border collie HELP PLEASE !!!!!!!

[Guest Anonymous]

I need help, I have just re-homed a BC from a rescue, and they do not have much on her back ground but from what I can tell this Little girl was left alone to amuse herself in a backyard. When she is let out all she dose is run a 3 foot pattern in my yard and barks at the passing cars, she will not run the rest of the yard. I do not leave her back there long, I am worried this is not good for her nor my neighbors that do not like the constant barking. She dose this even after going to the park for play time. Please how do I break this pattern.

[Hobbit]

Luna&GraciesMom napisał(a):

I need help, I have just re-homed a BC from a rescue, and they do not have much on her back ground but from what I can tell this Little girl was left alone to amuse herself in a backyard. When she is let out all she dose is run a 3 foot pattern in my yard and barks at the passing cars, she will not run the rest of the yard. I do not leave her back there long, I am worried this is not good for her nor my neighbors that do not like the constant barking. She dose this even after going to the park for play time. Please how do I break this pattern.

Is the pattern back and forth or in a circle?

If she's running in a circle, this is indicative of a dog that has spent her entire life or most of it on a chain. She is only use to running a circular pattern.

Please take no offense in what I'm fixing to say --- herding bred dogs should not be sold or re-homed to PET families. They were bred for working livestock. Some do not adapt and will never adapt to a backyard setting. Most have a high prey drive and are in-tune with every little thing that moves --- thus will bark, chase, or try to work (herd) the object.

She is barking because she is bored and is amuzing herself, or because she is afraid. She is telling the rest of the world that she is there and (please) do not come into her territory, because she really doesn't want a confrontation.

If possible, could you involve her in any sports dog activities? Or...herding classes?

[DogPaddle]

Try engaging the dog in play while its engaging in the obsessive behavour. Try to pick or makeup a game that is of the same intensity as the original behaviour and something you will both enjoy. More than one game would be good.
Also give it a bit of time, she may sort it out after a bit. Tyr - the only rescue I've dealt with, used to be tied to the back door on a 3ft leash, when we brought him home he didn't run or play in the house for the first month.