Thread: Looking for dog trainer in AK

Originally Posted by rugerman

How long have you had her for ? might just be a settling in period. Does she have a recognisable breed or a bitsa. You don't really want to get the over eagerness out of her, just control it a bit better. Burning it off is the answer, if she will chase a ball or you have an area she can run around and cover some ground you can do a half hour of full on hooning and then she will be more likely to settle down.
It is either she has a ton of energy to burn off or she is worried you will go and leave her behind so gets all worked up when you get up to do something.

MY latest dog is a visla/lab cross and he has what has been termed "zoomies", where he runs around like a full on nutbag crashing through bushes and running sideways in the corners. Once he's done that for 10mins he settles down into a more "normal" state. I've had Rotties, German shepards and Huntaways and none of them have done that. I thought he had a screw loose when he first did it but talking with a couple of Visla owners it seems it's a known character trait in them.

Had her since April last year so should be fully settled in. She is a bitsa. Looks to be Heeler / Fox Terrier possible Staffy and probably many more being from Kaitaia. Tried the Blue Print but have been struggling to get her to focus. Some of the things have worked others not. Think i need someone to watch / instruct and correct me where i am going wrong.
Unfortunately it will be another 2 months before she can run and will never be able to chase balls or sticks again. Think we are at 80-90% the other knee will give out if she does the violent stops that go with chasing balls. It's been a hard choice so far on whether to keep her and try give her a good a life as possible or let her go.
Since we haven't been able to do more than 5mins of walking a day she is even more keen on doing things that when she was ok.

Hoping a decent trainer might be able to help with getting her to calm down a bit when she sees people or other dogs. Doesn't pull on the lead but will constantly try and walk faster than you.