Hi Everyone,
It's good to find you. We have a 3 yr. old Sheltie, Blue Merl,Chloe, that we adopted from a rescue, at 9 months. We absolutely love her but she came with behavioral issues. When the rescue received her from her first family, she was filthy and came with no accoutrements one would buy a dog. No bed, collar, toys. The reason the family gave was that she didn't get along with their other dog, a small terrier. Chloe was skittish and aggressive at the same time. She still hopes to be top dog over our meek retreiver. She nips the retr. and jumps aggressively on her. Even peed on the retr's bed. She chases (not herds) our cat, growling, from time to time. (Our other cat taught her he's got sharper claws and she leaves him alone.) She barks aggitatedly when we go down stairs, poking our legs. She wants to go out but once there, turns around and barks at the sliding door, biting it. She goes into a barking frenzy when we use a whistling tea kettle, the blender, or have our beeping appliances go off. My husband has to take his blood reading in another room because she goes ballistic with the little reader beeper. She likes 2 of our adult sons and tries to bite our 20 yr. old. She goes into a frenzy whenever we go to hug each other, whether it be my husband and I or anyone. She came to us being familiar with a crate, yet not being housebroken. We had to trash our small living room rug and our den rug. I thought she progressed nicely in that dept. Here's where I need encouragement. Last wk, my sister stayed with her 3 kids, ages 15, 12, and 9. They were good kids and acted well. Chloe lunged for my niece (9) twice and once for my 12 yr. old neph. Both kids were just entering a room.
During the 4 days they were here, I eventually kept Chloe outside or up in my room. Even then, she wasn't happy and barked a lot. The day after they left, I noticed our dining room rug smelling awful. Turns out she peed over half of it. I don't know if she started this when they came or when we left her with our son in early July for a 4 day trip. (Our 20 yr. old took care of her) We don't use the d.room often. I've a feeling she may've started in July and really peed a lot when my family was here. Does anyone have a Sheltie who's this aggressive? Also, can you recommend a prof. cleaning co. that can save our rug? I've found one but would like more suggestions. Has anyone had similar behavior problems with their Shelties? When she barks/growls at our son, I make her lie down and I hold her by her collar. Still, this persists. He went to pet her yesterday and she bit his ring, not deeply. He's fed her and petted her at times. I think he could spend more time playing with her. On the other hand, she's loving to my husband and me, has the funniest, guiltiest looks on her face and is quite good at the "I'm a poor orphan" look. I could sure use Caesar now. Thank you.
It's good to find you. We have a 3 yr. old Sheltie, Blue Merl,Chloe, that we adopted from a rescue, at 9 months. We absolutely love her but she came with behavioral issues. When the rescue received her from her first family, she was filthy and came with no accoutrements one would buy a dog. No bed, collar, toys. The reason the family gave was that she didn't get along with their other dog, a small terrier. Chloe was skittish and aggressive at the same time. She still hopes to be top dog over our meek retreiver. She nips the retr. and jumps aggressively on her. Even peed on the retr's bed. She chases (not herds) our cat, growling, from time to time. (Our other cat taught her he's got sharper claws and she leaves him alone.) She barks aggitatedly when we go down stairs, poking our legs. She wants to go out but once there, turns around and barks at the sliding door, biting it. She goes into a barking frenzy when we use a whistling tea kettle, the blender, or have our beeping appliances go off. My husband has to take his blood reading in another room because she goes ballistic with the little reader beeper. She likes 2 of our adult sons and tries to bite our 20 yr. old. She goes into a frenzy whenever we go to hug each other, whether it be my husband and I or anyone. She came to us being familiar with a crate, yet not being housebroken. We had to trash our small living room rug and our den rug. I thought she progressed nicely in that dept. Here's where I need encouragement. Last wk, my sister stayed with her 3 kids, ages 15, 12, and 9. They were good kids and acted well. Chloe lunged for my niece (9) twice and once for my 12 yr. old neph. Both kids were just entering a room.
During the 4 days they were here, I eventually kept Chloe outside or up in my room. Even then, she wasn't happy and barked a lot. The day after they left, I noticed our dining room rug smelling awful. Turns out she peed over half of it. I don't know if she started this when they came or when we left her with our son in early July for a 4 day trip. (Our 20 yr. old took care of her) We don't use the d.room often. I've a feeling she may've started in July and really peed a lot when my family was here. Does anyone have a Sheltie who's this aggressive? Also, can you recommend a prof. cleaning co. that can save our rug? I've found one but would like more suggestions. Has anyone had similar behavior problems with their Shelties? When she barks/growls at our son, I make her lie down and I hold her by her collar. Still, this persists. He went to pet her yesterday and she bit his ring, not deeply. He's fed her and petted her at times. I think he could spend more time playing with her. On the other hand, she's loving to my husband and me, has the funniest, guiltiest looks on her face and is quite good at the "I'm a poor orphan" look. I could sure use Caesar now. Thank you.
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