Emmasmom
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Actually Noah was the same - trained to go outside at about 11 or 12 weeks. The day I brought him home, he walked right through the house to the back door to go outside. He was always a really good dog.
Temper Tantrums
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Chris
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If Bits wants you to throw the ball, she can get very bossy. Bark! Louder bark! Poke with nose! Poke harder!! 
Then there's Layla...Mommy's perfect angel. Never a complaint, always cooperative. The most she does is look with pleading eyes when she wants to play bunny.
Then there's Layla...Mommy's perfect angel. Never a complaint, always cooperative. The most she does is look with pleading eyes when she wants to play bunny.
wjo53
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April used to take tantrums on long drives.
She wears a seatbelt, and it allows her some freedom of movement. She usually lays down.
On long trips, she used to get into a snit, and position her head between the seatback, and the seatbelt, the belt just behind her head, across her neck, making it look like she was trying to hang or choke herself. The first (quite a) few times I saw her like this in the rearview mirror, I'd pull over as quick as I could, get out, get her untangled, and then continue on.
Then I learned it was done for some attention. She could get herself out of that position in a heartbeat. If she wanted to. The thing that usually would cause her to get out, was the sound of the parking brake being applied. I'd pull over, pull the brake on, she'd untangle herself, I'd let the brake off, and we'd continue. I didn't have to get out of the car at all.
She doesn't do that anymore, thankfully. The look on her face when she was doing it was so pathetic. I'm not sure why she started it in the first place, maybe it was just for something to break the boredom.
She wears a seatbelt, and it allows her some freedom of movement. She usually lays down.
On long trips, she used to get into a snit, and position her head between the seatback, and the seatbelt, the belt just behind her head, across her neck, making it look like she was trying to hang or choke herself. The first (quite a) few times I saw her like this in the rearview mirror, I'd pull over as quick as I could, get out, get her untangled, and then continue on.
Then I learned it was done for some attention. She could get herself out of that position in a heartbeat. If she wanted to. The thing that usually would cause her to get out, was the sound of the parking brake being applied. I'd pull over, pull the brake on, she'd untangle herself, I'd let the brake off, and we'd continue. I didn't have to get out of the car at all.
She doesn't do that anymore, thankfully. The look on her face when she was doing it was so pathetic. I'm not sure why she started it in the first place, maybe it was just for something to break the boredom.
Temper Tantrums and the "Pack Mentality"
Very early on, right after Lily came to live with us, she showed us how important the "concept or the pack" was. She was acting as if she was a confused adolescent, unsure of who she was. When one of her behaviors required immediate and strong action, I grabbed her and pinned her down, immediately immobilizing her, while quietly saying "No". From that point, I think that she understood who the "Alpha" was . Her reactions to the family til this day, shows how she perceives the pack status of us all, including her. When I am home, her attention and allegiance is to me. When I am gone she turns to my wife. She treats my daughter as a sibling, playing with her, but not obeying, unless she really wants to do what she is asked by her. If neither me or my wife are home, she then obeys my daughter, no matter what.
My long post is just this: Only when you establish the order of the pack, will your pack have order.
If one of your Shelties is competition for the control of the pack, you have no control. They will do as they please until the correct order is established and unacceptable behavior is dealt with.
Let me be perfectly clear, we have never heard Lily whimper from pain. She has never been swatted with anything, always been treated with the same respect that the rest of us are. She recognizes my tone of voice to her,my posture to her as to my level of displeasure with her(which is very rare). If I feel that she really needs serious correction, it is done down at her level, with quiet words,, or I know it sounds strange, sometimes a low growl to her.
This works for us at home and in public places, because she understands who is alpha to her, and she knows what the consequences are .
In my opinion, when you understand and adopt their pack concept, and work within it, clickers, sprays, and using crates as part of the correction are moot.
Living within the pack, opens up a stronger communication between our four legged family members.
Very early on, right after Lily came to live with us, she showed us how important the "concept or the pack" was. She was acting as if she was a confused adolescent, unsure of who she was. When one of her behaviors required immediate and strong action, I grabbed her and pinned her down, immediately immobilizing her, while quietly saying "No". From that point, I think that she understood who the "Alpha" was . Her reactions to the family til this day, shows how she perceives the pack status of us all, including her. When I am home, her attention and allegiance is to me. When I am gone she turns to my wife. She treats my daughter as a sibling, playing with her, but not obeying, unless she really wants to do what she is asked by her. If neither me or my wife are home, she then obeys my daughter, no matter what.
My long post is just this: Only when you establish the order of the pack, will your pack have order.
If one of your Shelties is competition for the control of the pack, you have no control. They will do as they please until the correct order is established and unacceptable behavior is dealt with.
Let me be perfectly clear, we have never heard Lily whimper from pain. She has never been swatted with anything, always been treated with the same respect that the rest of us are. She recognizes my tone of voice to her,my posture to her as to my level of displeasure with her(which is very rare). If I feel that she really needs serious correction, it is done down at her level, with quiet words,, or I know it sounds strange, sometimes a low growl to her.
This works for us at home and in public places, because she understands who is alpha to her, and she knows what the consequences are .
In my opinion, when you understand and adopt their pack concept, and work within it, clickers, sprays, and using crates as part of the correction are moot.
Living within the pack, opens up a stronger communication between our four legged family members.
Oh how I wished my camera was charged last night.Cause Jasper was really having a good time talking back to me.Every time I said something,he would grumble,rrrrraawww..then look at Trapp,then come back to me and give me more sass.
I'm pretty sure he will do it this weekend.He's a real talker.
I'm pretty sure he will do it this weekend.He's a real talker.
OH MY GOSH!!! That sounds EXACTLY like Meggie. My daughter said she had never heard a talk who talked. I'll have to show her this video.