I have a naughty Springer all of a sudden
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bexVN said:
Always do. Just to note re: castration, I have suggested it in this case because I do believe it will calm the running off this dog has started but I also believe it has to coincide with the training you have suggested. Some dogs urges overule any commands they know!
However as I've already mentioned I tend to be a bit more cautious than many by not insisting all dogs should be 'done' by 6 months, I don't believe this is necessary for all, (though mot should be done before middle age to avoid poss health probs.) One of our nurses is behavioural certificated so I tend to discuss any queries with her as she agrees castration not for all!
However as I've already mentioned I tend to be a bit more cautious than many by not insisting all dogs should be 'done' by 6 months, I don't believe this is necessary for all, (though mot should be done before middle age to avoid poss health probs.) One of our nurses is behavioural certificated so I tend to discuss any queries with her as she agrees castration not for all!
Thankyou Bex
At 10 months old he could well be going through puberty where his testosterone will be rising. It peaks at around 10 months of age.
Castration may help, but may make no difference either. I am pro-neutering, coming from a rescue perspective, but it will at least stop him running off after in season b
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Positive punishment (smacking, shouting, rattle bottles, spray bottles and any other aversive) has been proved (by science) not to work and in some cases make the problems worse as it will just increase any already negative associations. Dogs do not have a sense of right or wrong. They do what works for them. That does not mean you have to be permissive. You set the boundaries and make them consistent. On the furniture or not. Makes no odds as long as everyone is consistent.
Are you giving him any brain exercise as well as physical exercise? This can often be more tiring. I like free-shaping using a clicker. Clicker Training
Sorry - really quick response, but here are some good articles:
How do Dogs Learn?
Why Won't my Dog Come Back?
What are the Implications of Using Training Techniques Which Induce Fear or Pain in Dogs?
Castration may help, but may make no difference either. I am pro-neutering, coming from a rescue perspective, but it will at least stop him running off after in season b
hes.Positive punishment (smacking, shouting, rattle bottles, spray bottles and any other aversive) has been proved (by science) not to work and in some cases make the problems worse as it will just increase any already negative associations. Dogs do not have a sense of right or wrong. They do what works for them. That does not mean you have to be permissive. You set the boundaries and make them consistent. On the furniture or not. Makes no odds as long as everyone is consistent.
Are you giving him any brain exercise as well as physical exercise? This can often be more tiring. I like free-shaping using a clicker. Clicker Training
Sorry - really quick response, but here are some good articles:
How do Dogs Learn?
Why Won't my Dog Come Back?
What are the Implications of Using Training Techniques Which Induce Fear or Pain in Dogs?
itsnotarace said:
Typical troublesome teenager behaviour. Don't worry, they grow out of it (mostly) by the age of 3
He's in the teenager phase be strong firm but fair and ask them once to do something then correct him. Bit of pain now keeping it on the straight and narrow will set the scene for later in life. My GSP was in a simillar thing a few weeks ago, much better now though.
Amazing, he's as good as gold today.
Back to normal. It was almost like the last few days hadn't happened. Perhaps he's been getting too many e numbers from the M+M's!!!
Seriously though, he couldn't be better this morning. Perhaps he really does understand what we say. All this talk of neutering, and he's keeping a low profile!
Back to normal. It was almost like the last few days hadn't happened. Perhaps he's been getting too many e numbers from the M+M's!!!
Seriously though, he couldn't be better this morning. Perhaps he really does understand what we say. All this talk of neutering, and he's keeping a low profile!
Tyre Smoke said:
Amazing, he's as good as gold today.
Back to normal. It was almost like the last few days hadn't happened. Perhaps he's been getting too many e numbers from the M+M's!!!
Seriously though, he couldn't be better this morning. Perhaps he really does understand what we say. All this talk of neutering, and he's keeping a low profile!
:heh: very likely, does make me wonder if there was a bBack to normal. It was almost like the last few days hadn't happened. Perhaps he's been getting too many e numbers from the M+M's!!!
Seriously though, he couldn't be better this morning. Perhaps he really does understand what we say. All this talk of neutering, and he's keeping a low profile!
h in heat somewhere, guess we may never know for sure, has the op been cancelled!!
I can't say that castration changed our springer at all, but he responds well to training - he almost fell over this morning in his eagerness to change direction and come back when I whistled - and to exercise, lots of it. I reckon we walk 4 to 5 miles a day, no idea how many he does because he's off the lead and running. As for calming with age, don't expect much of that for a long time!
I had similiar problems with my choc lab. It transpired that a few doors down there was a bh on heat. Once the bh was no longer in season dog calmed down to normal levels and his behaviour returned to what was. However we got him castrated at the age of 18 months. This really was a last resort but he ran off one day, nose clued to the floor and zoomed across a busy road at rush hour. I found him in a garden with his nose pressed to a door, he had found the scent of a bh on heat and decieded he wanted some of that action. So unfortunatley he had to lose his bks.
If you really want to tire him out, take him to gun dog training. Excellent exercise for them, both physcially and mentally and the training they recieve is second to none. Your training will aslo improve
h on heat. Once the bh was no longer in season dog calmed down to normal levels and his behaviour returned to what was. However we got him castrated at the age of 18 months. This really was a last resort but he ran off one day, nose clued to the floor and zoomed across a busy road at rush hour. I found him in a garden with his nose pressed to a door, he had found the scent of a bh on heat and decieded he wanted some of that action. So unfortunatley he had to lose his bks. If you really want to tire him out, take him to gun dog training. Excellent exercise for them, both physcially and mentally and the training they recieve is second to none. Your training will aslo improve
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