 Re: Walking 3 dogs
[Re: Jennifer Mullen ]
#238293 - 05/01/2009 10:33 AM |
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My male, actually will be very good until the female starts up, then he feels like he needs to be the protector.
Protector from what?
?? me, the other dogs? Like I said, he doesn't act up on leash unless the other dog starts up.
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Re: Walking 3 dogs
[Re: Fran Wiltshire ]
#238295 - 05/01/2009 10:39 AM |
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Not much help from me, but can you walk the male with the third dog and take the female out separately?
Really do not have the time. I walk them in the morning, before work, walk them around the block then let them loose in the catch basin across the street so they can really run. That takes up a good 1/2 hour.
More exercise could help as well. I'm not sure a half hour a day - short walk and then some play time - is really sufficient for a hunting dog.
Can you take them out in the evenings as well for walks? Run with them, hike on the weekends?
I know you say you don't have the time but I really think you need to build in more exercise time for them.
And I agree with Michael - I would consider them as distractions to each other and proof the heel more thoroughly. When it's strong individually, I'd start working with them together two dogs at a time, inside even, get them solid around one other dog, up it, do short sessions outside until they've really got it down.
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Re: Walking 3 dogs
[Re: Jennifer Mullen ]
#238296 - 05/01/2009 10:45 AM |
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Recap:
All 3 walk good individually.
Good Dog(third one) walks good by self or with either dog. Rule him out as problem.
Male can walk with Good Dog fine.
Male and female act up together, but you think the female starts it.
Can the female walk nice with the Good Dog?
I keep wondering if that male/female combo is just too distracting for her and if you could fix that one problem with her that this would get better.
E.T.A. Then of course you would need to re-proof her to walk with male AND Good Dog.
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Re: Walking 3 dogs
[Re: Jennifer Mullen ]
#238297 - 05/01/2009 10:50 AM |
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A half-hour of exercise for an adult dog?
Yeah, that's not enough exercise. That is a big part of why they're being such pains. They're aching to get exercise and burn off pent up energy.
Alternatives ways dogs burn off pent up energy include: tail chasing, self-mutilation, chewing on shoes/furniture/walls/etc, barking, fighting...
In short, they need more exercise.
If a half hour is all the time you have daily to devote to them... I question why you would want three dogs.
Can you find someone to help you walk/exercise the dogs?
About the prong collar...
A dog will not pull if a prong collar is used correctly. Here is a link to the proper sizing and placement of a prong collar (99.9% of owners, myself included, get it wrong until shown correctly): http://leerburg.com/fit-prong.htm
Also, what brand/where did you get your prong collar? Some prong collars have prongs that are rough and irritate the skin more than others. I wouldn't use or recommend any prong other than a Herm Sprenger, due to quality issues in virtually ever other brand.
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Re: Walking 3 dogs
[Re: Michael_Wise ]
#238298 - 05/01/2009 10:52 AM |
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The dogs have more than the walk in the morning. They have the roam of the yard anytime they want, (when I am home). They get walks at night occasionally too. We spend our time with the dogs alot. The third dog, (newest, female, also 6 years old) does not get along great with the other female. But they hang out okay during walks.
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[Re: Fran Wiltshire ]
#238299 - 05/01/2009 10:58 AM |
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Re: Walking 3 dogs
[Re: Fran Wiltshire ]
#238303 - 05/01/2009 11:26 AM |
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The dogs have more than the walk in the morning. They have the roam of the yard anytime they want, (when I am home). They get walks at night occasionally too. We spend our time with the dogs alot. The third dog, (newest, female, also 6 years old) does not get along great with the other female. But they hang out okay during walks.
"Roam of yard" is zero on the exercise chart. 
"Time with dogs" may or may not be exercise. Is it?
"Fetch" can help a lot without exhausting the owner.
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#238304 - 05/01/2009 11:33 AM |
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Dogs need mental stimulation as well as physical. Free-roaming in their familiar yard is not exercise, playing ball or something in the yard is ok occasionally when you have to cut a walk short but not as a substitute for regular walks.
Also be aware of taking the dogs walking in the same route every day. A big part of exercise is smelling new smells, seeing new things - mental stimulation again. Small wonder that they are playing up. If you can only do short walks pack as much into them as you can.
Structure their activities, pack as much obedience into small sessions as you possibly can. Practice leash work round the yard / street until you and dogs are completely tired of it.
I don't think that a new type of collar will solve your problems.
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Re: Walking 3 dogs
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#238305 - 05/01/2009 11:36 AM |
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"Fetch" can help a lot without exhausting the owner.
Yes, it can. My almost-3 year old needs an hour of running after a ball to just take the edge off. Anything less and I start seeing behavior I don't want. IME, "roam of the yard" does nothing to tire a dog out, physically or mentally, and just leads to anxiety, frustration, and destructive behavior.
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#238308 - 05/01/2009 11:52 AM |
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