With greyhound speed and independent behavior, you should probably have a better rapport with your hound before you take said hound to a dog park where the unexpected is only a minute away. As far as taking your hound to the dog park and letting it run with the other hounds when you have only had the hound for 4 months, and not having basic commands established is a bit on the irresponsible side. Any of these will correct the problem you had. It changes your relationship.for the better.įirst thought, you need to work on "drop it" or "leave it". It has brought us much closer & Trolley very clearly knows what is expected of her. I've had Trolley about the same amount of time & she has tested me twice so far.Guess who won the discussion? You might consider reading about NILIF. That's about the time when they are getting very comfortable in your home & may begin to test the boundaries. I walked up to him and said I wanted the toy back.well he growled at me!! He's never growled at me, I was shocked! I firmly took him by the collar and told him NO, BAD DOG! and pulled him away from the toy, then took it back to the owner.ĭon't be shocked. I found him at the far corner of the dog park trying to shred the toy. ![]() I've never seen him actually pick up any ball or toy at the park, he just chases the other dogs around or tries to get chased. There were quite a few other dogs there and he grabbed a canvas frisbee type toy that an owner was throwing for her aussie. Thanks for posting this.I had a surprise yesterday at the dog park with Frankie, who I've had for 4 months. I will definitely use some of these techniques as I am a foster and have new hounds in the house on a regular basis. Not that I condone all of what Ceasar Milan does, but he has some good points about your energy and confidence rubbing off on your dog. Just a tip though, try not to tense up because the dogs can sense that and can make them nervous. I've had clients see Bu do the scary sounding warnings to their dogs while they were watching and they are always impressed how Bu tells the dog to back off, then goes and lies down like nothing happened. When I first got Bu, I stopped the situation when he gave the smallest warning, but as I got to know him, I gave him more leeway and realized he was better at stopping annoying puppies than i am. Not all hounds are going to be as good as Bu, but you have to watch your hound and learn how he deals with things. If some of the dogs acted towards me the way they acted towards them, I'd probably bite them in earnest, where he just startles them. He is a very patient dog, but he has his limits, which are higher than mine. Again, he's very appropriate, even his scary sounding warning is all talk. He is very appropriate and gives small warnings to annoying dogs and if that doesn't work his warnings escalate, until he gets to the loud, scary sounding warning. I never correct him if he growls at another dog, unless it's a resource thing. I'm a dog walker/pet sitter and my hound (Bu) goes to work with me. Oh, and try not to tense up too much - you don't want your dog to feel he needs to be using all those calming signals on YOU. If the other dog is really rambunctious just say that your dog is such a gentleman he's not sure how to react to the "puppy". I think your best bet is to make sure that you enforce any calming signals - break eye contact between the dogs by turning him sideways, or walk beside the other dog to meet rather than face-to-face. That's what your dog is seeing - even if the stranger isn't overtly threatening it still feels that way. Think about complete stranger who runs up on the street and hugs you. In the outside world many people own under socialized dogs who don't realize that bouncing up to a stranger isn't appropriate. Racing greys grow up with other greyhounds who have grown up with other greyhounds. Personally, I think greyhounds are used to other dogs that are dog-socialized and recognize the signals. ![]() If the other dog doesn't respond with a similar calming signal your dog may feel threatened and respond with growling or barking - sort of a "if you won't play nice neither will I". Turid Rugaas' book lists more signals than the website, but I don't have the name handy. One signal dogs use is a play bow, less to initiate play than to signal that they are puppy-like and non threatening. Check out Calming Signals it lists body language dogs use when tense or stressed in order to indicate that they think the situation needs to be calmed down.
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