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02-03-2013, 05:23 PM | #1 |
Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: whitby, On, Canada
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| 2 hour bark fest at playtime....help Today Wallee had the opportunity to go to a play group supervised by a trainer. There were all ages and sizes of dogs there. Well out of all the dogs there (probably around 15) he was the ONLY ONE who continually barked for the ball to be thrown. He was so loud that one of the bigger dogs tried to get him to stop on a few occasions. Wallee listened to this dog when she pinned him down and the trainer kept a close eye on them but soon as that dog backed off he barked again for the ball to be thrown obsessively. The trainer said the other dog was annoyed because that is unstable behaviour and it can upset the pack. None of the other dogs barked like that and I was a little embarrased but continued to let him play telling him NO and waiting for a glimpse of quiet before letting him have the ball again. He was the only one also who chased the balls for the whole 2 hours. Needless to say he has been wiped out since we got home. I really want him to be able to be with other dogs and have fun but am a little concerned with his excited barking. He is not like this on walks around other dogs. I gave been thinking of taking him to A----obedience school B---doggy daycare Anyone have any advice on how to fix this???? I worry he will really cause himself to get hurt if I can't get him to calm down. Oh and lately, he gets that excited when I take him to the pet stores as well. |
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02-03-2013, 05:52 PM | #2 |
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| Sounds normal to me... I'd keep taking him... eventually he'll calm down. My Tink was ball obsessive, I would take away all the balls bc she was plain crazy. That didn't work so I gave her a few balls... finally it wore off a lot... like she can be in the room with a ball and not be nutso.
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02-03-2013, 06:08 PM | #3 |
♥ Love My Tibbe! ♥ Donating Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: D/FW, Texas
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| If he's not socialized enough or used to being around a large group of dogs, he was likely overexcited by all of the goings on. And he wanted that ball so he might be becoming very possessive of his things but more than likely he's just not very used to a large group would be my guess but since I don't have any other history, that's all it is.
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02-03-2013, 06:12 PM | #4 |
Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: whitby, On, Canada
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| I think you are right about he needs more socialization. There were lots of balls there, he was fine if a dog grabbed one meant for him he would just go grab another one. I am seriously thinking of taking him to daycare once or twice a week. |
02-03-2013, 06:17 PM | #5 |
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| Yeah, just keep exposing him to dogs and lots of enrichment experiences - the more the better. He'll likely adjust over time.
__________________ Jeanie and Tibbe One must do the best one can. You may get some marks for a very imperfect answer: you will certainly get none for leaving the question alone. C. S. Lewis |
02-04-2013, 06:06 AM | #6 |
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| I'm sure he was very excited being in a large group like that. Do you play ball with him at home? It sounds like he really likes it. Maybe try to play fetch more with him at home so he is not so obsessive about it? If he is not a barker at home it is kind of hard to teach him not to bark. It seems like the trainer would have had some suggestions for you about how to help calm him down. What is the sense of having a trainer there if they are not helping you? I would continue to take him out to places like that to see if he will get more comfortable with that kind of setting. I understand the dog being upset with him barking but I would be concerned about a bigger dog doing that to a small dog. You don't know how far a strange dog will go in trying to deal with an annoying barker. No one should allow a dog to do that to another dog. It is not the dog's job to keep things in order. That is the most disturbing thing to me. I question the trainers judgement. |
02-04-2013, 06:31 AM | #7 | |
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