Malli wrote:good grief!
Not that I condone his actions, but I'm betting this is a one time thing.
What you're describing kind of sounds like "antagonistic old person syndrome" - it seems very familiar to me, and I'm not sure why but it seems like something some elderly people do. (you were mentioning walking as close as possible, and waving the cane around) I'm totally being serious. Take my Grandmother, she'll be visiting and my parent's dog will be sleeping in the middle of the floor, where she needs to walk; instead of talking to the dog or asking someone to move her, she kicks the dog Talk about a good way to get bit! She just doesn't get how to handle them.
anyway, maybe you could attach a strip of chicken wire on smaller stakes attached to the fence poles for the fence?
BigDogBuford wrote:A tip in on the fence works well.
I know it's not a good thing but I just can't help giggling at the sight of him gracefully sailing over the fence. You combination of admiration and sheer horror must have been very exhilarating!
LMM wrote:He cleared a 6 foot fence with room to spare?????
TheRedQueen wrote:
Seriously...to help with any FUTURE incidents...I'd get someone to help you set up situations that are similar...and proof the problem. Work on all sorts of people on the other side of the fence...and do some LAT with new people. If you can't get anyone to help, sit by the fence with your clicker and treats, and wait for people to walk by...play some LAT.
amazincc wrote:TheRedQueen wrote:
Seriously...to help with any FUTURE incidents...I'd get someone to help you set up situations that are similar...and proof the problem. Work on all sorts of people on the other side of the fence...and do some LAT with new people. If you can't get anyone to help, sit by the fence with your clicker and treats, and wait for people to walk by...play some LAT.
I have, and I do. There are kids waiting for the school bus right on the corner every morning, we see tons of strange people and dogs walking by during the day, and the LAT was a huge success w/the mail man and the UPS guy. (We actually saw a UPS truck at the vet last week, and his butt started rotating wildly... )
He gets poked and prodded by strangers for chemo once a week... and he's fine w/all of that.
I didn't think I'd have to "proof" the dogs in case some old guy w/a bad attitude happens to walk by... but I guess we'll have to work on that now. *sigh*
HappyChick wrote:Is Sepp on Prednisone? Since this was unusual behavior for him, I wonder if he is acting differently because of Pred.
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