My 7 month Beagle-mix pup loves to chase his leash round and round our large silver maple. He's walked several times a day with play periods included. We play tracking and fetch games - so I wouldn't think pup's bored.
I've been curtailing this behaviour - allowing it for up to 30 minutes at a time, and he'll come with only the slightest resistance. Is it okay to let him do this?
Right now it might be silly puppy stuff, but it sounds like could turn into obsessive behavior. Plus you are allowing him to self satisfy, which is bad for engagement for you and can turn into other stuff when he gets older.
I saw this kind of thing with my dog and the egge. It quickly got to where I would have to literally pull her away from it and bring her inside to put it away. The egge now belongs to my neighbors dog Dozer!
Maybe he just likes to chase stuff close to the ground. I would get him a soccer ball and play with him when you see him start to wind up.
Thanks for the feedback. We've tried to engage him with alternate toys - a toy skunk tied to the end of a rope attached to a long pole (sort of like a fishing pole) that we drag along the ground. He'll chase that for 5 min. or so, then zip back to the tree. Same thing with football or toss balls.
When I let him out to go pee in the am, he bolts to the tree. I guess, I can't let him roam the backyard untethered, which up to a week or so ago I could.
He was good as gold and just enjoyed exploring our 100' x 40' yard. Now, I guess I'll have to keep him tethered so he can't reach the tree.
Thats what I would do if other toys aren't working. He's young, and if this hasn't been going on for very long I would bet simply not allowing him to start up for a few weeks or so will take care of the problem.
When Tasha's tail filled in we had a few weeks of her chasing it.
It was really funny the first time it happened! She looked at me and it wagged, she caught it out of the corner of her eye and was like "What was that?" and went off chasing it. By the third time she did it I knew it was time to do something about it before it became an issue.
At the time she was always on leash so I would just grab her and make her lay down, then i would play with her. It didn't take very long to get her to stop doing it. If I had waited it might be a different story.
Your toy skunk flirt pole sounds like fun! Maybe I need one of those
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Is pup showing obessive behaviour?
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