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Originally Posted by QuickSilver  What kinds of things set her off? Is it certain times of day, or when you or your husband try certain things?
My guess is that she thinks she is running the household and is trying to direct you and your husband. Do you think this is possible? |
It's not any paticular time of day but if I had to choose it would be at night. People, Dogs, Squirrels, Skunks, Cats (even though we have one) sets her off. When we go on walks and she sees people and dogs she just really wants to greet them because she loves people and loves meeting other dogs. She doesn't really bark on walks. Its just at anything and everything that comes by the house.
Phoebe is my first dog and I know that I have some learning to do. I make her sit before we go out, before she eats, I make her work for things. She will bark at either of us when she wants to play and I ignore her because I know it has to be on my terms. But yeah I do think that she thinks she runs things. However like I said sometimes she is very well behaved. When I set her food down she looks me in the eye and waits until I say O.K. Or even to go out on the porch she will sit and wait until one of us says "O.K. Phoebe go ahead"
So sometimes I feel we have control and sometimes I feel like she has all of the control. She has two different sides and I want to try to get a handle on the bad behavior before it gets even worse.