Too Hyper fe male - Page 1

Hi, Can any one help me in my case i have a fe male she is about 18 months old now. She was with me since she was 10 weeks old and with the male now 22 months old side by side in there kennels{He was also 12 weeks old}They grew up together almost at the same time. She is very hyper and barks and jumps a lot at him esp when she sees the male next door when he is open in the run as she is open also, I have tried a couple of time putting them together buy she still braks at him and wants to domanate.This thing is started to be getting on my nerve now, Kindly can soome one help me out,, I would really be thankfull. Take care..

Ham, Give this pup a job... start training her in obedience and use her hyperness as a training tool. I don't know what bloodlines you own but if is working line, well duh. start using basic obedience training. She is old enough to start. I discourage you from putting theses two dogs inside of the kennel TOGETHER. This is a very bad idea. You may never know how early your female can start her heat cycle.. It will be too late as your male would catch it first.

Also Ham if you need help feel with obedience let me know. I'm always here to help :)

Thanks Brittany for your kind advise, She is a Karat yoker daughter out of Farina Klostermoor,But now a days they are in different kennels side by side they cannot see each other during the day time cause there are walls between them but in the evening when they are out in there run then she goes crazy she has even taught the other female pup to start braking for no cause.I hope to teach her some thing for her behaviour, what do you advice to make her better.

dear ham ur barking spells r not correct

she is barking to releave stress. She is very excited to be out with the other and you and all the stimulation that she got when she is inside the kennel has no place to go...so she will bark and bark and bark....I have one just like this. and she was born barking and hasn't shut up yet and she is 2. She is better with a great deal of excercise, I walk her 4 miles a 4 days a week, and then I only let her out by herself if I dont' want to hear the barking, and she is not as loud. Also starting her obediance will help. You will stimulate her mind and she will have other things to think about and use her built up energy for. I would leash her as soon as you let her out and start some heeling exercises with food, work on focus heeling...sits,downs ect. this will really help. My son now has a 4 wheeler and we use this to exercise the dogs too. wish I would hve bought that years ago. lol Heather

"A dog raised in a kennel craves to escape from such crass stupidity into liberty, the presence of people....to play and work (and) causes a state of continuous exasperation that frets at their nerves....many acquire a craze for purposeless actions....often causing harm to themselves" Capt. Max v Stephanitz

You could try a bark collar if that is the main problem. The ones using a citronella spray are more of a behaviour modification and not as harsh. Teach her to bark on command, and to quit on command. That way you can tell her to be quiet (Quit!) and she knows what is wanted. The key to that is being persistent and consequent, otherwise the quit has no value. Keeping her busy is important. Put some toys into her kennel. A thick cotton rope with some knots in it dangling from the ceiling, a ball on a sturdy bungee, etc. Just make sure the toys are safe to be around when she is alone and that frequent use will not damage teeth. So no steel belted tires or wood, or such. If you don't have the time to run her to tire her out, consider getting a treadmill and put her on it while you do kennel chores or other things you can do in her proximity while she is on it. A very good way to occupy a dogs mind is to free feed them. If you have a large run or yard that is fully fenced in, put her in it, and then give her her food ration, but spread it across the whole area like you would chicken food. Then let her search for it. The larger the area and the thinner the food is spread the better. Aim for a search time of 30 to 45 minutes, twice a day. It keeps her moving, keeps her focussed, has her use all her senses, she is working for her food, and it is low stress. You do not need to be present while she is searching. Its a great "automatic" exercise. If the dogs get along you can feed several dogs like that at the same time, just watch in the beginning that there will be no fights. With several dogs searching at once they really learn to keep their nose on the prize, otherwise buddy over there will come in and snatch that morsel away. It could also be a good way to modify her barking. First let her know what is expected, let her search on her own. Let the male search on his own. Then put them together. She will be exited as usual and bark of course. You will imediately spread the food, enough for two, and the barking will stop and noses go to the ground. Leave them alone to make sure she is doing her job rather than pay attention to you. Once she knows what going into the run together means (feeding time), you can spread the food before putting the dogs in, so there will be no barking to begin with, but run means a quick hello, then nose to the ground. When the food is gone she will be a lot more settled and most likely not be as barky when playing with the male as she is now.