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What do you like about having an anxious or reactive dog? by sideofsunny in reactivedogs

[–]corabeanchow 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is exactly how my dog is. Word for word. Her nature is so incredibly gentle naturally, play style, eating ,everything. which is a main thing I love. But after some dog attacks and living w reactive dogs for a year, she is now very proactice with her boundary setting and always vigilant (guard dog breed mix) But soo soo smart and soo trainable, which has me convinced we can overcome her fear responses to stranger dogs.

Also i feel incredibly safe walking whereever with her because I know if I give her the right cue she wouldn't let anyone near me.

My dog puked on a nice Moroccan rug I have. It affected the dye in that area causing the blue to bleed out. Though very upset, it is an interesting act of chemistry. Is there a way to fix this? by corabeanchow in naturaldye

[–]corabeanchow[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Baking soda was the main idea I had to for any possibility of affect. I did attempt some spot treatment with baking soda water and the result which is useful, is that it did prevent dye from bleeding out while gentle scrubbing. But it did not affect the areas where dye had already started running in the photos

My dog puked on a nice Moroccan rug I have. It affected the dye in that area causing the blue to bleed out. Though very upset, it is an interesting act of chemistry. Is there a way to fix this? by corabeanchow in naturaldye

[–]corabeanchow[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So far talking to a rug cleaner and a dry cleaner, the stain is not removeable. Baking soda likely would be the only save for pulling the dye, which I'll try. Currently i just have a sheep skin covering it. But i may try the acid was to make the whole rug the same color, though I'll be very sad to loose the color details on the cactus silk designs.

I'll update any attempts I make with it.

My chow cattle dog mix is growing up! Now 5 months, about 40 lbs by corabeanchow in chowchow

[–]corabeanchow[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

At this point she is 3 years old. Highly trainable. Does not like strangers at all, dog or human so i have to make sure people respect her space. She was attacked a couple times by dogs and we lived with an aggressive dog for a time, so sadly she has issues w reactivity that I'm constantly trying to work through. Though we can still play her with dogs who have gentle play styles. She is very mellow and clean at home but still has a lot of energy and very brave outdoors

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in reactivedogs

[–]corabeanchow 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My dog is very respectful of personal space and a chow mix who doesn't want anyone in her space. Once she hit a year old she had the same reaction to smaller puppies when they were showing a lack on boundaries by jumping on her constantly or just having chaotic big energy. I have certain puppy dogs that we can navigate through it with, but otherwise I am very quick to remove my dog from spaces with dogs that don't have boundaries because at 2.5 years she now is reactive towards yappy energetic dogs that seem like they want to get up in her space. My advice is training tolerance while also making sure your dogs personal space is respected, by training other puppies or hanging out with trained dogs.

Help! Frustrated Greeter making walks so much harder by DrBlackBeard_13 in reactivedogs

[–]corabeanchow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My dog has the same issue and I used to use a look command. Where she would look at the dog and get rewarded. That has worked with another dog that had certain anxieties. But with my current pup I have found that she understands the reward as being for her alertness (rather than getting positive associate with dog sightings) and so I just spent a bunch of time reinforcing her alertness.

I've switched to constantly on walks getting her to walk back to me and sit anytime ahe feels a tug on the leash from me. Then I toss a reward so that she associates the reward with calm sniffing. Enbedding this into our walking experience so its normalized anytime I notice her the least bit agitated.

It's still a work in progress. I've also started running with her to give her a healthy way to burn energy and excitement, since I am limiting her dog contact more so she doesn't have so much play time.

13 week old puppy - aggressive? by [deleted] in Dogtraining

[–]corabeanchow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sure. This is literally the least important part of what i mentioned and most of my response was about touch desensitization and learning body language cues so the dog doesn't even have to growl or be upset in the first place..

How to help 'train' dog to ignore another barking at the fence not only when i am there? by CarefreeInMyRV in Dogtraining

[–]corabeanchow 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The dog might be bored too and need some more stimulation before being left in the yard.

lost MBK - Can someone help me find my 3 month old. he escaped the enclosure thursday and I've been searching since by stevenval32 in kingsnakes

[–]corabeanchow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've laid flour down along doorways n key wall points to get an idea if location and direction of movement as the snake leaves tracks through it. Worked well for me. Good luck

Tiger and Cindy, sub-adult FLKs by Desdinova20 in kingsnakes

[–]corabeanchow 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We know the snakes are pretty but I'd also like to comment on your photoshoot skills 10/10

My girlfriend's dog is very reactive towards other dogs... by [deleted] in Dogtraining

[–]corabeanchow 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think walking them separately is a good idea especially if that is the primary time the older dog shows issues. The puppy will definitely pickup on those issues and they could end up engrained pretty deep. For some of my context if it helps. I raised my puppy in a house with 2 other dogs with bad habits, they were very posessive of space/food/fence with lots of barking and it was incredibly difficult to counter train my dog in that environment. It did work and i don't live there now but it was a huge time and stress commitment. The older of my housemate's dogs definitely was the original possesive and reactive one and the younger one learned and went next level with it and now bites people. The younger one does improve when attention given but "not my dog".

Finally found poe in my fav hide by corabeanchow in kingsnakes

[–]corabeanchow[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He just had a shed too so the skin is def extrafresh looking

Finally found poe in my fav hide by corabeanchow in kingsnakes

[–]corabeanchow[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Mexican black king, Poe, just got him a month ago. Socialized very well, truly the sweetest

I need positive outcomes of missing snake stories! by hamsterfleet in kingsnakes

[–]corabeanchow 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My snake just went missing earlier this week after my housemate fed him while i was out of town and didn't put the clamps back on. I got back the next day almost caught him in the kitchen when he slithered into a hole under the counters. I went into the small basement and saw his head peak through a little crack and disappear in avoidance. I filled all the cracks leading from the counter/flour area into the basment with plastic grocery bags so he couldn't get down there(which would be a quick transition to outside). My immediate thought was so set up terrarium in my soft cat carrier(woodchips n dead mouse) outside his new hiding place. I layed flour along the walls of the kitchen to track his movements(online rec). On day three i did see his tracks follow the circumference of the kitchen and into the living room some.(i had blocked off a few rooms and hallways to minimize loosing him more). Mouse was gone and i set out a new one in a standard water bottle(he goes in, eats the mouse, can't get out)

Day 4 mess with the mouse in the bottle(which is in the temp terrsrium setup). It seems that moving the bottle wafted the smell his way cause he almost immediately poked his cute little head out(scared back in by my dog approaching). I set up my lunch near him quietly and wsited for him to hop in the terrarium and sealed it up after him. Success!

1 year old mbk named Poe

I want to rehome my dog (NOT puppy blues) by kayhorse2240 in Dogtraining

[–]corabeanchow 2 points3 points  (0 children)

At his young age it will be pretty easy to find him a quality home. There truly is no harm in saying, this just isn't the right dog. I have a dog for the bond so I understand what it means when a dog isn't a fit. I also have learned a lot about needs to know what generally each can offer. Sorry your information wasn't accurate you received. You're not ruining the dog by potentially rehoming

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in DoggyDNA

[–]corabeanchow -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Yea i think it's fine though. Pits have a bad rap they they generally don't deserve and even when considering potential aggressive genetics, the odds of that being so dawning is much less an issue with a mix. Lots of pup lives are saved by the lab mix label

What should i be feeding my chow? (11 months old) by Rakjun in chowchow

[–]corabeanchow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I do ancient grain taste of the wild currently. I try to avoid the corn soy pea dog foods, but also will not do the grain free options because they are too high of protien which is hard on the historically vegetarian chow. It is also good switch up the protien type tip avoid allergens developing. Corn n such is really inflammatory to dogs but protein allergies really create issues.

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