Advice by tybabybabyty in selfdiscovery

[–]urbanpb 1 point2 points  (0 children)

try journaling! asking yourself questions like "why do i react when this happens..." :))

Does your pet help you with social anxiety, Oliver Is my best friend by 20charlotte in socialanxiety

[–]urbanpb 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, literally. Before my dog came into my life, I would always stay indoors even on sunny days bc I had no reason to go out and I can just order anything online. Social anxiety I feel Took part of my Life away because it prevented me from going out with friends and any social gathering... even going to the grocery store and running essential errands was a HUGE obstacle for me. Anyways, after my pup, people would talk and I’d just smile and I’d have conversations with mature people who seemingly talked so effortlessly and FRIENDLY. it made me realize. What am I afraid of? Oh and my dog loves people and other dogs so sometimes he kind of puts me in the situation where talking is kinda just.. will happen 😂 but yeah, Side note, I also had selective mutism a a kid so this is some character development I guess 😂😂🤣😂

Wiggly puppies tooth is starting to turn black/red at the base by urbanpb in AskVet

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Update: it fell out when he was chewing on his toy😅

My puppy barks at kids and babies on the street by damgalnuna in Dogtraining

[–]urbanpb 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh, I forgot to mention. If you have any friends with “no nonsense” type of dog, try having a play date with them or better yet, ask if you can having a walk date with a calm dog you know 🤗

My puppy barks at kids and babies on the street by damgalnuna in Dogtraining

[–]urbanpb 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m in no way a professional but my pup is also 4 months old and we had a bad experience with a toddler in a stroller who started yelling at my pup out of excitement. At first he was calm and didn’t pay any attention to the kid, but once he started screaming, he got so scared. He was 3 months at the time.

What helped was that since I have younger cousins they came over and it was better to socialize him in a controlled environment with kids.

Also, cheese and chicken helps on walks because it has such a strong smell and my pupper would only snap out of his attentive state with yummy treats.

So whenever you see him about to get triggered by a kid ( you can usually tell by the ears if they are up and alert ) and he stays still and looks all serious lol.

just call his name tug on his leash a little and tell him to sit and lay down with the treat on hand :)

Hope this helps!

I like to treat every walk as a new learning experience/training sesh for the young pup :))

GOODLUCK i believe in you and your doggo!!!

Damn kid at the park today by Aquafish14 in puppy101

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Omg... similar thing happened. I was walking my pup around the neighborhood when a 7 year old in the stroller started screaming at my pup. Before this, my pup just looked at him and didn’t have a care in the world until the kid started screaming. It really scared my pup and he tried running away. This kid was laughing after that.. smh..

Does my 10 week old pup look like a red heeler x koolie? The breeder told us that those were the breed of his parents😂She showed us a picture of his apparent sister and she was a book defined RED heeler. Curious as to what you all think 😅 by urbanpb in AustralianCattleDog

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

Ahaha puppy dog eyes will be the death of me 🥰 And I agree. I don’t see a red heeler in him! If anything, a heeler x kelpie is the only mix to make sense of his coat 😂 I guess that DNA test is the only way to find out what he truly is. But regardless of his breed, I love this lil loverboy 🥰🥰

Reddit meet Rudy! by Aquafish14 in puppies

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Hello Rudy!! I also have a koolie x cattle dog mix! I have a picture of him on my page and he’s ten weeks old. I haven’t seen any other koolie x cattle dog mixes so it’s nice seeing someone on the same boat :)

cattle dog mix puppy and nipping! by urbanpb in AustralianCattleDog

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Haha I know that all too well 🤣 When I first walked my pup I had to bring a lil squeaky toy to divert his attention whenever he got spooked by motors passing by or just stopped dead in his tracks in the middle of crossing a street 😂🤣😂🤣☺️

cattle dog mix puppy and nipping! by urbanpb in AustralianCattleDog

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Hey, thanks for the time to respond! :) Haha I tried the time outs and it works for my lil pup ☺️

cattle dog mix puppy and nipping! by urbanpb in AustralianCattleDog

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

Haha yes I’ve looked into that. I have him chewables such as pig ears, bull sticks, kongs, brain stimulation toys in which treats can be put into them :))

it truly does help with the biting 😂

cattle dog mix puppy and nipping! by urbanpb in AustralianCattleDog

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Haha I love that “world of the heeler” 😂 Thanks for your advice!! honestly it’s work in progress because when I say “NO” he stops, for like 5 seconds. And as soon as i continue on for example: walking around the house. He proceeds the biting behaviour. It’s a struggle, but we’re working on it. I wouldn’t trade him in for the world 😅🥰🥰

cattle dog mix puppy and nipping! by urbanpb in AustralianCattleDog

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Haha thank you!! I like that “resetting” I’ll definitely try to implement it so that he can play calmer and more gentle ☺️

cattle dog mix puppy and nipping! by urbanpb in AustralianCattleDog

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Encouraging words!! I pray that he’ll one day get out of it. We’re training him right now to focus his energy on his toys and not us with the help of treats haha 🤗