Just Curious
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| First, I would not appreciate the handful comments. Let it go once, chalk up to a rough day, but not a snarky repeat. Just me. Steel is just a puppy, he does really well (from your other posts) with his learning and obedience. Given that he was in a veterinarian's office with all major distractions and delicious scents, he performed admirably. Maybe not as impressive as obeying at first command, but he did obey with a treat, and that's still really impressive, imho. Good boy, Steel. Maybe, he could teach the vet how to earn a treat  just saying..... |
| Give him time, he can really embarrass you. Selective hearing is just the beginning. Lily went to the vet, I was complemented about my well behaved, incredibly even tempered sheepdog the whole visit. Then at the very end she tried to jump over the receptionist desks and fell flat on her back, knocked everything off the desks, while all the receptionists hit the deck. Lily wasn't a puppy when she did this either! (Lily and I both have a trainer, Lil has passed her cgc, cgca, does rally-o and still pulls crazy sheepdog stuff) |
| Pity the vet doesn't find the figure of 8 a funny thing. The handful comment would annoy me a little but it probably wasn't meant to be an insulting thing. It is like when people say to me "who is taking taking who for a walk" implying that the dogs are dragging me around which they are not as they both walk well on a leash, but they just mean it as a joke because I am taking two large dogs for a walk. Selective hearing happens, but you got want you wanted which was a sit/down, it's okay you had to use a treat as you are in a distracting place and dogs can easily get distracted and not listen properly. Both our dogs can have selective hearing and yes it is embarrassing as it doesn't happen very often and takes us by surprise, but as long as we are on top of it and in control when it happens then I don't see a problem, they can't be perfectly behaved all the time, that would be boring.  |
| So nice to hear I'm not the only one having a problem with her comments! When I leave there I spend the whole rest of the day "checking" myself about I should be nicer, I do after all like her for other reasons, she did say she loved Steel and wanted to keep him (first visit), what do I care what she thinks anyway as long as the medical care is exemplary....Then the next time I go in with him she says something else, I guess I had just had it! I shouldn't have felt the need to put on a show for her. This is me talking calm now, not me wanting to flick her in the head! Hopefully I will be all done with them and back to my rock star regular vet verrrry soon! The figure 8 thing is something he just does, I didn't teach him... Love it though. As I said he opts for that instead of jumping and I only have a few little, little ones that visit so for them he just sucks their faces off so as long as they are willing to receive and someone is standing behind them they don't fall backward. He does the 8 to everyone else as long as you hold still there is no falling or tripping he makes a couple rounds and then waits for pets. He is for the most part obedient but I am cautiously optimistic. I have read and read here so I am waiting for the other shoe/foot to drop. I'm not sure when the teenage years are coming but I'm waiting and now expecting the selective hearing to play a role. |
| Monty is at 3 1/2 and still does crazies, some funny some annoying, I just have to be firm with him when it is annoying. I think sheep dogs are more crazy than other dogs, Buster is positively an angel in comparison. |
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