Comments on: Dog personality and how we behave in life https://theonlinedogtrainer.com/dog-personality-and-life/ Doggy Dan's Reactivity Training Tue, 25 Oct 2022 07:39:26 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 By: Dog Trainer Doggy Dan https://theonlinedogtrainer.com/dog-personality-and-life/#comment-3556 Wed, 22 Nov 2017 21:54:22 +0000 http://theonlinedogtrainer.com/?p=900#comment-3556 In reply to phyllis.

It is actually pretty common for dogs to be a bit wary of the ocean and you are sot on when you mention that the movement and noise can be the real issue. It all comes down to survival and some dogs feeling unsettled about swimming in the ocean, those same dogs often don’t have a problem swimming in still water however. The approach I recommend is not to force the issue or make a big deal about them not entering the ocean, rather try wading in ankle deep water yourself and seeing if they eventually summon the courage to follow. I avoid calling them in too much and prefer to just let them work it all out themselves. This may help the next time you all venture to the beach! Best, Doggy Dan

]]> By: phyllis https://theonlinedogtrainer.com/dog-personality-and-life/#comment-3489 Thu, 16 Nov 2017 05:36:48 +0000 http://theonlinedogtrainer.com/?p=900#comment-3489 My dog club went to the beach recently with all our dogs. I have two small dogs, Max a reactive shih Tzu/maltese and Cindy whom the vet decided was an Australian Terrier cross. We are not sure what she is crossed with, although at mealtimes it could be a Labrador. Only joking she is probably crossed with a silky terrier and a few other breeds we don’t know about. Once at the beach all the bigger dogs plunged into the waves, chased toys and generally had a wonderful time. My shih Tzu sat down beside my wheelie walker and thought, yep I know most of this lot so they are okay but just in case I am staying close to Mum. My girl Cindy ran around wondering whose going to play with me, who who? Forget the water and the waves though. So our trainer picked her up 7.2 kilos of her and waded out knee deep and let her swim in to me calling her on the beach. Well! the look I got, “Mum, you allowed that person to cart me out into those awful waves where she dumped me into water which was undrinkable (the dam water you can drink) and you just stood there calling me!” you know the look? She kept far away from me for awhile after that. My shih Tzu who will chase a stick into the dam took one look at the stick I did manage to find as if to say ÿou want the stick, you go get the stick, I’m not going into that noisy rough water” Eventually I did wade out into the water knee deep, which when the wave arrived became waist deep, Oh dear, never mind all for a good cause. Then I tried to persuade my two wilting violets to venture into the water before I ended up even wetter as I cannot stand without support for too long. Not going to do that even though they knew I had cold chicken back in the little cold box. So with help I get back to the beach and took Max out for his surf, and our trainer took Cindy back out and everyone ended up having a wonderful time. Enter a strange man walking along the beach with a BIG dog, Cindy ignored it as expected but Max came over near me and growled and snarled. Strange man tried to bring BIG dog closer but I said “No, don’t bring your dog any closer”and he backed off and went on his way, otherwise there could have been repercussions. We all gathered together then and returned to the grassed area, washed the dogs off, and ate lots of cake with coffee. A lovely day but two very different dogs do I have, who will react quite differently to each situation.

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