jimmydee

I've tried a few of those options. Haven't done the frozen kong (just normal kong) or tyre but i'll give em a try. I usually load him up with a few different things but he goes through them pretty quickly. Scattering kibble around the yard, big bones, frozen ice cream containers seem to be the best as they keep him occupied for a while. I like the frozen kong idea as he goes through kongs and treat balls in about 5 minutes How do you freeze the kong?

He does respond well to training. When we're home he usually wants to be around us, but every now and then he will take himself outside. Once he gets into fence pacing mode it's hard to get his attention. If I've got food he is easy to persuade though and he will do ANYTHING for food. In that case I would build him a run, preferably square, not long so he can be in there when you aren't home and has nowhere to pace. He may grow out of it as an adult if he settles down a bit. Let him have the run of the yard when you are home and use something to distract him if he is fence pacing, like throwing a chain against the fence, then calling him and rewarding him if he comes. He will catch on to the sound of chain and come when he hears it. I had one like this and it got to a point where I only needed to clink one link of the chain and she would come from anywhere. Thanks for the advice! This morning I set up a bit of a makeshift run so i'll see how that goes. Not sure how big to make it but it was about 5mx4m with access to the outdoor laundry. I'll make sure I'm outside with him and distract him when he starts pacing. I am really hoping he does settle down a bit when he matures a bit more.

He does respond well to training. When we're home he usually wants to be around us, but every now and then he will take himself outside. Once he gets into fence pacing mode it's hard to get his attention. If I've got food he is easy to persuade though and he will do ANYTHING for food.

I have a 7 month old Border Collie who is an incessant fence pacer. Our neighbours have a large tree that fills up with birds for most of the day and he runs along the fence bordering their property yelping and sniffing the ground. We've just learnt that he has a slight hip joint problem which will be exacerbated by the constant turning involved with his fence pacing. We have him on fish oil, joint formula etc. and he is getting treatment at the vet. Until his posture is corrected and we build up the muscle around his hips we are keeping him in the front yard, inside and generally away from the back fence where he mostly paces. I am trying to put obstacles in his path but that just seems to change the path he takes. He is yet to be desexed (we are still weighing up the pros and cons) and I'm not sure if this will help or not. He gets walked at least once a day but it doesn't wear him out yet as he is still young and we are keeping his walks short at this stage. He spends a lot of time inside when we are home and we try to keep his mind as active as possible. As keeping him out of the backyard isn't a long term solution, I am hoping for some advice as to how we can break this habit.