whew, Evie, it sounds like your dog is better than my dog! whew!....so far.
And it sounds like you are doing a lot of things right, to keep it that way.
Like that is great you stopped your dog from getting a guinea pig!!!
![Big Grin :D :D](/members/forums/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/biggrin.png)
YAY!! I used to be able to do that, too. I can't now.
![Frown :( :(](/members/forums/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/frown.png)
Runningdog and i once had an interesting conversation, about both us sorta think that there
might be "lines crossed" for dogs with prey drive-------that once "crossed"-------it's harder to UNcross those lines.
![Frown :( :(](/members/forums/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/frown.png)
What i mean is, it seems that sometimes, IF or when a dog ever DOES
chase a prey on his own, he has now "crossed"
that line........if and when a dog ever does
catch a prey,
that might be one more "line" that the dog has now "crossed"............ and so on.
So it is
most wonderful, that
you did not allow your Evie to get that guinea pig
![Big Grin :D :D](/members/forums/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/biggrin.png)
.
You are doing better than i did, Evie!!
and that is awesome, that you are working on helping Evie be calm around the guinea pig and bunny, yay!! And so far, so good! YAY!!
//"but while i'm riding, she insists on running tight circles around us and every so often snapping at my horses nose ![Unsure :unsure: :unsure:](/members/forums/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/unsure.png)
"//
That worried me a lil bit, i hope Evie never causes your horse to rear up, etc.
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It's too bad Evie only does this for
your horse,
otherwise, you could maybe work with Evie to stop doing it while
other ppl rode by.
Will Evie do this if
other ppl ride
your horse? (i wonder if Evie gets too excited cuz of that particular horse, or cuz
you are on the horse?)
I hope someone comes by with good ideas of how stop Evie doing THAT before your horse might ever rear up, etc. With you ON the horse, it seems it could limit your ability to train the dog..(?)
This might not be same thing, but, my border collie used to do this when he got wayyyyyyy too excited----leap up and make an air-snap to a face----- not to horses, since he was never around horses,
but he did this once or twice to humans
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---when he was way overly excited. He just outgrew it, as he matured a bit, and got more used to being around humans, and when i got better at keeping him calm at times he should be calm.
and yeah, i hope you
can capture that stalking behavior being triggered by an OBJECT, or item, cuz it
would make a cute and unique trick, "be sneaky"
![ROFL :ROFLMAO: :ROFLMAO:](/members/forums/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/roflmao.png)
Or maybe someone who knows herding training can come by and give some advice, if clicking that sneaky-stalk, could give YOU control over it, (?)i don't know...
and probably, if i did NOT have a dog i can no longer call of prey,
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i would not even worry about you possibly ending up with a dog you can no longer call off of a chase, either. so sorry if i do worry about someone else ending up with a dog like mine,
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but, better safe than sorry, cuz Rdog is right,
a dog who CAN be called off prey, gets way more freedoms.