New Pup

[tsteve9999 456]

Dogs afraid of the dark?? Heard it all now....

Got to agree there, I can't get my head round a dog being scared of the dark.

Is he the same if you take him out for a walk round the block? It may just be me being daft but I'm pretty sure it wouldn't be hard to get him used to it by taking him for short lead walks where there is a bit of light and praising him constantly. Then once he's steady with that try him in the field As far as lamping ability goes the dogs still a pup, give it some time and he may well come good for you mate.

[Kemperz21 65]

My pup is scared stiff of the public foot path gates the ones with a c shape fence with a gate in that you walk around he just locks up an won't budge there the only one he does it with it's quite strange but will persivere with it

[Sirius 1,391]

Here is a pic of my new pup,she is now 9 months old and she was sold to me as a collie x grey x whippet / collie saluki, grey, out of top class parents

 

She has been out lamping a few times but seems to be scared of the dark which is a bit of a bummer as I was told the old yarn that her parents knock em over night after night, blah, blah and she cost me a considerable

 

sum because of her 'lamping bloodlines' and she still hasn't caught anything apart from a Myxy rabbit.

 

Anyway time will tell.

 

I would get shot mate, its obviously pants...... :laugh: Can it catch a plastic bag that is the question?

Edited December 3, 2013 by Sirius

[Millet 4,497]

This time next year you will have a different dog if you have done your home work..with experience and socializing the pups confidence will grow..work on the recall/jumping/stockbreaking and retrieve for now and when the time is right everything will fall into place..just don't try to hard at the moment.. try to make it all one big game..

[Sirius 1,391]

:laugh: This thread is a wind up

[bullmastiff 615]

 

Dogs afraid of the dark?? Heard it all now....

Got to agree there, I can't get my head round a dog being scared of the dark.

Is he the same if you take him out for a walk round the block? It may just be me being daft but I'm pretty sure it wouldn't be hard to get him used to it by taking him for short lead walks where there is a bit of light and praising him constantly. Then once he's steady with that try him in the field As far as lamping ability goes the dogs still a pup, give it some time and he may well come good for you mate.

 

 

If it was my pup I would just lead walk in the dark all the time reasuring her,I would just wait until next year before lamping her,hope it works out for you.

 

 

You shouldn't praise a dog for being uncertain or anxious, their not kids,

If it's a reasonless anxiety (as in nothing bad happened to cause the anxiousness) then just ignore it, playng up to it will only make it worse.

If something bad's happened to the pup that it's now scared will happen again, then you need to start re-conditioning the dog.