I've posted a few time about the nightmare time I have with Cassie.
Brief history: ex breeding girl from many tears. Goes psycho when she sees another dog. Initially this was only on lead but recently she has gone for other dogs off lead too.
I saw a dog behaviourist ...said she's just very excited when she sees another dog. But her behavour has got worse and this is just plain incorrect.
Saw a lady who runs a training class for rescue dogs and all their problems. She gave me a Gencon head collar, used it for the first time and she managed to back out of it, ran across the road and went for another dog.
Since then I have used a harness in addition to the Gencon as a back up. I felt we had been making small steps of improvement and were actually managing to walk past other dogs with a little less fuss.
Well until today! We walked to the pub and were sitting at a table oustide and she caught site of 3 dogs who came to the table next to us. She did her loopy thing but in the blink of an eye, was out of the Gencon AND the harness!! How the hell did she slip a harness. Well after lots of snarling, noise and expletives from the other people about how dangerous dogs shouldnt be let out, we legged it!
I checked the harness ( a mekhuti) ans it was pretty tight, managed to get parts of it a bit tighter but it def wasn't loose and hadn't come undone.
What on earth do I do now? I was at least feeling like if she kicked off I could rely on the harness. Now I feel again as though of she sees another dog an is determind to get to it, then she can.
I no longer have any clue as to how to tackle the behaviour. I have tried every approach, read book, spent lots of money on advice, bought all the restraint devices I can find. But what do I restrain her with if she can get out of a harness????
I love her to bits but right now she is in grave danger of being turned into a house dog!!! I thought the doggy treadmills on the Dragons Den were a bad idea but now I've change my mind.
Any ideas would be much appreciated as I am completely at the end of my tether.
Rachel
Brief history: ex breeding girl from many tears. Goes psycho when she sees another dog. Initially this was only on lead but recently she has gone for other dogs off lead too.
I saw a dog behaviourist ...said she's just very excited when she sees another dog. But her behavour has got worse and this is just plain incorrect.
Saw a lady who runs a training class for rescue dogs and all their problems. She gave me a Gencon head collar, used it for the first time and she managed to back out of it, ran across the road and went for another dog.
Since then I have used a harness in addition to the Gencon as a back up. I felt we had been making small steps of improvement and were actually managing to walk past other dogs with a little less fuss.
Well until today! We walked to the pub and were sitting at a table oustide and she caught site of 3 dogs who came to the table next to us. She did her loopy thing but in the blink of an eye, was out of the Gencon AND the harness!! How the hell did she slip a harness. Well after lots of snarling, noise and expletives from the other people about how dangerous dogs shouldnt be let out, we legged it!
I checked the harness ( a mekhuti) ans it was pretty tight, managed to get parts of it a bit tighter but it def wasn't loose and hadn't come undone.
What on earth do I do now? I was at least feeling like if she kicked off I could rely on the harness. Now I feel again as though of she sees another dog an is determind to get to it, then she can.
I no longer have any clue as to how to tackle the behaviour. I have tried every approach, read book, spent lots of money on advice, bought all the restraint devices I can find. But what do I restrain her with if she can get out of a harness????
I love her to bits but right now she is in grave danger of being turned into a house dog!!! I thought the doggy treadmills on the Dragons Den were a bad idea but now I've change my mind.
Any ideas would be much appreciated as I am completely at the end of my tether.
Rachel