Have a fun new client. Something actually challenging instead of you average jumping up, peeing in the house pet. A darling little corgi, who very easy going until someone turns on a ceiling fan, the microwave, or the computer printer. Then he turns into psycho killer herding dog who will keep that darn ceiling fan in line! It’s pretty funny, which is how it got started. Someone in the house just might have been entertained by it and encouraged the behavior. That’s all he needed to turn this behavior into a sacred duty. Poor little guy, he thinks he’s taking care of his family by barking and spinning whenever any of the evil machines attempt to take over his happy home.
It’ll be interesting, he actually responded very well to some distraction techniques and giving him a different job to do when the fan went on. We’ll see how it goes and I’ll keep you updated. Because his mom has a very good relationship with him already, he’s been to obedience class and gets the whole “how to learn” theory, I think his prognosis for learning to not react to these things is good. He’s a very reasonable little dog, which is something I don’t get to see very often.
Also, for those of you who’ve been paying attention, Flash did move on to another foster mom - this one with 15 dogs for him to play with, acreage for him to run till he drops, and swimming pool to practice dock diving in. Last I heard he was in doggie heaven. And my house is finally quiet. Yippee!
Posted on April 28th, 2008 by michelle
Filed under: Not my dogs, Random run ins, Training
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