camping with a big dog
Help. We have a 4 YO German Shepherd we would love to take camping, but she has severe "separation anxiety" When we tie her up outside the camper an try to walk to a nearby campsite to visit, she whin...
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A good obedience trainer will be able to solve the problem for you. The city we live in has an obedience class as part of their recreation & parks program. The fee is cheap and it's a 6 week class.
We took both our our dogs through the class. One graduated at the top of her class. The other graduted towards the bottom but as I worked with her,she got better. The one technique they taught in class seemed to work best for stopping a barking/whining problem. The trainer took a metal lunch pail and put a few small rocks in it. She taped it closed. Anytime a dog does something you don't want them to do, you say their name sternly along with a firm 'No" and then throw the lunch pail down to the ground. It took about a week of doing this to get our dogs to stop barking at other dogs in the campground.
This may work for your dog.
We took both our our dogs through the class. One graduated at the top of her class. The other graduted towards the bottom but as I worked with her,she got better. The one technique they taught in class seemed to work best for stopping a barking/whining problem. The trainer took a metal lunch pail and put a few small rocks in it. She taped it closed. Anytime a dog does something you don't want them to do, you say their name sternly along with a firm 'No" and then throw the lunch pail down to the ground. It took about a week of doing this to get our dogs to stop barking at other dogs in the campground.
This may work for your dog.
