Insane,hyper dane.

[Onyxia]

How do we calm her down?
She knows what to do,but refuses to do what is asked by nearly everyone(she does listent o me but its bloody hard work to get her attention and to hold it) and is starting to challenge people when she doesnt want to behave.

If she was a smaller dog,I would be thinking along lines of some agility and obdiance work to give her somehting to think about,but not sure about that given her breed.
She si 4 years old,but can jump the sofa without any effort for hours on end

 

[sarahhelen1977]

There is no reason why you can't do obedience work with her - we had a Dane at our club - he was VERY hard work, but his owner persevered - unfortunately he was diagnosed with a serious heart condition at 18 months, so she had to stop bringing him

Don't know about agility, but again - why not get in touch with your local club and get their opinion on working a Giant!! We have a chihuaua at our agility club - if they can cope with that end of the spectrum, then why not the other - assuming she is fit and healthy I can't see why she couldn't do at least some of the equipment (she may struggle with the tyre or the tunnel!)

 

[Tia]

You finally got a dog! Congrats, I didn't know.

My aunt used to breed GDs and her's were generally quite lazy things. She did obedience with them and actually they were very easy to handle. I used to walk them alone when I was a child and they were never any bother .. as I say, hers were all pretty lazy though.

 

[Onyxia]

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You finally got a dog! Congrats, I didn't know.

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Sadly not

Still in the flat,but with any luck should be moving in the spring

Dane is my aunts,VERY hyper (so was her sire,all that line seem to be a but moranic

) and bright as anything so I really think it's a combinatin of not enough time to burn of energy and not really much to think about making her so silly.
She is still sweet and submissive with me,but has begun to challange other people-growling and snapping if she doesnt want to pay attention.

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My aunt used to breed GDs and her's were generally quite lazy things. She did obedience with them and actually they were very easy to handle. I used to walk them alone when I was a child and they were never any bother .. as I say, hers were all pretty lazy though.

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Interisting,will definatly look into Ob classes for her.
Thankyou everyone

PS,how is Clover comming Along Tia?
Think we need a month by month update of her year

 

[FinnishLapphund]

Don't know if it's to any use to you but if she easily gets excited, what worked best for my dogs with that disposition and for f. ex. the Weimaraner owner I gave this advice to (she asked about it), is simply to start praising them with a calmer voice (and body language). Teach them that "gooood giirrll" = treat or me being happy they did right. Do it in such way that the dog only becomes manageably happy.

It was with my second dog that I started doing this with, and I had instructors that told me to show my happiness more, but whenever I went "GOOOOD GIIIRRLL" = dog exploded of happiness, and the next 10 minutes or so, her brain was just "I'M so HAPPY, happy, HAPPY" and zero train-ability.
And since the dog doing the happy bouncing "lalala, all thoughts are gone" dance was a large DobermanX, it always ended with the instructors telling me, that perhaps it was best I continued praising her in my own more calm way.



If you want some brain-exercising toys I have some from http://www.nina-ottosson.com/DogProducts.htm (my dogs favourite is Dog Tornado Wood), and if I've understood correctly Prose's Stella enjoys http://www.boston-terrier-challenge.com/tests/busy-buddy-twist-treat.html



from Sweden.

 

[echodomino]

There's only one club currently that caters for GDs and that's here in Leicestershire, where I used to train with my JRTs. She's the only person with kit big enough. Though personally I wouldn't do agility with a dog that size, to me it's not fair to put the joints under such strain - given the weight they're already bearing. Too much impact imo - like jumping a Shire over the puissance fences. However this is only my opinion.

Obediance on the other hand might be an idea, as it's still mentally stimulating.

 

[AmyMay]

Out of interest what is she being fed??

 

[Onyxia]

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Not sure about brand,it's a complete kibble.
Aunt buys it from vets so would hope and assume its a decent feed for giant breeds.

ED,I completly agree about not jumping her.
She is a loon and loves to jump and although we do NOT ever punish her for doing it,we dont encorage her to do so.
Only mentioned agility because if she was a collie/GSD/pretty much anything else that would be the first thing I would do with her.

R's nursery times and days change slightly int he new year so should eb able to take her out more,which in itself should make her happier and a little calmer.
She has allready broken my aunts foot jumping about and dont want either of the hurt again