Advice Again...please

[rexiam]

Hi all,

I have posted about Baz the Kelpie before. He is my Dads dog ( 9 months) and i see him bout twice a week. He has a annoying habit that I would love to break.

When he sees us ,either at my place or his , he just chases Sam and looks to her, like he is fixated on her. He nips at her and just annoys the crap out of her. She will eventually just go off at him and he will back off very temporarily. Sam is my 8 yr old Lab. He doesn't do this with Rex my 18 month old Retriever. He will go off and play with Rex, but when they are not playing he is on Sam constantlyagain.

How can I stop this behaviour? When i was driving down the paddock he ran sraight in front of the car to Sam. He does not listen and will NOT come when he is called. My 2 will, he will just ignore.

[Erny]

In a nutshell, Rexiam, it is IMO going to come down to 'training' for your Dad's dog. By the sounds, your Dad's Kelpie is displaying fairly typical kelpie 'rounding' behaviours, but that's not to say it is appropriate or acceptable in this instance.

Would you Dad be willing to commit to some training?

One way or the other, your job is to protect your own dogs .... be their leader. Your lab shouldn't have to constantly be subjected to the kelpie's behaviour.

Edited June 15, 2008 by Erny

[rexiam]

Thanks Erny.

My Dad is nearly 70 and IMO think it would just be too much for him. I had a talk to him yesterday about training him on lead just once a day. So will see.

I took Baz out on the farm yesterday (without the other dogs) with a lead on. Just reinforcing , sit, stop and come. He was alot better in the afternoon. Coming more when called and really just listening if I growled at him to leave Sam alone. So maybe I need to do lead time with him twice a week and see if it helps.