progress. I know how frustrating (and upsetting) it can be when they get all worked up.

Keep up the good work, Shelby!
 
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