A day at the dog park

[aart]

It's amazing how much Inside and Outside can differ.
Drove me nuts at times.

 

[Folly's place]

Until she's solid on the short leash, and then the long leash, forget about off-lead! She's just learning to NOT 'come' then. I do use some treats for 'come', but only for a very short time, and then it's just a 'you gotta do it every time!' command. This is tricky with a sensitive (neurotic?) dog, but there it is.
Mary

 

[Ninjasquirrel]

She will 'come' fine in the house and fine on the leash...just not off lead and only outside. Shes pretty hard headed but I think she is starting to understand what I want. This evening she was staring longingly off the porch as my SO got out of the truck but she came to me when I asked and waited for him to come up to her. The biggest issue is she doesnt want to come off the porch to potty. If she does come off the porch on her own she wants to sit underneath it where I cant reach her to put her on the lead

 

[Conan]

Some dogs are just challenging forever.

I have one right now that is completely non responsive outside when off leash... so, no off leash time. I've had him since the end of January. He is from the southern tip of Texas, and was a feral street dog. He is incredibly sweet and submissive. Gets along with every critter, and was very easy to train in regards to leaving the birds alone and the like. Not an aggressive bone in his body. He knows all his basic commands BUT he will absolutely not listen when he is in his manic phase.

He is an excitable dog. He gets super excited when he sees other dogs. Loves them. Will play for hours with them. He gets excited about other things too, I'm just not sure what those things are. When it happens, he glosses over and sprints in circles. He is completely non responsive, and impossible to catch as he is fast as all hell. He is no longer allowed outside off leash. We've been working with constant small commands indoors and on leash to try and reset his brain to habitually listen.

He also has fear based balking to add to his list of weirdness. He changes what he's afraid of on a daily basis, which is frustrating as I never know what triggers him until it's too late.

He is very fearful of people, and only has a few that he trusts. It took months to get him there. He will never be a "people" dog. He has a large burn scar on his jaw so I'm sure his distrust is not for nothing. This mainly happens away from home. At home, he is very comfortable. A normal dog, though if people come over that he doesn't know, he vanishes.

His life is as routine oriented as possible to mitigate his various neurosis. I keep hoping that maybe, just maybe, he will turn the corner when the length of time in a stable, good environment is longer than his time spent on the streets. Fingers crossed.

I love him, but I know that I will never have another "rescue dog". I simply don't have the patience for it, and it just isn't worth it to me. Luckily, I have one super fantastic, well adjusted normal dog. The picture of stability and obedience. He's 10, and probably the best dog I will ever have.

Cricket — feral street rat on left. Lou — perfect dog on right.

 

[Ninjasquirrel]

Some dogs are just challenging forever.

I have one right now that is completely non responsive outside when off leash... so, no off leash time. I've had him since the end of January. He is from the southern tip of Texas, and was a feral street dog. He is incredibly sweet and submissive. Gets along with every critter, and was very easy to train in regards to leaving the birds alone and the like. Not an aggressive bone in his body. He knows all his basic commands BUT he will absolutely not listen when he is in his manic phase.

He is an excitable dog. He gets super excited when he sees other dogs. Loves them. Will play for hours with them. He gets excited about other things too, I'm just not sure what those things are. When it happens, he glosses over and sprints in circles. He is completely non responsive, and impossible to catch as he is fast as all hell. He is no longer allowed outside off leash. We've been working with constant small commands indoors and on leash to try and reset his brain to habitually listen.

He also has fear based balking to add to his list of weirdness. He changes what he's afraid of on a daily basis, which is frustrating as I never know what triggers him until it's too late.

He is very fearful of people, and only has a few that he trusts. It took months to get him there. He will never be a "people" dog. He has a large burn scar on his jaw so I'm sure his distrust is not for nothing. This mainly happens away from home. At home, he is very comfortable. A normal dog, though if people come over that he doesn't know, he vanishes.

His life is as routine oriented as possible to mitigate his various neurosis. I keep hoping that maybe, just maybe, he will turn the corner when the length of time in a stable, good environment is longer than his time spent on the streets. Fingers crossed.

I love him, but I know that I will never have another "rescue dog". I simply don't have the patience for it, and it just isn't worth it to me. Luckily, I have one super fantastic, well adjusted normal dog. The picture of stability and obedience. He's 10, and probably the best dog I will ever have.

Cricket — feral street rat on left. Lou — perfect dog on right. View attachment 1914091

They are beautiful! Duchess has had her fair share of fears as well. I've found "monster in the middle" very effective in her training. We are now keeping track of her potty problems to see if there is a pattern. She had an accident in her crate on thursday. The only thing I can think of for the reason is I fell asleep watching TV on wednesday night. As such she didnt get put in the crate until I woke up and went to bed. It was probably just seperation anxiety because she was hoping she was getting to go to bed with us.

 

[Conan]

They are beautiful! Duchess has had her fair share of fears as well. I've found "monster in the middle" very effective in her training. We are now keeping track of her potty problems to see if there is a pattern. She had an accident in her crate on thursday. The only thing I can think of for the reason is I fell asleep watching TV on wednesday night. As such she didnt get put in the crate until I woke up and went to bed. It was probably just seperation anxiety because she was hoping she was getting to go to bed with us.

I've tried the monster in the middle thing with no results. Honestly, I don't mind traveling fears so much as I can't stand his lack of recall. He does the same thing as your girl. Obeys when indoors, obeys when on leash, but will only obey 50% of the time off leash with zero distractions (that I know of), and 0% of the time if there are distractions/stimuli around.

I am grateful for other things, though. He has never gone to the bathroom in the house. Not once. I never trained him. He just won't do it. He is completely non destructive and does not have separation anxiety. I can leave the house for any period of time and come back to nothing but a couple of snoozing boys. He "collects" his toys in a pile and plays with them, but doesn't bother with things that aren't his. Lack of aggression AT ALL. He is a gentle little guy. Shoot, even my little house call duck noodles him and he doesn't mess with her.
You know, now that I'm writing this down, he doesn't seem so bad!

 

[rosemarythyme]

I am grateful for other things, though. He has never gone to the bathroom in the house. Not once. I never trained him. He just won't do it.

You know, now that I'm writing this down, he doesn't seem so bad!

Ugh, potty issues are the bane of my existence - my living room rug's been peed on by all our dogs at least once, as well as a visiting dog . The main culprit is my cute littlest dog (really, her only redeeming quality is her face) who recently started peeing in the house again after we finally trained her out of it last year, when we first got her. We already checked for UTI and kidney stones and vet doesn't see anything wrong with bloodwork either, so it seems to be a behavioral thing. Means I'm stuck getting up in the early AM to let her pee and she's 100% not allowed in the living room without supervision.

 

[Conan]

Ugh, potty issues are the bane of my existence - my living room rug's been peed on by all our dogs at least once, as well as a visiting dog . The main culprit is my cute littlest dog (really, her only redeeming quality is her face) who recently started peeing in the house again after we finally trained her out of it last year, when we first got her. We already checked for UTI and kidney stones and vet doesn't see anything wrong with bloodwork either, so it seems to be a behavioral thing. Means I'm stuck getting up in the early AM to let her pee and she's 100% not allowed in the living room without supervision.

SO frustrating. Once it has that smell, they just can't seem to stop, eh? I've never really had a dog with bathroom issues that weren't medically related, except a brief stint of spite pissing by my old pittie girl that we put down last year. Boy was I ever grateful to get rid of carpet after her. I honestly think that if I had to deal with that on the regular, it would drive me to the brink of insanity... or maybe push me over that brink. I will never have another female dog because of her.

I feel myself turning into my mother — No more animals in the house! I'm sick of the fur, I'm sick of the litter box (cats are so rancid), etc, etc. I doubt I'll ever just have outdoor dogs, but the sentiment is nice. Turns out that I'm something of a sucker, though.

 

[rosemarythyme]

SO frustrating. Once it has that smell, they just can't seem to stop, eh? I've never really had a dog with bathroom issues that weren't medically related, except a brief stint of spite pissing by my old pittie girl that we put down last year. Boy was I ever grateful to get rid of carpet after her. I honestly think that if I had to deal with that on the regular, it would drive me to the brink of insanity... or maybe push me over that brink. I will never have another female dog because of her.

When hubby asked me what I wanted for Christmas, I said a NEW living room rug!!

But yeah, that's why I prefer male dogs too, though my hubby likes the girls better (and so we have 2). My male's only had very occasional issues (he was a very fearful stray, to the point that he used to wet himself if you even raised your voice a little) and my bigger female was wetting herself from separation anxiety, though we now have that under control. But 95% of the problem is just the little one... though to be fair, I knew I'd be in for it since the shelter noted she was having trouble housebreaking.

 

[Conan]

When hubby asked me what I wanted for Christmas, I said a NEW living room rug!!

But yeah, that's why I prefer male dogs too, though my hubby likes the girls better (and so we have 2). My male's only had very occasional issues (he was a very fearful stray, to the point that he used to wet himself if you even raised your voice a little) and my bigger female was wetting herself from separation anxiety, though we now have that under control. But 95% of the problem is just the little one... though to be fair, I knew I'd be in for it since the shelter noted she was having trouble housebreaking.

About 80% of the time I come across a dog I can't stand or dislike, it's a female. I've also noticed that they have a waaaay harder time getting along with other dogs (especially other females) than males. I work in an office that is dog friendly, so I bring my boys to work with me. There are nine dogs there, all males except one. Guess who shriek/scream barks? Guess who is territorial about other dogs coming near her owner? Guess who pisses on the floor? Yep, all her. The boys all get along and play all day. It is absolute chaos.