SaddlePsych'D
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...and it can be quite loud! She makes various funny noises but we've discovered her bark which is really high-pitched, loud and goes right through you.
She seems to be bringing it out in frustration/excitement around her dinner time, and to 'answer back' when asked to go to her bed (a cue which has been much improved so she does understand what this means). It doesn't seem to matter what we have done in the day (i.e., longer walks, a visit to the secure field for a run, eating a bit more through having a stuffed Kong etc.)
This evening I'm quite worried because she got really over excited/aroused and was jumping up on me on the sofa and barking at me. I tried to keep really calm in saying 'no' and moving her off the sofa, and rewarding her for being more settled but being totally honest it was a bit tense - or at least I felt tense. I don't know whether this is her feeling a bit brave/bossy in wanting her tea or something more concerning.
I'm getting worried about boundaries and on the one hand pleased she is coming out of her shell more (she's started trying to play with me, we working on not including 'mouthing' with that), but on the other not wanting this behaviour to continue or escalate. I really messed up with her last week and we had a couple of really stressful/unsettled days so maybe it's the fallout from that? The day times with her are fine and we've had some fab long walks the last few days, lots of time out in the garden, some toys out for her, hiding treats for her to sniff out but still in the evenings she seems a bit unsettled and today shook my confidence with her because she's shouting quite loud!
I keep hearing it will get easier with her but if anything it was easier when she first arrived, although that was probably because she was so overwhelmed and tired most of the time which isn't what we want for her at all.
She seems to be bringing it out in frustration/excitement around her dinner time, and to 'answer back' when asked to go to her bed (a cue which has been much improved so she does understand what this means). It doesn't seem to matter what we have done in the day (i.e., longer walks, a visit to the secure field for a run, eating a bit more through having a stuffed Kong etc.)
This evening I'm quite worried because she got really over excited/aroused and was jumping up on me on the sofa and barking at me. I tried to keep really calm in saying 'no' and moving her off the sofa, and rewarding her for being more settled but being totally honest it was a bit tense - or at least I felt tense. I don't know whether this is her feeling a bit brave/bossy in wanting her tea or something more concerning.
I'm getting worried about boundaries and on the one hand pleased she is coming out of her shell more (she's started trying to play with me, we working on not including 'mouthing' with that), but on the other not wanting this behaviour to continue or escalate. I really messed up with her last week and we had a couple of really stressful/unsettled days so maybe it's the fallout from that? The day times with her are fine and we've had some fab long walks the last few days, lots of time out in the garden, some toys out for her, hiding treats for her to sniff out but still in the evenings she seems a bit unsettled and today shook my confidence with her because she's shouting quite loud!
I keep hearing it will get easier with her but if anything it was easier when she first arrived, although that was probably because she was so overwhelmed and tired most of the time which isn't what we want for her at all.