BernerLver
August 10th, 2006, 08:30 AM
Over the past few months we have seen a regression with Bailey in terms of his behaviour. He continues to be destructive in the house even when given small chances at more freedom so we have not progressed far in that area. It has gotten so bad he is leashed to us at all times in the house when not in his crate. Also, he is becoming more aggressive with our older dog. It's never with regards to food etc. I'm not sure if this sounds funny but he seems to pick on Dart. I'm not sure if this is his attempt to play or what.
However, last night's incident was the final straw. We were outside BBQing with the boys who were leashed (as we have no fence yet) when our elderly neighbor comes over to say hi. Bailey is sitting on leash by my side when all of a sudden bolts towards the neighbor, knocks me on my a**, I let go of leash and he proceeds to knock over our 80+ year old neighbor. I swear my heart stopped!
Luckily she was fine and not angry. After DH and I calmed down we decided that obviously something needs to be done to deal with this dog and clearly we are not doing something right.
Our most recent attempt at obedience school was not very successful. It was the same place he went to as a puppy and their methods include clicker and treat training. This time we have a hard time getting Bailey to focus etc. Even the trainer told us that perhaps he would respond better to another method of training :confused: I'm not sure what other types there are. However, we never seem to be able to wean him off the treats even with the trainer's help.
Anyway, if you’ve made it this far thanks for listening. It's clear we need to go back to the basics and really ramp up the training. Are there other methods besides treats? Could anyone suggest one in the Durham Region? Clearly DH have done or not done enough in this area to ensure we have a well behaved dog so obviously we need to correct this ASAP.
However, last night's incident was the final straw. We were outside BBQing with the boys who were leashed (as we have no fence yet) when our elderly neighbor comes over to say hi. Bailey is sitting on leash by my side when all of a sudden bolts towards the neighbor, knocks me on my a**, I let go of leash and he proceeds to knock over our 80+ year old neighbor. I swear my heart stopped!
Luckily she was fine and not angry. After DH and I calmed down we decided that obviously something needs to be done to deal with this dog and clearly we are not doing something right.
Our most recent attempt at obedience school was not very successful. It was the same place he went to as a puppy and their methods include clicker and treat training. This time we have a hard time getting Bailey to focus etc. Even the trainer told us that perhaps he would respond better to another method of training :confused: I'm not sure what other types there are. However, we never seem to be able to wean him off the treats even with the trainer's help.
Anyway, if you’ve made it this far thanks for listening. It's clear we need to go back to the basics and really ramp up the training. Are there other methods besides treats? Could anyone suggest one in the Durham Region? Clearly DH have done or not done enough in this area to ensure we have a well behaved dog so obviously we need to correct this ASAP.