littlemisslauren
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My parents picked up their Ridgeback baby a week and a half ago - I have been very naughty not posting piccies untill now!
She will be 12 weeks old tomorrow and is fully jabbed up, but the lead training is going very slowlyyyyyyy. And she is huge!
Charlie (my 14 year old Border Terrier) is tolerating her, lots of growls when she oversteps the mark but he seems far more active and happy in himself
Betsy has met her and they are now best mates! They run around the garden with each others ears or tails in their mouthes! They play ALL the time we are at my parents, with synchronised water breaks.
Sometimes Molly is happy to leave the play but Betsy wont, the chewing each other and chasing never stops. Is this just a baby thing?
Betsy is also petrified of Charlie, when ever he goes near her she drops to the floor. He gave her quite a serious telling off when she was younger and she definately remembers him! She does this if she is on or off lead and its starting to drive me mad! I have been ignoring it and just dragging her is necessary but it isnt getting any better.
When we meet other dogs on a walk she still does the pathetic puppy thing of lying on her back, OH and I are ignoring it, but everyone else thinks its cute and they fuss her. So now she thinks she is clever and does it even more. She is happy to meet other dogs when we are out though, just goes all pathetic when they sniff her.
She happily runs to our gate whenever she hears a dog walking past (there are alot of dog walkers on my street!) and she will sniff at them if the owners stop to say hello to her (obviously everyone knows her!).
Is she doomed to be scared of Charlie for the rest of his life? She loves the big Lab next door and the tribe of spaniels. She is quite a wimpy dog despite ALL the barking.
Also.... when will she just chill out?? She is fine in the house, comes and goes as she pleases and snoozes most of the day between walks with the occasional play but as soon as we get out for a walk (2 short walks and one hoon a day) EVERYTHING is so exciting, I know she is still young and I expected this kind of excited little terrier brain bomb to happen. But when will it stop?
We have been trying to make other dogs less exciting too, every dog we meet she gets to say hello if the owners agree or give a wide berth if they dont. She also gets some off lead time with the spaniels, lab and a lovely GSD and Bischon if we see them out. Before she is let off lead she has to 'look' (ie. concentrate on mammy not that huge exciting dog over there) and when passing dogs she has to 'look'... am I doing the wrong thing by letting her play with so many dogs? Should we be concentrating on ignoring them for now?
Thanks for reading The pathetic 'look how cute I am when I lie on my back ' behaviour is literally driving me mad hense the long post!
She will be 12 weeks old tomorrow and is fully jabbed up, but the lead training is going very slowlyyyyyyy. And she is huge!
Charlie (my 14 year old Border Terrier) is tolerating her, lots of growls when she oversteps the mark but he seems far more active and happy in himself
Betsy has met her and they are now best mates! They run around the garden with each others ears or tails in their mouthes! They play ALL the time we are at my parents, with synchronised water breaks.
Sometimes Molly is happy to leave the play but Betsy wont, the chewing each other and chasing never stops. Is this just a baby thing?
Betsy is also petrified of Charlie, when ever he goes near her she drops to the floor. He gave her quite a serious telling off when she was younger and she definately remembers him! She does this if she is on or off lead and its starting to drive me mad! I have been ignoring it and just dragging her is necessary but it isnt getting any better.
When we meet other dogs on a walk she still does the pathetic puppy thing of lying on her back, OH and I are ignoring it, but everyone else thinks its cute and they fuss her. So now she thinks she is clever and does it even more. She is happy to meet other dogs when we are out though, just goes all pathetic when they sniff her.
She happily runs to our gate whenever she hears a dog walking past (there are alot of dog walkers on my street!) and she will sniff at them if the owners stop to say hello to her (obviously everyone knows her!).
Is she doomed to be scared of Charlie for the rest of his life? She loves the big Lab next door and the tribe of spaniels. She is quite a wimpy dog despite ALL the barking.
Also.... when will she just chill out?? She is fine in the house, comes and goes as she pleases and snoozes most of the day between walks with the occasional play but as soon as we get out for a walk (2 short walks and one hoon a day) EVERYTHING is so exciting, I know she is still young and I expected this kind of excited little terrier brain bomb to happen. But when will it stop?
We have been trying to make other dogs less exciting too, every dog we meet she gets to say hello if the owners agree or give a wide berth if they dont. She also gets some off lead time with the spaniels, lab and a lovely GSD and Bischon if we see them out. Before she is let off lead she has to 'look' (ie. concentrate on mammy not that huge exciting dog over there) and when passing dogs she has to 'look'... am I doing the wrong thing by letting her play with so many dogs? Should we be concentrating on ignoring them for now?
Thanks for reading
The pathetic 'look how cute I am when I lie on my back ' behaviour is literally driving me mad hense the long post!
you just have to reasure her more by lettig her interact very frequently as you are, I would certainly keep letting her meet and greet, even if breaf, when she hits the deck simply walk off and as you are no attention.
