Rehabbing an Aggressive Australian Shepherd

Decker did well today. My friend came over with his pup to socialize her again. Last week, Decker acted up right when my friend was leaving. This week, Decker was just about perfect. My friend even said he can tell that he is happier and more relaxed. He has noticed a difference in him in just one week.Decker killed one of my chickens yesterday, so I can't let him have free rein any longer. I moved a crate onto the front porch for him when I am busy. So to protect the loose chickens, he w …

Decker went to church with all of us on Sunday and did fine waiting in the truck with the girls. After Church we needed to pick up some groceries and he waited while we were in the stores. The last store was the grocery store. When we got back to the truck, we loaded groceries into the back end of the bed. Decker was very interested in what was in the bags. A few "hey!"s and he stayed out of the groceries.Later in the day my brother came over for a brief visit. I put Decker on leash in the …

The girls, Decker and I went on another four mile (1 hour) power pack walk this morning. He did excellent until we turned onto on road. Apparently there was a jogger approaching from the rear. Decker was nervous about it and kept turning to see him. I just kept correcting him until he quit looking back and started concentrating on the walk.Later this morning, we had a friend come over to the house for a visit. I instructed our friend not to look in Decker's face, so not to challenge him or …

Decker urinates when he gets scared. While shaping the way that I want him to play with toys, (I know, control freak-but I don't want the girls toys ruined instantly), if he insists on doing what I am telling him not to do, he gets corrected sternly, and sometimes lets his urine loose. Man, that is irritating! I might put a male wrap around him while he is in the house to help curb the damage caused by those slips. So I can't chase him through the house when he runs from me, because he is le …

Today was herding day again. I wanted to see if Decker improves again. His first day was pretty nice, and I was impressed, did he have more to give me today? I had been noticing that when I ask him to lay down, he would slither away and go to a wall, fence or couch to be against something before downing.Doing that while we were working sheep, was driving me crazy. I don’t want him to leave the pressure he has on the sheep, go away to the far end of the round pen, and lay down there. When I …