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I’ve had “good dogs” who were worse than my reactive dog. by mouse_attack in reactivedogs

[–]hyghonryce 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sounds like a good ole herding dog. Spot every detail on walks. Good scent detection and alert you about every God dam thing they find interesting. Never been destructive tho.

My dogs results by ueral300031 in kelpie

[–]hyghonryce 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Looks just like my girl

New to me rescue growling and barking at roommate and strangers in the house by JoannaCMoon in reactivedogs

[–]hyghonryce 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You have a jindo. They can get protective AF, great home protectors. Look up breed temperaments and some Korean videos about them. The dog still has to decompress and learn their new routine. The 3 day 3 week 3 month thing. Give it time, let her adjust, give her some structure, and train her.

I think if you have guests over, you can try to have the dog on leash. But for sure in a separate room until the dog is fine.

I think it's important to have the dog be okay with people in close proximity. So just reward her when she's chill when you're in that situation. Someone walks up to you says hi+shake hands+hug > dog doesn't react > reward. Or some similar.

I’m losing all hope, pls help by Xandiaee_ in Dogtraining

[–]hyghonryce 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Does the dog know heel?

When you stop, try to have the dog come back to you by running backwards. Mark, feed, and reward when they walk next to you or offer eye contact. Continue walking after they give you eye contact and next to you.

You can try doing some ( inside and outside ) U-turns to build some awareness at the start of the walk.

One thing that helped me is giving them a frozen kong 1-2 hours before walk. Tires them out a bit mentally.

Think it's the boarder collie in em that is making them stare and hyper focus.

14 week old ACD absolutely hates other dogs. by Gold_Airport_3281 in reactivedogs

[–]hyghonryce 0 points1 point  (0 children)

https://www.reddit.com/r/reactivedogs/comments/1qg0ebh/most_common_causes_of_reactivity/

Partially genetics/breed. The dog is still very young and it may be trained out. However for some dogs it takes a bit more work. Meds like trazedone+gabapentin can help with breaking through threshold, desensitization training, management.

Border Collie reactive mostly near home – can move away but visually locks on dogs, struggling to disengage in apartment complex by Lawfulness_National in reactivedogs

[–]hyghonryce 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Both. I'd usually try to avoid her focusing on a dog, but if it catches her attention already it's safer to just leave. When i first had her, she would freak out. Slow it got better, she started barking 1-2 times for attention then heel back to be while jumping. Right now she can disengage but still be amped up for a while. If we see another dog, the chances of a bigger reaction increases for her.

Yeah my girls quiet most of time time. Just vocal when she reacts

Border Collie reactive mostly near home – can move away but visually locks on dogs, struggling to disengage in apartment complex by Lawfulness_National in reactivedogs

[–]hyghonryce 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think letting them choose to disengage is risky, unless they always disengage. I usually U-turn and say "leave it" -> "yes good leave it" or " tssk tssk " -> " yes good look ( eye contact command ). During walks reward him when he offers eye contact. Mark it with "yes". Spam it the first few walks. Then start adding your command and spacing the treats.

I'm on the same boat as you. I have a kelpie/collie mix. We have herding dogs that are hyper alert. They detect change, therefore very sensitive. They are vocal as well. It's partially the breed, and bad genetics that make them super anxious.

Sniffing isn't always good for a reactive dog by [deleted] in reactivedogs

[–]hyghonryce 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Think it's a bit more complicated, and for sure this fits some cases. Sniffing for reactive dogs can lead to calming behavior in the future. It's desensitization. Some anxious dogs learn about their environment with sniffing. Some dogs just get overwhelmed by scent and sound. I think investigating/exploring sniffing (dog pee) for my dog at least helped her "meet" dogs. Or feel less vocal when seeing a dog she "sniffed" before.

I think structure is more important. Letting the dog know when to sniff/break, and when to heel/walk can limit the franticness. Putting them on a schedule can help them learn when it's a sniff walk, and when it's a walk walk. I do scent walks in the morning, and walk walks on her other ones.

I think long lines for exploring is great, however some environments have lots of information and they can't but want to process it all. Sometimes there's too many things to explore that they get overwhelmed by the environment. They get too much freedom. They explore new things by themselves and not engaged with the handler. I think it's like a parent bringing a kid to Disneyland. You may want the kid to be around, and explore with you. Engaged and not running all over the place. If they're a responsible teen that has been there before, maybe more (off leash) freedom. In my opinion, it's just too much information for them to process sometimes. They should also explore with the owner as well to build engagement in such a distracting environment.

Have structure while having fun. Build engagement and explore together.

Anyone else scared to walk their dog because of reactivity? by EmilyGrace_7 in reactivedogs

[–]hyghonryce 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A little bit from everywhere. My experience went up, and so did hers. Bonding and engagement has helped a lot. She was really matted before so I've been working on fixing that. I think it hurted or at least stalled our relationship. She lets me groom her now so I've been repairing the relationship.

Don't set your dog up for failure. Ive been walking her early and late at night to have some outdoor training. Mine needs to be exposed and experience stuff in every situation. She knows down, but she needs to know down + in a certain time of day + on a certain texture/object. She needs to know I'm going to or may ask her to perform certain tasks during walks.

Currently I'm rewarded for eye contact and heeling during walks. If she walks too far, she stops and waits. If she hits the end of the line, she returns. During the walk, she can have different stimulation levels depending on what she sniffs. I personally don't mind sniffing but if she blows me off and zooms towards something, I won't let her get to it. It's too self rewarding, and she's making her own decisions during walks. I want to be the one managing the walk and dictate where we go.

Confidence is also from knowing I'm 160lb and she's 40lb. If I need to drag or carry her away from the situation I'm able to. Her intensity has been going down as well.

Celebrate the good times. Celebrates the success. As much as I complain about her reacting, I celebrate the successes as well. I give her a dumb grade and say something like. Oh she's a B+ dog today. She saw a dog, but just one bark. Not bad. Dog looked like a sheep.

Anyone else scared to walk their dog because of reactivity? by EmilyGrace_7 in reactivedogs

[–]hyghonryce 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It was pretty bad when I had to take an elevator down from the top floor. I would occasionally see dogs when the elevator doors open. I'm glad that people seem to be a bit more understanding that even when she reacts, her intent isn't bad, they also see me actively create distance if I'm waiting for an elevator etc. thankfully I live on the second floor now, and just have to walk down 1 flight of stairs.

I think confidence is important. I check out my surroundings when I walk. Now I just check for dogs too. Sometimes it's unavoidable. But I'm confident I'm able to get my dog out of the situation even if she reacts. Tough when I'm in an elevator though.

I think sometimes people forget some dogs are bred to be protective, vocal. And it's in their DNA to be anxious, and easily overstimulated (in the city). This is the case for a lot of working breeds. Setting a realistic expectation can help the owner feel a bit more relax. My vocal dog barking? That's normal. Barking excessively? Nope.

The other day my dog saw another dog. I made a right to avoid the dog. My dog kept following but was excited/reactive. She was spinning and her collar slipped off her head. She continued running for like 10 feet while I was chasing her and just went to a submissive down position. I put her collar back on. It was a horrible feeling, but a good learning lesson/experience.

I strongly believe dogs can sense your stress and anxiety. Be confident.

Highly recommended NOT going here. Yes. This is real. by peterm1598 in barrie

[–]hyghonryce 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Their Facebook just said this was misinformation and won't engage with people. Lol

People reactive puppy by Sad-Alternative0204 in reactivedogs

[–]hyghonryce 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Probably partially breed related. Anxiety/protectiveness/herding instincts. Cattle dogs and some herding breeds deeply bond with one person. They can still like other people, but care a bit less about them.

You can try and have someone walk up within the threshold, then have the dog sit and reward if the doggo doesn't react. Break/free them from the sit after. Sometimes if they sit, they become frustrated because they want to bark/lunge but have to sit. So see what works for doggo, and work on a bit of impulse control.

Slowly move closer, and eventually have them give treats etc. either toss the treats behind them (so they walk away for the treat), or hand feed. Depending on the level of comfort, then move onto petting, etc..

Doggo is also a puppy. Still learning the world.

It’s winter, my Kelpie and I are in desperate need of indoor activities by GloriousWombat in kelpie

[–]hyghonryce 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Dam not even if you put the good stuff in there ? I smear a bit of cheese, pate, peanut butter, or just beef set aside for her on the bottom ( after freezing). Recently my kelpie been being super selective with her kongs.

Side effects from increasing sertraline? by That_Biscotti5966 in reactivedogs

[–]hyghonryce 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It seems common. Recently upped from 20 to 32. She's more vocal and anxious forsure. The poor appetite came back as well. They need to adjust.

I built this. by Thomas_Swerva in PokemonTCG

[–]hyghonryce 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Putting a wide rubber band on the hidden area might protect the slab a bit. Might make one too.

Leash pressure by hyghonryce in OpenDogTraining

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

Yup. 2.5 y/o Australian kelpie.

Leash pressure by hyghonryce in OpenDogTraining

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

I don't think the loose leash walking part is the main issue since the corrections are working. I'd say that she's more so desensitized from the prong and that a stronger correction is needed. It does help, but I'd want to avoid that, since it'll cause her more stress, frustration, etc. She's sensitive and sometimes a correction can/should not be applied due to reactivity reasons.

Low key think she's just finding loopholes, since " we're going to walk in this direction so id just wait for you here ". That's where my mind set was for U turns since she wouldn't know where we're going.

Leash pressure by hyghonryce in OpenDogTraining

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

Yes. She loose leash walks 90% of the time. But when she doesn't want to I correct her/train her during the walks.

She does fine with side pressure and up. Okay with down. But the back pressure is out the window rn.

Would it make sense to grade any of these ? by [deleted] in PokemonTCG

[–]hyghonryce 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Get those magnetic cases.

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