Eileen Posted January 10, 2008 Share Posted January 10, 2008 I am worried my dog is becoming fear aggressive, a subject I've raised already once before, wondering if it was a fear period (she is 9 months, and this is definitely new behaviour). However, I don't know enough about it to make any decisions and correct behaviour, and it doesn't seem to be going away. Who would someone recommend in Sydney to help me? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winterpaws Posted January 10, 2008 Share Posted January 10, 2008 K9 Force www.k9force.net Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eileen Posted January 10, 2008 Author Share Posted January 10, 2008 Thankyou. I just had a look at the website and it looks like he is helping someone with a fear aggressive dog now. It's a bit of a drive, but that's ok, I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrunoBella Posted January 10, 2008 Share Posted January 10, 2008 That's not a drive . I did from Canberra Well worth the trip and he does indeed know how to fix fear agression. Have fun Bellasperson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayGee Posted January 10, 2008 Share Posted January 10, 2008 Thankyou. I just had a look at the website and it looks like he is helping someone with a fear aggressive dog now. It's a bit of a drive, but that's ok, I guess. Dog owners at the end of their tether will cover a few kilometres to pay a visit to Steve. We did the trip from Brisbane! Fortunately for us Jeddah loves a long car ride. She's was better than travelling with our kids when they were younger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ons Posted January 10, 2008 Share Posted January 10, 2008 I travelled from tamworth and the drive was worth every single km. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eileen Posted January 10, 2008 Author Share Posted January 10, 2008 Wow. Ok. That's some recommendation. Thanks guys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RL1 Posted January 10, 2008 Share Posted January 10, 2008 Thankyou. I just had a look at the website and it looks like he is helping someone with a fear aggressive dog now. It's a bit of a drive, but that's ok, I guess. Dog owners at the end of their tether will cover a few kilometres to pay a visit to Steve. We did the trip from Brisbane! Fortunately for us Jeddah loves a long car ride. She's was better than travelling with our kids when they were younger. JayGee, How long was the trip from Brisbane ? and how was the accommodation in the area ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrunoBella Posted January 10, 2008 Share Posted January 10, 2008 Steve has accomodation listed on his web site. I stayed at the Cabins - can't remember the name - and the dogs were allowed inside. The accomodation was really nice and I got to build a log fire. I think the drive from Brissie would be about 10 hours as the training area is on the NW border of sydney. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winterpaws Posted January 10, 2008 Share Posted January 10, 2008 We travel from the Central Coast which is 2.5 - 3 hours - very much worth it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eileen Posted January 10, 2008 Author Share Posted January 10, 2008 OK so I have just spoken at length to Dolly's breeder and the problem isn't as bad as I thought. She has been extremely helpful and given some good advice. I will try to follow that first, and then if Dolly's stressed behaviour continues around certain dogs I will organise to meet with K9 Force. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kamuzz Posted January 10, 2008 Share Posted January 10, 2008 OK so I have just spoken at length to Dolly's breeder and the problem isn't as bad as I thought. She has been extremely helpful and given some good advice. I will try to follow that first, and then if Dolly's stressed behaviour continues around certain dogs I will organise to meet with K9 Force. Would you mind sharing that advice with us? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perry's Mum Posted January 10, 2008 Share Posted January 10, 2008 K9 force is fantastic - he did a great job with Perry - we came up from Canberra too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winterpaws Posted January 10, 2008 Share Posted January 10, 2008 Eileen if it is enough to make you worried then I can PROMISE you that the time and money you spend with K9 will not be wasted. Even if it is not a fear issue I can guarantee you that you will not walk away learning anything and having an amazing resource to email and speak with e If you have any any doubt in your mind that your dog would be developing fear aggression then I really reccomend you seek the advice of an expert BEFORE things get out of hand. I'm not selling K9's business for him because he doesn't need my help. But having dealt with a dog who did have issues it is heart breaking and so much stress that could be avoided. Good luck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eileen Posted January 10, 2008 Author Share Posted January 10, 2008 Would you mind sharing that advice with us? Of course I don't mind I am just a little weary so I won't do a blow by blow retelling of the conversation if that is ok. So I explained that Dolly was very sociable before I had surgery, as I took her to the dog park every day, but she hasn't really been back for two months. (OH was more doing the walk around the block thing, as we have moved suburbs, and it is a longer hike). I noticed one day about 3 weeks ago walking her onlead through a different park, a largish kelpie cross ran straight at her - he seemed like he wanted to play, but she wasn't having a bar of it, and when he wouldn't go away, she eventually started snapping at the air. This worried me - so this, and a few other incidents I recounted this evening I discussed in great detail, such as this morning when we went back to the dog park, another dog ran straight to her, she didn't like it at all and her hackles went up. So her breeder was explaining the sort of body language to be looking for in other dogs, particularly their approaches to her/us, as she thought that would be triggering the change in Dolly's behaviour. We then talked about my body language and what sort of unconscious rewards I might be setting up for Dolly. She recommended some play dates with dogs I know and trust, to make sure I am reinforcing that playing is good. She also said it was important to get on top of it, as it would be very sad if she became a fear biter, as it is not in her nature at all. There might be more, but as I said, I am quite weary, and I can't remember it all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogdude Posted January 10, 2008 Share Posted January 10, 2008 My advice is to stay well away from dog parks because they are just not a controlled enviroment to socialise your dog, especially a pup. There is a di#*head around every corner who thinks that their dog is "just being a dog" with no regard to your one. The general public are generally not good at reading dog. Your dog doesn't need to meet a hundred dogs to be well socialised. The main point is that she meets a few good ones under controlled circumstances. It only takes one bad one to ruin her, so don't play a numbers game if you can help it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayGee Posted January 10, 2008 Share Posted January 10, 2008 Thankyou. I just had a look at the website and it looks like he is helping someone with a fear aggressive dog now. It's a bit of a drive, but that's ok, I guess. Dog owners at the end of their tether will cover a few kilometres to pay a visit to Steve. We did the trip from Brisbane! Fortunately for us Jeddah loves a long car ride. She's was better than travelling with our kids when they were younger. JayGee, How long was the trip from Brisbane ? and how was the accommodation in the area ? RottyLover, we did the trip in one straight drive, stopping every few hours to give Jeddah a break and we'd have a cuppa, probably took us roughly around 12 hours, that included a slightly longer break at Singleton for dinner. We stayed Madison's Mountain Retreat at Kurrajong, which is about five minutes from Steve. Great self-contained cabins and dog friendly. They do an enormous breakfast basket, and yes, the fireplace was wonderful. We saw Steve in late July, so it was pretty cold with our arrival being quite late at night, they had the fire already stoked and the cabin quite toasty on arrival. Enjoyed our stay so much, that I'm about to rebook for another stay in February for my niece's wedding! We drove down on the Thursday, did a session with Steve on Friday and Saturday, relaxed on the Sunday and headed back to Brisbane on the Monday. Pretty easy trip, and defintely of great benefit to Jeddah. You won't regret it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eileen Posted January 10, 2008 Author Share Posted January 10, 2008 My advice is to stay well away from dog parks because they are just not a controlled enviroment to socialise your dog, especially a pup.There is a di#*head around every corner who thinks that their dog is "just being a dog" with no regard to your one. The general public are generally not good at reading dog. Your dog doesn't need to meet a hundred dogs to be well socialised. The main point is that she meets a few good ones under controlled circumstances. It only takes one bad one to ruin her, so don't play a numbers game if you can help it. Yes, Dogdude, I am beginning to think you are right. It's just she loves being offlead so much And given what the breeder has said last night, so many owners have called to me "oh he just wants to play", when now I think back to the way the dog has approached us, perhaps that wasn't their intent at all. And Winterpaws, I suspect you are right, because I am sure that if I am concerned, my body language isn't going to really be radiating leadership, is it? So I think we will still go to K9 Force, just for my peace of mind, and for a bit of knowledge's sake. I also realised last night, after talking to the breeder, that all the books in the world don't make up for interactive advice, you know "So when the dog does this, what does this mean?". "Well that depends on this, and this". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonymc Posted January 10, 2008 Share Posted January 10, 2008 Eileen,you cannot go wrong with Steve.Money and time well invested. Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JulesP Posted January 11, 2008 Share Posted January 11, 2008 It you are concerned about the approaching doggies then this will certainly transfer down to your doggie. Maybe that is all that is going wrong now. Try singing as a dog approaches. I'm with Dogdude though, I stay away from dog parks. Joanne Righetti is a behaviourist who is in Sydney. http://www.petproblemsolved.com.au/. I work with her hubby. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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