Shelties and visitors

I think some of it matters not only the dog but how many people. If as a puppy there was people in and out then I suspect it would be accepted as part of the world. If not then it depends on the dog. Sca thinks everyone is there to be his buddy and only barks hello or food me. Spitfire thinks they are a monster and goes into guard mode (with flee a second possibility :lol:)

I bet if you get a pup and get them used to the traffic it will be "oh another one"
 
There was a whole house full of Steve's visitors yesterday, Laddie loved it, in fact, he came to them and ignored me, man, that made me angry, but I did not say anything.

That dog loves company, my first Laddie was so reserved, more to my liking, this one is so different. Geesh.:confused2:
 
Laddie's Mom said:
There was a whole house full of Steve's visitors yesterday, Laddie loved it, in fact, he came to them and ignored me, man, that made me angry, but I did not say anything.

That dog loves company, my first Laddie was so reserved, more to my liking, this one is so different. Geesh.:confused2:
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:lol: don't worry. I get ignored when visitors are here too. Its funny though because when he was little (8-16 weeks) and we had a bunch of visitors he was all about me and not them.
 
Laddie's mom and Melbell - That's so funny. I just had two relatives leave after spending a few days with me. After having some attention paid to him (well, he really demanded it) by the man, in the evenings when we three would sit in the living room, Blithe would bark at me non-stop. I couldn't do anything that would make him be quiet, and had no idea what he wanted. Finally, after the second night of this, I tried walking out into the kitchen and sitting at the table by myself. The barking stopped. Then I tried going to the computer room by myself. The barking stopped. Conclusion: Blithe simply wanted the company to himself and was jealous that I was in the room with them.

The secrets of Sheltie behavior are truly mindboggling!
 
You are right, it is mindbogglingly. Laddie loves company, the shelties I met in the past were always so sedude and aloof, well, this little shaver is anything but that. Sort of overwhelms me, I am on the reserve side, LOL, so, I guess I will have to get use to this.:sadsmile:
 
indysheltie said:
So I am really considering getting a sheltie but I have one concern. I know they are barkers and I am typically ok with that. However, I do have an office in my home that I work out of and see clients there.

Would it be possible to have the sheltie go to a crate or another room upstairs or would it just bark like crazy?
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I can't see any problems with crating a sheltie while you work. Dogs are very good at routine, so if you start them off that way it just becomes the norm. In fact, most shelties would be quite happy to sit in a crate and watch you work and they understand when it's work time.

I take my dogs with me when I 'work' at the dog club (which is their second home). If I'm taking a class they stay in their crate and just watch quietly - they are quite happy doing that. If I'm in the office and another dog comes in (for a 'fitting' or consult) there isn't a lot of space so I've trained my two to go under the desk and stay there. It works well, never a problem and as far as my shelties are concerned it's just what they do when we are working and clients come in.

Now if we are at home and a guest turns up it's a whole different ball game, esp if they have a dog with them, but they 'get' we aren't working.
 
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I don't get a lot of visitors, but, depending on who it is Beau is pergectly fine and I don't have to crate. Now, If I have a service worker(i.e) maintenance, I will crate him just to make everyone safe. Last week I had someone here and he was barking his head off, then I gave him a treat to satisfy him and he quieted down immediately.
 
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