What started as a joke has become a bit of a problem I have a 1 yo Lab/ Great Pr Mix. Med boy at 65 lbs. He had Pano with intermitant lameness begining at 4 monthes. THe lameness was in his hips, knees, elbows and ankles and shoulders. I kept his activity very minimal and while currently at 13 monthes he is better health wise. He is a skittish dog who would tuck tail and run over a blowing leaf. I have taken this dog everywhere since he was 10 weeks old. I have tried having him focus on me rather then the wind, but it seems that he is in flight mode and his brain just gets flooded with fear. He is not aggressive he will just run away or on leash rear up to escape and aviod whatever ghost spooked him. I find this rediculous on some levels and so I need to figure out what I can do to retrain his reaction. I am looking for suggestions, aside from the obvious valium for the handler Thanks
HI He definately doesnt like the wind, if the leaves blow he tucks tail. He gets upset over any little thing that is unexpected. (We live in the city) No issues with lightening thunder etc. I do not react I proceed forward if he rears up or trys to run in the street he gets a correction words first then a quich tug on his leash when he comes back to his heal position we just move forward I dont touch or talk to him. Once his tail is neutral and his mouth is relaxed I say goooood boy and give him a rub or two.
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This may seem like a duh question but is it possible he's still in pain with all of his joint issues? Pain does funny things to dogs and it's possible he's associated movement which a normal healthy dog would deem as exciting or interesting to something very negative.
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My Husky went through a very similar thing between 11-15 months old. I was told it was a fear stage, but I did not experience it with my other 2 older dogs. Maybe it is only some dogs.
I did the same things that you have been doing and somewhere between 18-24 months I noticed his fears were gone.
Now, he is a very weak nerved dog so he still will jump at random noises. But he recovers quickly and will get on with it. You may just have to ride this out and instead of flooding him, you may have to work more slowly so as not to cause any permanent fears.
I have mention that to 2 differant trainors here in NH one told me I have poor leadership skills to allow him to behave that way regardless if he was sick or not, the other feels he is very skittish by nature and thinks desenstatizing is the answer but the problem is I never can tell what will spook him I was thinking of at least getting him to come to me instead of running away would be better, just not sure if that is a good long term solution I was thinking of a command like safety to make him come in btween my legs but I would prefer he be able to freeze where he is. Obviously he is never off lead, I foster dogs to keep him social and we go everywhere together he just cant go for long walks because of the OCD in his elbow and he does get stiff in his rear end if we go more than a mile When he is in pain he simply wont go for a walk and is short tempered with my other dog cat and bunny. Then its in the kennel with some aspirin and cold compresses
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