Re: At the end of my tether Lauren, could you perhaps place yourself a little way from the school out of the way and C&T Penny for good behaviour whilst the children are coming and going into school? When you have established calm behaviour you could move a little closer each week or so. As for joggers and cyclists I would think the same sort of thing, get her to sit when you see one approaching C&T quickly with some high value treats. Just my thoughts and I am a novice after all. I bet Rachael will have good tips x
Re: At the end of my tether [quote author=Oberon link=topic=4827.msg60513#msg60513 date=1394664705] I would have said exactly the same as you, Helen [/quote] Thank you Rachael, I have no idea why I haven't been made a Moderator ;D ;D ;D
Re: At the end of my tether Lauren I've had a shocker today.....totally deaf dog ,looming after after every dog on a lead that came into view,leaping 6 feet in the air to grab the ball thrower like a nutcase......I was out for an hour and half and he's exhausted me!the only thing that has stopped me sending him back to Scotland today is he stayed perfectly in a sit when a cat walked past.....I almost didn't try he'd been so naughty so by luck rather than judgement we came home friends ;D ;D .....he's had a reprieve but he knows the airport is only 20 mins away!
Re: At the end of my tether [quote author=charlie link=topic=4827.msg60510#msg60510 date=1394664391] Lauren, could you perhaps place yourself a little way from the school out of the way and C&T Penny for good behaviour whilst the children are coming and going into school? When you have established calm behaviour you could move a little closer each week or so. As for joggers and cyclists I would think the same sort of thing, get her to sit when you see one approaching C&T quickly with some high value treats. Just my thoughts and I am a novice after all. I bet Rachael will have good tips x [/quote] Yep, that's exactly what I'm going to do. Start from across the street I think as she's fairly good unless they're in close proximity. I think she's just scared of them as we've had a couple of incidents now where they've come up behind us out nowhere and those silly scooters are quite noisy. We've got a yellow ribbon and 'I need space' bandana so we will be also wearing that when walking near the shool.
Re: At the end of my tether Sounds like an excellent plan - take it slowly. If you have a friend / neighbour with trustworthy children, see if you can borrow them and their bikes and / or scooters for fifteen minutes at a time too. Then you can position yourself somewhere nice and quiet whilst they ride by. It'll make it a little closer to the walk situation, when it is a single distraction passing in an otherwise calm situation. Just make sure they understand not to come too close to start with. I'm with you on those scooters - I fear for my ankles at times! Clare
Re: At the end of my tether hang in there i have been on here saying i can not get my lab to do anything but it does get easier i got mine when she was 6 months old ans she is a real nightmare on lead but she has improved as i try not to move forward when the lead is tight if you have a bad day take a brake from training just do a nice walk and try again
