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So cute! She looks a little different than other Australian Shepherds I have seen before.
My FI has a blue heeler (really similar to Aus. sheppard) My only advice is you HAVE to be very consistent with your discipline. His dog is 11 and he gives him no discipline and he is a terror! With me, on the other hand, I am very strict with him and he respects and listens to me very well. One time when my FI and I started dating, his dog nearly pulled my belly button ring out because he jumped on me and caught his hang claw on my ring. NOT fun lol. So just be consistent and she will be a great dog.
So cute! I love her face and muzzle - it looks very much like a little fox face :) so cute
Congrats-she's adorable! As for the submissing peeing thing..I would never pet our dog when he immediately was let out of the crate. I would take him right outside and then pet him, love him and praise him when he went potty. That's just my two cents...he was too excited when being let out of the crate and I had been told by others to take him right outside without petting him or anything..see if that works.
She's so cute! :)
YAY!!! Congratulations on your new little sweetie - I am so happy for you! :)
Thanks everyone!
@MissAsB - she's a blue merle, while most Aussies are either black and white or red merle and white, or even blue merle and white. So it makes her look a bit different! She looks kind of like a little wolf. :)
She's been responding really well to everything with the jumping (we don't let her do it at all) I just don't know how to curb the submissive peeing more. Maybe time will help, coupled with what we are doing?
awww lilyfaith! she's so adorable! i am so jealous that you live near a dog beach! those are non-existant in MI :(
Aww so cute!
My beloved cocker spaniel used to have a submissive uriniation issue. She would piddle whenever someone would come inside the front door.
The good news is- she grew out of it at about age 3.
Our solution leading up to that point was to ignore her when you walk in the door and instruct guests to do the same. It is so hard, becuase you are also excited to see your dog too.
Just pretend the dog isn't there. After about 5 minutes or so when the dog is calm, you can greet the dog and give her some pats on the head.
@missjyc - I know, it's awesome! We are so lucky with all the resources we have (dog parks, the dog beach, so many places to go on walks, etc)
@smith207 - that's good to hear, although I hope she doesn't take that long to outgrow it! Maybe it's because she's still adjusting to everything that it's happening, but we don't even have to be coming home for it to happen... if she wants attention and we go over to her area, she gets so excited that she pees a little.
Right now, we're trying to just ignore her when she gets that excited. But it's hard because she's such a sweetheart. We've also tried adjusting our body language (not staring at her, squatting down to pet her, etc).
@Smith207 I meant to add that to my above post about letting them out of the crate directly outside (without petting). Our two dogs (seperate times) were/are both Cockers too! Our previous one I had growing up and he would always pee a little when we came home (or guests came) too. :) He was just sooooo happy! lol Our current one (five yrs old) wasn't as bad, but we definately didn't fuss over him either when coming home or letting him out of his crate for a few minutes.
@Lilyfaith, the submissive peeing will subside after a bit! :)
ZOMG! CONGRATS! I have been busy and haven't been on Weddingbee in a few days, but I was hoping you'd have good news!!! Welcome, Sunday!!!!
Our dog was a submissive urinator when we first got him. Not a lot, but a few drops would come out when he got scared. Once he settled in, he stopped. He almost never does it any more...he did it once a few days ago when he was startled, but he hasn't done it in probably a year. I wouldn't worry about it unless is continues for a while or gets worse, as it will probably go away once she is comfortable with you and her surroundings.
Congrats again!
Adorable!!! Makes me want a doggie even more! Where and how did you start with the adoption process?
Congrats, Sunday is such a cutie! About the peeing, my sister's dog had that problem a lot when she was younger. She's 7 now and still that that problem, but not as much as when she was younger.
Thanks everyone!
@Miss Apricot - thanks, that's good to hear because that's what we've been hoping. She seems very comfortable with us (very clingy) but still quite nervous about her surroundings, so hopefully the more time she's here the better it will get.
@JennyChicago - we originally searched on Petfinder for dogs/rescues in our area. She came up as a dog at ARPH, which is a breed-specific Aussie and Aussie mix rescue. We started the adoption process quite some time ago (hence the zillion post thread "Pet Adoption Time" haha) but some of the hold-ups were avoidable - my references were not able to answer their phones right away, and then both my FI and I work weekends, so it was a bit more difficult to schedule a home visit and a time to meet Sunday at our apartment.
The kind of nice thing is, you can't meet dogs until you apply and are approved, so when you like a dog you meet, they can be yours that day.
so beautiful! Congratulations on your new addition! (and I second or third the suggestion of taking her outside before she gets attention)
What a great thing to do :) and what a sweet little pup...good luck and congratulations!
My pup grew out of being a submissive pee-er once she got adjusted to our home and gained a few months in age :o) Good luck, she's beautiful!
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For those of you following our pet adoption thread, this is the newest addition to our family, Sunday, a 1 1/2 year old Australian Shepherd. She was given up to a high kill shelter (and a breed rescue then took her) because she has a habit of jumping on people that we're working on and she's doing quite well. She's 35 lbs, so it's not dangerous but we are working on it.
We're also finding out that's she's a bit of an excited/submissive peer - completely housetrained, but when she comes out of her crate to get attention or when she goes somewhere new, she pees a tiny bit (often in a few spots.) We're working on this but any suggestions would be great!
A picture from when we took her to the dog beach the first day we got her -