Rehabbing an Aggressive Australian Shepherd

More Rain Today. It is getting tiring, keeping the dog's energy level at bay, along with their boredom. If they don't get worked, then in the evening they are wound up and playing a lot. So much playing can happen, that I cannot hear the television. So I have worked with them to only play during the commercials. When the program comes back on, I just tell the dogs "that'll do" and they quit playing and lay down until the next commercial. The plan is not perfect, but it works pretty well.De …

Man, Its been raining since Thursday night! Four straight days!Yesterday we had family over for some early gift exchanges. Upon their arrival, Decker started to growl. Matt was right beside him, and he got corrected for the growl and put into his crate on the front porch. Later I let him into the house, so not to miss on an opportunity to help him desensitize to people.He was unsure at first, then one of Matt's sisters offered him a chip and he was hooked! I brought out some dog treats and …

I have come up with a new plan to help Decker know which is proper and improper behavior.I don't know why I didn't think of the obvious before, but I got this idea from watching the Cesar Millan show. I need to round up some willing kids. I am going to get Decker a muzzle. This would allow me to correct him making mistakes and keeping kids safe at the same time. The hardest part of this new plan is to round up some kids. Maybe older ones would be best, but I think this would work.The kids could …

The dogs and I have been fairly quiet this week. I have started to gear up for a fun trial that I am putting on in February. I have been rebuilding fences and restreaching fence wire, in order to make the place look good when everyone arrives for the trial.We are in the middle of an extensive rainstorm. And just before it rained, I went out into the sheep pasture and seeded 24 lbs of annual rye grass seed. I love the way the rye grows. This grass grows really fast, compared to other grasses …

A couple of days ago, my husband, Matt, and I were outside talking to a delivery person. We were on the north side of the house and the dogs were out with us. Decker was running around chasing Tam.My neighbor next door had some neighbor kids over and they were visiting outside in her driveway. Decker had noticed them, but didn't pay too much attention as they were about 1-200 yards away.My neighbor has some dog agility equipment down her hill, fairly close to the fence that separates our prop …