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Beau is not his normal self...

Posted : 8/15/2006 11:19:01 AM

This all started with in the last few months. He is getting terrible.

This is how Beau was a while back. Calm, quiet, not easily excited, didn't urinate all over the place, listened right away to any command, whether it's sit, come, stay, etc.

Now... He doesn't listen nearly as well. When I come home he practically jumps on me (not quite). He urinates in the house when told to go lay down, or go outside, etc. He freaks out when I love on Sasha. The worst thing of all... He bolts out of the door as fast as possible, and about breaks my legs. I've tried having him come back in the door, sit, stay and wait for my command to exit. I have to stop him MANY times while trying to correct him. He doesn't run off, never has, but the kids or I will be standing there on the porch and almost get blown over by him. It seems like he's full of anxiety.

I have a feeling he's losing his training. And I need to start over again. He is obviously "jealous" of Sasha. He only acts up when Sasha is around, or she's being talked to. Could it be something else? He's 3 years old, and has always been a very good boy. Now Sasha is the one listening and not him.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

tiffy

Posted : 8/15/2006 11:57:00 AM

Sounds like Beau has a problem with Sasha. Sorry I have no advice.

Xerxes

Posted : 8/15/2006 12:24:23 PM

See if you could take some special alone time with Beau. Take him for a walk, work on some basic obedience skills, go for a quick romp or jog. Beau needs some personalized attention and he's trying to get it by acting up (or so it seems to me.) So take some time with him by himself.

hlb118

Posted : 8/15/2006 12:40:48 PM

I was thinking about some alone time with him. Didn't know if that would help or not. Maybe a 30 minute walk, then come back and work on Sasha.

corvus

Posted : 8/16/2006 8:58:36 PM

Maybe you could try only giving him lots of love when Sasha is there as well. You could cuddle Beau and then call Sasha over and have her on your other side so they aren't competing for your affection, but are both there. Maybe then Beau will feel less insecure about Sasha receiving attention. And then when you want to love on Sasha, call him over and give him some love as well. It might help.

Also, make sure you know who is the dominant out of the two and are treating them accordingly. It's probably not at the root of your problem, but sometimes dogs can get silly and anxious when they're not sure of their position in the hierarchy in relation to another dog.

spiritdogs

Posted : 8/18/2006 7:01:40 AM

We have a system here. It's called "dog of the day". When you are dog of the day, mom plays with you, takes you to the ice cream stand, the beach or the woods - alone. You get tired, and you get lots of pats and hugs. My dogs even know the phrase "wanna be dog of the day? let's go" When you have 5, you have to do something to make each one feel special.[

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