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I will look into buying some Solloquin as well as reach out to Dr. Overall. Open to any options at this point, except to give up.
Thanks,
JanyesThanks Susan,
Other individuals that have used Dr. Overall is definitely welcomed! Thanks for the reference!
Janyes
I will try to pull together a video of behavior towards other things.
I have tried to find a behaviorist, but there are none nearby… the closest when I checked two years ago is roughly 2 hours away. I live in the middle of New Hampshire, so it seems nothing is close.
On a different note, historically I have tried taking the seesaw away… literally hiding it because he would bolt out of the house to go and attack it, which was odd also since it was not moving and on the other side of my rather large yard. Then when it was hidden, he would go and attack the middle section of the dog walk jumping up and biting it. So he has improved in recent years. He no longer will focus on attacking the seesaw or the dog walk when we walk by them. The behavior improved when I stuck him on a low dosage of Melatonin, which his primary vet suggested.
So in an effort to help him, I will take the seesaw out of our work-out and trials and will follow your lead.
Thanks and being hopeful.
Hopefully, this will work… This is mild compared to other times… Sometimes he will almost get to the finish line and will bolt back to the seesaw to attempt another killing episode.
Great question. Never had this issue with my other dogs, but Ryker does react when he is not working. He gets overly aroused with the vacuum, Roomba, cars, joggers, squirrels, leaves, butterflies, birds, etc. However, when he is working, he does keep it in check, but on occasion, a squirrel cannot be resisted.
To help with his focus, we will pair up and run in a 5k that allows dogs. One time, he actually snarled at a dog that wanted to get friendly during our run. My take on that was that he told the dog he was working because he went right back to staying in step with me. Bicycles and joggers were going by us in the opposite direction which he noticed them, but did not react.
He also has issues with short people… i.e., kiddos. It is as if that is not normal. So I have to have my radar on full blast for any toddlers that come running his way at some of these 5k. As much as I tried to acclimate him to other environments since his puppy stage, he never warmed up to any “short people”. He also reacts to things that he is not familiar with or “it was not there before”. Such as a red trash can, porta potty, flags, etc.
I have a fidget spinner that he loves to spin on his own. Don’t know if it helps with his tension or not, but he loves it.
My primary trainer noticed that he has an extremely strong work ethic. As a matter of fact, even though he attacks the seesaw, he does like going to it and will try to get on it while I am having a discussion with my trainer. I will call him back to me since I am not close to it. I want to be able to pull him away from it before a possible meltdown for what ever reason he is reacting to it.
Also of note… he was born as a singleton.
Video to come shortly…
Here is the video of Ryker attacking the seesaw at a trial, my first time to share a video so hopefully it will work.
