Rottielover
February 14th, 2008, 06:33 PM
Ok, I will make this as short as I possibly can. No one can really understand unless they saw him. LP has had the opportunity, bet she wish she hadn't.
Anyways, for awhile now Harley has always been protective of his( what he thinks is his) car. When a dog passes by all hell breaks loose. BUT with him being healthier and hitting maturity, he has taken to a level I do not care for at all. He now does it when people pass by, especially kids.
He has always has had a prey drive, but for the past few weeks, it has been escalating. He sees kids outside playing, and he automatically goes into tense mode, like what he does when he wants to chase a squirrel.
He shows no sign of aggression at all, just high prey drive.
My greatest fear now is him getting off again, and chasing down a kid. :(.
He has also started to show lack of respect of leadership, and has increasingly selective with commands( I enforce them though)
So we have started back to boot camp. No more bed, crate at night, work for food, increasing training 100's fold.
When all said and done, the lack of leadership has been my fault, I babied him when he was sick, I let my guard down.
Oh ya, what started me boot camp again........
2 days ago I was taking him out of the car, normal routine, open trunk, he stays until leash is on and OK has been said. well not that time, I opened the trunk and he took off. Thank god not far, but he ran up to a boston terrier.
Owner knew hharley and was ok, but I was not, just as I was about to put the leash on him he marked the bostons owner.
I was furious, and he was corrected big time... The owner was ok, but I was pissed. He has always tried to be bossy with people, but NEVER has he ever tried to show such disrespect.....
Back to square one.....I have a feeling summer will be hell this year
Anyways, for awhile now Harley has always been protective of his( what he thinks is his) car. When a dog passes by all hell breaks loose. BUT with him being healthier and hitting maturity, he has taken to a level I do not care for at all. He now does it when people pass by, especially kids.
He has always has had a prey drive, but for the past few weeks, it has been escalating. He sees kids outside playing, and he automatically goes into tense mode, like what he does when he wants to chase a squirrel.
He shows no sign of aggression at all, just high prey drive.
My greatest fear now is him getting off again, and chasing down a kid. :(.
He has also started to show lack of respect of leadership, and has increasingly selective with commands( I enforce them though)
So we have started back to boot camp. No more bed, crate at night, work for food, increasing training 100's fold.
When all said and done, the lack of leadership has been my fault, I babied him when he was sick, I let my guard down.
Oh ya, what started me boot camp again........
2 days ago I was taking him out of the car, normal routine, open trunk, he stays until leash is on and OK has been said. well not that time, I opened the trunk and he took off. Thank god not far, but he ran up to a boston terrier.
Owner knew hharley and was ok, but I was not, just as I was about to put the leash on him he marked the bostons owner.
I was furious, and he was corrected big time... The owner was ok, but I was pissed. He has always tried to be bossy with people, but NEVER has he ever tried to show such disrespect.....
Back to square one.....I have a feeling summer will be hell this year