[nagdu] Wanting to Chase all moving animals, especially small ones...

[Tracy Carcione]

When Echo first came home with me, she had a terrible thing for squirrels,
and there are lots of them in my neighborhood.  For most things, a verbal
correction was enough, and any hard correction would make her dissolve
into a puddle, but the only thing to stop her chasing squirrels was a high
collar.  I learned pretty quickly to recognize the signs of a squirrel
being spotted, and I'd pull up her collar and hold her leash in my right
hand, ready to pop her.  I worked on it for months, but eventually she
could walk right past one of the little buggers.  I let her still chase
squirrels in the yard, but not while working.
She also wanted to chase cats.  I never got that totally under control,
just because we didn't encounter that many, but I got her so she'd walk
past one.
Tracy

> Hannah, everyone's dog, I am sure, has some issue with something. They are
> one of them perfect because they are dogs. For some it is cats and
> squirrels, for some it is other dogs. You have to keep reminding her that
> this is not the time to be going after them. For mine it is dogs. He is a
> little better, but he still has not overcome it and I've had him three and
> a half years. You won't ever have a perfect dog, so just keep working on
> it and be attentive to the fact that you are going to run into a problem
> like this from time to time. I am not saying you shouldn't keep
> correcting, and maybe some kind of reward if you know that you have passed
> up a distraction, but dogs are alive. Just relax and enjoy the dog and pay
> attention. That's really the only advice I would know how to give on this.
>
> Cindy
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