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Originally Posted by SirTeddykins  Hi Gemy,
Thank you for your reply.
I've responded above in red. If you require further clarification to assist, then please let me know. If you think I'm doing something wrong or could do something better, again, please let me know.
I really appreciate it. x |
You are more than welcome. I am going to bow to Jeanie here, as I mentioned before she is much much more detailed and thorough with her instructions. And I am old-fashioned in that, I think you should listen first to one trainers advice and methodology, implement it, and see how the response is. I don't want to how-ever inadvertently confuse you, by offering up a different methodology.
I will also offer the idea of pheromone sprays for anxious dogs, there are CD;s music that also can help relax a stressed dog. There are also prescription drugs as LovetoDream shared, as well as there are homeopaethic remedies for same.
The good news is that the actual crate is not the issue here, but SA sure as heck seems to be.
I have not had a dog with SA, although have had fear-aggressive dog and plain aggressive dogs. The remedy I used with the fearfull dog, Rescue Remedy did help somewhat to alleviate part of her symptoms. For her fear of sounds I used CD;s for thunder, and put on cop shows with loud car noises etc. Like all de-sensitization programs, you start with short bursts of time, at low volumne, and with you in the room with the dog. It did help her out. We used the same walking route at low traffic times, and then I gradually built her up to walking during rush hour the same route. And always during the walk at various points we did fun training.
Ball chasing, (on long lead), go over and under and on top of things in the playground. The usual standard obedience commands, Come, Sit, Down.
Keep us up-dated, for sure we will do our best to help out, long distance wise
