Quote:
Originally Posted by kjc  You could do better than Eukanuba. There are quite a few threads on YT about foods. Better brands can be found at Petco, PetsMart, and online. Look at some of the stickies at the beginning of each forum, and in the YT Library.
Bdog is just reverting to the way it has been with DF all along... may take some persistance on DF's part to get Bdog to listen to her. Tell her not to give up, just do the best she can. As Bdog becomes more responsive to training, she will eventually listen better. Does DF give Bdog a treat (a few Cheerios) for going in the kennel?
Need more info on her behavior when she is crated. Does she carry on, or will she settle down? You could try what you mentioned when you are there to see how she reacts. There is a CD out of calming music for dogs, so music may help her. Covering the cage does help some... would be worth a try. A night light may help, also. |
I didn't get a chance to pick up the cheerios yet, I just didn't get a chance to do it between my duties. Bdog does, however, have some treats that are made at one of those dog bakeries and she can't get enough of them. If you open the pop top container (has a button that locks/seals the lid and releases) she starts spinning in circles and if you walk towards the bedroom, she will dart into the crate or kennel...she will even get confused on which one to go into - she just wants the treat.
I use those same treats when working at the door for the speak. I break them in half and she gets the first one on the way out to reinforce the speak at the door. When she speaks, I open the door first and give her the treat on the way outside, hoping the speak, then through the door, then getting the treat rather than speak, get the treat and then open the door. Once she starts getting the speak down, I'm going to walk her to the next door and have her sit to go through...then the treat. I'm hoping to get her used to the idea that getting outside in the pattern will reinforce the idea of barking at the door when she wants to go outside.
I talked to her tonight when she texted me about having issues with getting her to work with the headway I was having. I told her the same thing, don't give up, keep working on it and don't get discouraged. We'll work on it together so that she will understand that one of us isn't soft.
She seems to behave when she's in the crate. I know that she will start barking a lot when we leave .I've forgotten books and my lunch box and had to come back in and you can hear her in the hallway carrying on. When she's kenneled and such, she behaves other than when I walk in to go to bed after my fiance has went to sleep. I know now why she's growling and showing teeth - 2 and 2 makes 4 and if she's protective of my fiance in bed, she's trying to protect her through the kennel. It's the only reason I can think of.