Recent content by DaveFisher

Thank you for your message. I think you may be correct, just let it persist until she gets tired of it. Your video shows your dog behaving exactly as Luna does except she tries to jump up on the counter. She is small, 13 inches, but she very good at jumping. There have been a couple other...

Thank you for your reply and suggestions. We bought something called "bark buddy" from Amazon and it sends out an ultrasonic sound when she barks but it worked only 1 time. If it is still working and she hears the sound she ignores it. Maybe there is something similar but better we should...

Thank you for your reply. We have tried using a diversion but we have been automatically bringing out the treat before turning on the espresso machine; I think we need to maybe start the machine first then give the treat, as you say. Sometimes she won't take the treat she is so focused on...

Thank you for your response. The technique you describe makes sense. We have been going to Zoom Room, a chain of dog training locations and we completed obedience and now are doing agility. They offer one-on-one sessions in their location, not in our home, but we will try that next. I saw a...

Luna is our 1 year old little girl who is full of energy and lots of fun. She still gets the "zoomies" fairly often and we are currently doing agility training. The problem is certain sounds around the house set her off and she gets almost out of control, barking and jumping. We have an...

Our 9 month old little girl barks excessively and is becoming more aggressive when she barks. She lunges at vehicles, especially trucks, that go by on our walks and this behavior seems to be getting worse. She has not shown aggression towards any person. She is our 9th Sheltie over 40+ years...

Thank you to everyone for the replies. Your experiences help me to not worry about it so much. We have had Shelties for 37 years and she is the 2nd one, out of 7, who was not interested in food as a puppy but she seems to less interested than the other one was. We included some pumpkin puree...

Our 7 month old female puppy shows hardly any interest in food. We had her tested for parasites and the test came back negative. She eats maybe 1/2 cup of kibble each day and I mix in 2 teaspoons of canned, wet food with it. Starting today I tried some different food slowly mixing it with he...

I think maybe the problem is with the workers a couple houses over who are making a lot of noise with the construction. When they take a break or are not hammering or nailing she doesn't seem to bark much at all. They are not scheduled to work tomorrow (Sunday) and I will see if she barks a...

Thank you. I will try that. We have some plants near the fence that may look strange to her, I'm not sure.

Thank you, I will try that. She is obsessed with something over the fence.

We adopted a 4 1/2 month little bi-black girl, Luna, about 6 weeks ago and she will be 6 months old tomorrow. We have had Shelties for almost 40 years so we are very familiar with the breed. Luna is a very smart little girl; when we brought her home she already was familiar how to use a doggy...