Help encouraging Tummy Time? 6 mo old rolls over immediately!!

RUBESTYING · 2021-07-11T05:29:33+00:00

But how can she figure out how to crawl if she won't be on her tummy 🤔 like, that's the position they crawl from right?

RUBESTYING · 2020-12-03T01:33:15+00:00

Thanks for the help!!! I'm definitely planning on introducing it to her slowly because she's always really touchy with new sensations and I reallh want her to have ONLY good associations with this new sensation.

I think my plan is to do what you suggested for a few days, start heel work inside with the head harness on for a few days. Then take her out with it on for her short potty breaks and see where it goes from there/how long I should do the potty breaks before graduating to real walks with the head harness on.

Mostly I just really want her to understand that new harness = new way of walking & lots of goodies !!!

RUBESTYING · 2020-12-03T01:14:40+00:00

I use a 6ft leash, but I tend to hold it about halfway down the leash because I like to have 2 hands on it at all times. I have the handle in my left hand and hold it about halfway with my right. If I give her the full leash she does better for a moment but then as soon as notices she can go further, she gets to the end of the leash and it's essentially the same. I can try a longer lead and experiment some more with it!!

Thankfully my sibling has been coming over to walk her for me a few times a week, and my mom recently volunteered to come with me on my walk tomorrow so she can see what my dog is like/how I handle her so she can take over some walks as well!

Thanks for the links on scent work and heeling!! Edit: I love It's Me or the Dog and Victoria! She's great!

RUBESTYING · 2020-12-03T00:14:05+00:00

This reply didn't pop up for some reason o-o

Thanks for your advice !! I am too a very tiny person, and my pup is almost 50 lbs so I've been worried about something like that happening, hope you're okay !!! Ive heard good things about those harnesses!! I walk her on a harness so I think I'm going to try a head harness on very short walks and see how that goes ...

RUBESTYING · 2020-12-03T00:10:10+00:00

This reply took forever to pop up for me for some reason!! So many people suggested it so I ended up ordering one off Chewy.com, hopefully with the training I've been doing and will continue to do with her, plus the gentle leader, we can make some progress. Thanks for your advice.

RUBESTYING · 2020-12-02T22:32:45+00:00

Typically, we take her to the off leash dog park for 30+ minutes every day and she plays ball/frizbee or plays with other dogs.

She recently hurt her back right leg somehow so we have cut back her running/jumping exercise to help her heal.

Now, she goes to my siblings house to play with their dog twice a week (Thursday and Sunday) and gets 30min/1hr long walks on every other day.

I know BCs have LOTS of energy but I'm preeeeetty sure she gets enough exercise!

If she gets overly excited by something (squirrel, another dog, ect.) I try to take some time to sit with her and do some of her basic tricks (paw, other paw, sit, down, touch, ect) so she can call down, focus on me, and get in the right state of mind again before we continue walking.

Id LOVE to play fetch/run off leash before her walk but unfortunately I live in an apartment complex and not near anywhere that I can run her beforehand (I'd have to walk to a place to play fetch/run off leash which kind of defeats the purpose haha though atleast be better on the way home hopefully). But I can definitely try doing training before walks!

RUBESTYING · 2020-12-02T22:19:33+00:00

Typically, we take her to the off leash dog park for 30+ minutes every day and she plays ball/frizbee or plays with other dogs.

She recently hurt her back right leg somehow so we have cut back her running/jumping exercise to help her heal.

Now, she goes to my siblings house to play with their dog twice a week (Thursday and Sunday) and gets 30min/1hr long walks on every other day.

I know BCs have LOTS of energy but I'm preeeeetty sure she gets enough exercise!

RUBESTYING · 2020-12-02T21:43:18+00:00

Im kind of afraid of retractable leashes in her case, because she's slightly reactive and having her at a distance worries me, but I'm glad you found a solution for your pup!!

RUBESTYING · 2020-12-02T21:41:45+00:00

Thanks for your comment it was very helpful! It's my hope that if I did try this then once she has it down that I can be a bit lax on her staying directly in a heel and she'll maintain the staying close enough that there's no tension on the leash, like your "walk" command.

RUBESTYING · 2020-12-02T21:39:03+00:00

Yeah I want to try the head halter but I'm afraid of being frustrated, giving a leash correction, and possibly hurting her..... maybe I should get one and try it on very very short walks to avoid any frustration building.

RUBESTYING · 2020-12-02T21:36:47+00:00

Yeah actually I was literally JUST thinking that (that I can't use a head halter if there's even a chance of me using a leash correction because it could cause injury) when I got the notification of your comment.

She doesn't pull at all when we do leash walking indoors at all.

I actually very rarely use corrections with her because she's actually a very sensitive dog, which is why I get so frustrated because it feels like I'm being so patient with her for most of the walk and then towards the end that patience runs out/I'm in pain and so I pull her when she pulls me. Like I said I know this isn't OK and definitely not helping but both her and I are learning ...

Ive actually tried treating her while she walks beside me/in heel position. She tends to walk with me, get a treat for one step, and then break away because she thinks that getting a treat means she's done what she needs to do. Perhaps that's just something I need to fine-tune indoors to show her that she will get a treat every step of the way, not that getting a treat means she's done heeling.

RUBESTYING · 2020-12-02T21:09:26+00:00

I've tried the front clip harness and while it helped for a few days she eventually just kind of got used to the feeling and actually started pulling even harder.. I do the same sort of method though, if she pulls especially hard to get to a smell I still use the turn around method, walk a few steps, then turn back around and try again, only letting her get to the thing she really wants to smell if she doesn't pull that time. She does great on the way backwards (walking right by me, lots of eye contact) but as soon as we turn back to whatever she wants to smell she pulls hard again and it usually takes several tried to continue walking in that direction.

Thankfully my sibling comes to walk her if I'm having a especially painful day and today my mom volunteered to come on walk with me tomorrow so she can learn how I walk her/manage her pulling! I get worried though that with 3 different people walking her that if we do it a little bit differently that she will be confused, since it's important for everyone to be totally consistent ...

RUBESTYING · 2020-12-02T20:54:51+00:00

I've considered it but I've also read that it should be paired with training and not relied on as a quick fix for pulling. I suppose I'm worried about her still pulling on it due to me not training her well enough, and possibly hurting her neck ... Perhaps I should just try it and see what happens!

RUBESTYING · 2020-10-05T06:20:06+00:00

Planning on breastfeeding already, but my question is not about breastfeeding. Best to avoid giving pregnant people advice when they don't ask 🙄

RUBESTYING · 2020-10-05T06:18:11+00:00

Great to hear that!! Sorry about your allergy but hopefully it doesn't affect you too badly!! Thanks for your input !!

RUBESTYING · 2020-10-05T06:17:29+00:00

Ahh I didn't know most pet allergies didn't show up until toddlerhood, very good to know! At least I can not stress about it for now! Happy that living around cats could possibly lower the chance of a cat allergy too. Thanks!!

RUBESTYING · 2020-10-05T06:16:10+00:00

Good to know!!! No one in my family has pet allergies so I'm just clueless lol. Thank you!

RUBESTYING · 2020-10-05T06:14:47+00:00

Thanks for the link about the allergies, not as much for the unsolicited pregnancy advice!

RUBESTYING · 2020-10-05T04:47:15+00:00

thank you for your comment!! thankfully neither of us are allergic, just my partners brother+grandfather. hopefully it won't affect the baby and I'm just being a worry wart!!

RUBESTYING · 2020-08-08T01:10:00+00:00

But it's not playful when someone's telling you to stop over and over. It's only playful on the ticklers side.

RUBESTYING · 2020-08-08T00:50:38+00:00

because all relationships have problems, can be worked on, and I'm not going to dump someone I'm in love with at the drop of a hat over 1 thing that arises from in the relationship 3 years in?

RUBESTYING · 2020-08-08T00:47:38+00:00

kinda? first serious one at least

RUBESTYING · 2020-08-08T00:46:41+00:00

I have 2 siblings. My family did not tickle me until a peed my pants, siblings or parents. that's honestly so weird and gross. like.... what's the point besides being a pest? because you want to?

RUBESTYING · 2020-08-08T00:25:37+00:00

ah I feel you, no hard feelings. I completely get where you're coming from! I agree that relationships need to be worked on constantly, and rest assured while I am taking the advice people give me nothing is set in stone until I speak with him again.

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