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| This topic is available here on forum.oes.org | my OES, Gus thinks he is the boss, whenever I disipline one of my others dogs, Gus has to put his 2-cents in, and has to ''tell" the other dog just what they did wrong, besides what I say.
He is getting out of hand, and all of a sudden, doesn't listen when I tell him to stop doing that.
HELP!, its getting worse and I don't know what to do | |
| | How old is Gus? My Daisy does the same thing, at 7 she's always on hand to "help" with the boys. She will also discipline them if SHE thinks they are doing anything wrong, I think with her it's just a mothering thing. On the other hand she will lay quietly next to them if they aren't feeling well and lick their faces. I've never been able to stop it so I can't help there, but good luck. | Gus is the same age as your OES. It must be the age. He also takes care of the other dogs when they don't feel good. He worries about eveyone, the dogs and other members of the family,
I guess it is just being a OES. I know they are herding dogs, and he definitely likes to herd us and protect us from anyone who comes into the house. He is very friendly, but he still protects us! LOL
hope someone can give us advice on how to correct this. I don't think he will harm my other dogs, but he is bigger than they are and he doesn't know his strength!
thanks
Marcy | | I need a visual of this. How are you disciplining your dog, and what exactly is Gus doing? | Gus stands over the dog that got into trouble and barks with a nasty bark!
and I do mean stand over (usually its my papillon that gets into trouble or it can be my puli.) because Gus has a big mouth, it looks like he might bite the little guy.
as far as disipline, I make him lie down and stay for a little while. I tell him that I'm the boss, not him!
I just worry that one time he really might hurt one of the other dogs. he is really starting to get out of control. When he gets too excitied, we use a noisey can (can filled with screws), and that seems to help. | | You might try to seperating Gus off to the side first, or give him a command to keep him busy... Is he always around when you need to make correction to your other dogs??? Remind him that you're the one saying what to do, not him... Problem being they have SUCH short memories when it comes to action vs repercussion, by the time you get Gus under control, the other dog may not understand why you're making the correction... If Gus doesn't respond well to commands you might want to spend a little one on one time reinforcing training with positive rewards (praise and yummy treats), so he'll repond right away when you need him to. |
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