I got my little girl when she was 6 weeks old .... cute & smart as can be ... to date she can sit, shake hands & then switch to the other hand, lay down, roll over, jump on command, fetch & come, sit & stay .... not too sure what happened but the last 3-4 days she is not listening when we are out walking on lead, she listens ok off lead if we're in a park like today, but our regular walks thru the neighborhood on lead have been extremely distracting for her lately ... every noise every sight seems to be distracting her ... any insight would be appreciated, thanks.
Dogs are a lot like children. They need patience and consistency. Keep up with the positive/negative reinforcement stuff, she'll get it. She's probably just testing boundaries with you.
She may just becoming more aware of her surroundings. It is a good time to start her on puppy obedience classes.
Maybe for a while, you might just walk her in an area where she isn't so likely to be distracted, too.
Obedience classes are certainly the way to begin her progression into a good adolescence and young adulthood.
Hi ICU,
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your puppy is becoming like i like to call it a teen pup.
The name pretty much says it all, but its pretty much your dog is acting like a teenager
at this age. They are having alot of energy and need to be doing something at almost all times.
Pretty much saying your dog is getting a short attention span you need to have her doing things at all times. Whenever your dog gets distracted just look forward and keep walking. Don `t pay any attention to her. Get her lots of toys soon she will be out of this fase.
ah 5 months - the beginning of adolescence - and of asking why and questioning authority like human teens.
She's growing up.
Parent her explorations rather than forbid them.
Take note of where and what she seems to be the most interested in.
Start taking those as stops like you would with a kid at an amusement park.
Let her hit the favorite rides.
Share some happy talk during a brief stop then go along.
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You'll want to take the steps so that she's happily leaving one spot and moving to the next.
Make it fun.
You're only real concern at this point is her character and how she appears to be responding to stimuli.
What she learns here she'll carry into adulthood.
However you want her to "emotionally" respond to things in the future, encourage now.
(Not demand. Encourage)
You're at the end of puppy time and onto your little girl becoming her version of woman.
I.CU. I don't know what you mean by distracting her? Is it the sights, or smells she is reacting to ? Maybe there is a dog in the area that is exerting its dominance by marking. What I mean by that is, you may be walking her in an area that is being marked by a larger and a more aggressive dog. Keep in mind that in the wild dogs, foxes, wolves and coyotes mark their territories. Her distraction is that she knows she is violating another dogs territory, and believe me, this can be very distracting, because she knows she is en-roaching upon a territory she shouldn ' t be in. This is no different than your walking up to a house and walking in unannounced. How would you feel? Pretty scary huh? If I were you, I'd pick a new location to walk her in, this will alleviate her tensions. When dogs on walks get to sniffing around and they come across another dogs potty, they wil generally cover it with their own potty. Dogs are territorial that is why they do this, to establish dominance of that area. This may be hard for you to believe, but when a dog sniffs another dogs potty, they know all about him/her. They even know if that dog is sick, or dominant. Imagine your being on a leash and I force you into another persons house. How would you feel about that? Obviously your dog is a small dog, and she isn't about to confront a bigger dog. Think about your going on property that has a "No Trespassing" sign. How would you feel? Like I said, take her to a new area and walk her. I hope that I have been of some help to you and your dog.
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Everett
