The primary goal here is going to be control of her behavior. I guess it could be excessive prey drive, but that would show up in other areas. In reality it doesn't really matter. The idea here is to control this behavior. It doesn't matter what the reason is the dog behaves this way. It is baisicly an issue of controling the behavior. This dog will never be able to just be turned loose in a group of dogs to play. This dog may be able to go for a walk, on lead, with out much problem.

The other option other than using a correction collar (slip), would be to use an e-collar. Lou would be the one to contact about that.

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The primary goal here is going to be control of her behavior. I guess it could be excessive prey drive, but that would show up in other areas.

Do you know more about this, or others? I did not see it listed on the Q&A list.

I am not sure what you are asking here. COuld you be more specific about the question?

You mentioned that excessive prey drive would show up in other areas...(of her behavior) I take it. It what other areas would it show up?

I would expect that she would go after anything that moves. Literaly. She would go after anything that was moving, she would be extreamly distractable, unable to focus on anything. I would expect that the dog would chase children, butterflies, and anything else that moves.

Going back to your origional post you state that she is "nervous" when ever she sees any other thing.

I would be curious how she reacted to the "alpha roll". My guess is that she turned tail and and submitted immediatly. If I am correct she is not a dominant dog, just a poorly controled fearful dog. To take care of this it really doesn't matter much. The idea is to get the dog to focus on you and "leave" anything else that comes around. Part of the way to handle this would be to do systematic de-sensitization. Find where she can be worked in obedience and maintain focus. Then move slowly towards the distraction. Over time she should be able to get close and maintain focus on you.

This may be a good place to contact Lou. He has good sucess with this type of problem.

Yes. Yes. She can't keep her head in one direction for long periods. Anything moving will cause her to track it with her head and or body. Thank you for describing this. No one has before.

With the roll, yes, she tucked her tail and backed her eyes. So you are sugessting that she is reacting out of fear. So, she may be fear aggressive. Would a dog like this challenge every dog?

When I took her for her walk today, the dog handler said to make sure a quick stepped everything. He said give her very little time to think, she should only learn to react to my commands. He stressed fast and I did. This time when a squirl came out in front of her she growled but kept in line. She did not bark. I corrected and she checked back in step and whined like hell. I held fast I made her heal until she looked up at ME away from where the squirl was...I felt cool. All other exercises went well, but, then again, she does walk well.

The handler also said that I need to take her toys from her...why???

About the kennel explanation. I understand now why she would be more comfortable in a kennel rather than tied out at my new place. Thank you.

Yes, a fear aggressive dog may be very likley to challange everything. They want to get their licks in first. They want to attempt to create a pre-emptive strike.

The idea behind the quick motions is to not give the dog a chance to think about obeying. It must obey and every time the dog even starts to think about concentrating on something else, make a change. As soon as the attention starts to wander, change direction, issue a command, do something to re-focus the dog.

Toys are yours, not the dogs. If you control everything for the dog the dog must look to you for everything. The dog must focus on you to get everything. Make the dog work for everything.

In obedience, and all control exercises, the dog must maintain focus and be willing to do what you say to get what it wants. The more I think about this the less likely that this dog is dominant.

Use the prey drive to your advantage. Get the Flink's tape on building drive and focus. By using the prey drive to create focus and attentiveness in the dog. Once you can control what she pays attention to you can control her actions. Again the goal here is to control her actions. If you can conrtol her behavior you won't have a problem any more. I wouldn't let go off lead in a group of dogs, but you should be able to walk her with no problems.