Hi all
We recently rescued a two year old bitch from lab rescue north west. She's settling in well with our existing choc 10 month old boy, and after quite a bit of humping and chasing, they seem to have settled.
She does seem quite anxious though, and very vocal. She also hates cats with a passion, and will "do one" whenever she gets near one. No chance of recall or anything.
Obviously, this kind of behaviour is very embarrassing, especially when our 10 month old is very well behaved on and off the lead.
Does anyone have any suggestions? She's also very boistrous as soon as a lead is put on. I notice she has a halti in the pack of things we got with her, but not sure if I should use it or not. She doesn't seem to listen like Harvey (our choc boy) - and despite having what I consider to be separation anxiety, she does stray quite a bit while walking. The notes on her said that 9 times out of 10 she wouldn't return after being let off the lead. We have not found this to be the case, but her return and wait are sketchy at best (needing her to wait at stiles, doorways etc).
We have been calling her back to us quite a bit and praising her on return, which is going well - but she just seems so much more headstrong than Harvey.
We love her very much, and want her to be happy. I'm sure she would be more settled if we could teach her to be slightly more attentive. She is certainly the dominant one of the two, and established that very early on.
She is not trying to dominate me, and is very eager to please.
We have had Harvey from a pup, and have trained him into a very good dog - do the same rules apply to a two year old?
We recently rescued a two year old bitch from lab rescue north west. She's settling in well with our existing choc 10 month old boy, and after quite a bit of humping and chasing, they seem to have settled.
She does seem quite anxious though, and very vocal. She also hates cats with a passion, and will "do one" whenever she gets near one. No chance of recall or anything.
Obviously, this kind of behaviour is very embarrassing, especially when our 10 month old is very well behaved on and off the lead.
Does anyone have any suggestions? She's also very boistrous as soon as a lead is put on. I notice she has a halti in the pack of things we got with her, but not sure if I should use it or not. She doesn't seem to listen like Harvey (our choc boy) - and despite having what I consider to be separation anxiety, she does stray quite a bit while walking. The notes on her said that 9 times out of 10 she wouldn't return after being let off the lead. We have not found this to be the case, but her return and wait are sketchy at best (needing her to wait at stiles, doorways etc).
We have been calling her back to us quite a bit and praising her on return, which is going well - but she just seems so much more headstrong than Harvey.
We love her very much, and want her to be happy. I'm sure she would be more settled if we could teach her to be slightly more attentive. She is certainly the dominant one of the two, and established that very early on.
She is not trying to dominate me, and is very eager to please.
We have had Harvey from a pup, and have trained him into a very good dog - do the same rules apply to a two year old?