She's four years old, spayed, healthy. She is clicker trained, (I'm a clicker user)a PAT dog. Her behaviour is excellent, she will do anything I ask of her and is always focused on me, wherever we go, park etc. does some lovely heelwork, stays, recall, retrieve and som dance moves. she loves to learn.BUTTTTT when we got to dog training class she becomes so excited at the movement of the other dogs i.e. wants to chase, that I can barely keep her with me. Have tried clicker, scrummy treats, toys, even sqirting water which helps a little, but not really the answer. I need to keep up with my own learning about dogs and training as I want to become a dog behaviourist when I retire. The club is brilliant and are helping but we are a bit stumped on how to kindly disuade her from doing what is really a natural thing for a collie to do. Any ideas?
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Border collie issue, need ideas/help
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>>She's four years old, spayed, healthy. She is clicker trained, (I'm a clicker user)a PAT dog. Her behaviour is excellent, she will do anything I ask of her and is always focused on me, wherever we go, park etc. does some lovely heelwork, stays, recall, retrieve and som dance moves. she loves to learn.BUTTTTT when we got to dog training class she becomes so excited at the movement of the other dogs i.e. wants to chase, that I can barely keep her with me. Have tried clicker, scrummy treats, toys, even sqirting water which helps a little, but not really the answer. I need to keep up with my own learning about dogs and training as I want to become a dog behaviourist when I retire. The club is brilliant and are helping but we are a bit stumped on how to kindly disuade her from doing what is really a natural thing for a collie to do. Any ideas?
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If you want to stick with the all-positive training, your best bet for this problem is likely to be a head halter.
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Kathy Diamond Davis, author, "Therapy Dogs: Training Your Dog to Reach Others," 2nd edition, and the free Canine Behavior Series articles at http://www.veterinarypartner.com/Content.plx?P=SRC&S=1&SourceID=47
I do have one but have been nervous that it may come off when she chases. I will attempt to use it within a more controlled environment and see how she responds.
Thanks so much for helping.
Narruc.
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Narruc.
