AHA! - going out the door without going absolutely nuts!
SO, we finally decided to restrain her by putting her leash on a spindle at the bottom of our inside stairs. For her, it is finally an AHA moment, for when she is connected to that leash and can't jump at the door, she sits quietly and waits to be released. It is so wierd. This crazy puppy finally and totally quiet. Anyone else have "luck" with this?  |
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| I am so waiting for one of those Eureka moments... but good method and we may be putting that one to use to see how are 9 mth old fella does !
Cheers,  |
| We did that with our pei when she was littler (she's only 14 months now lol), but it didn't help much. She was particularly spazzy about us leaving though. We finally realized that a little distraction was key. Gave her a treat, so she associated us leaving not with 100% horroromgtheyarenevercomingback, and kept her busy enough for us to get out the door even though she knew we were leaving. It was that moment that stressed her, so distracting her worked wonders. Now she is usually totally fine with us going.
I'm sure with time it will get better too, once she figures out that you are, in fact, coming back.  |
It would seem that ignoring Dutch on leaving and coming is the only thing I did right  |
| It has been six years and we are still waiting for the AHA moment. Even when we get up to make a coffee or snack, Molly runs to the door just in case we decide to take her somewhere |
| I know what you are going through. My 3 dogs get very excited when I even approach my purse. I watch them watch me, and their body reads "on alert we may be going somewhere." If they ARE going with me, I tell them "to the car." When I know they won't be going, before I even pick up my purse I walk over to each one of them and tell them "they have to STAY. I have to go but you have to STAY." Believe it or not they usually either lay back down or just stand there and watch me go....no craziness. I wish I could tell you how I trained them to do this, but I really don't know. Anyway, it makes for a nicer exit. Maybe the key is that I let them know they aren't coming before they get too excited to listen.
Many people will give you all types of good adviise on this. Good luck! |
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