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Originally Posted by P-Nut Mom  This got me thinking I'll make a more focused effort to distract Pickles when it's windy and get him to keep going. I tried it this afternoon and he never stopped - thanks for the idea! I bet cold air/wind does feel good - wish I knew what it felt like! 😃 |
Hope it works as well for Pickles as it did for Tibbe but he actually learned to associate the wind with fun times rather than fear and freezing in place or running to a hiding place. If he has deep-seated issues with fears/anxieties/insecurities, once retrained to like it, there might be a time or two he might revert to his old fear and begin to act scared of the wind again, but just begin to play with him or doing whatever he likes the most, and reset his mind on having fun.
I've even gotten down on the grass and rolled in it laughing out loud like an idiot to get Tibbe's attention off the wind and onto attacking me and the fun I seemed to be having(praying the neighbors weren't looking out the window!), which he does when I invite it. He loves to play rough and he totally gets into it - forgets his fear and jumps right on me and we play hard. Or I bait him to chase me and we're off. During training, I always carried treats that I tossed all over the grass to get him busy hunting those down or tossed a ball for him to chase.