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D.Schäferhund · 01-02-2006, 10:20 AM

Hello
Actually i am not sure why it happens but i find this very interesting:

I go to feed my horses every day, and everyday i take my dogs with me, they have a blast. they roam free but usually stay relativly close, sometimes they wander of in the cowpasture right next to us, mom could folow them but she doesn't she stays close, and the little turds are off and gone, they stay in sight usually, lately they discovered the pond and the treeline, but that is ok.
So when they wander off and i am done with the horses I just walk towards the house or hide untill they know I am not there anymore(that doesn't take long) and then they come running...
Mom stays with me, but she is worried where they are and stops and looks back , but still follows me, so when I hide or walk toward the house and they come running, I prepare to make a big party when they arrive and I try to do so, but mom runs towards them and mouthes them so they get pined to the ground, I try to stop her from doing so and most of the time it works...
but still this is an interesting behaviour, and I had to start thinking about it.
What do you think???

01-02-2006, 10:20 AM	#1 (permalink)
D.Schäferhund let's work Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Kansas Posts: 1,821 Blog Entries: 1 Rep Power: 115	Mom vs positive reinforcement Hello Actually i am not sure why it happens but i find this very interesting: I go to feed my horses every day, and everyday i take my dogs with me, they have a blast. they roam free but usually stay relativly close, sometimes they wander of in the cowpasture right next to us, mom could folow them but she doesn't she stays close, and the little turds are off and gone, they stay in sight usually, lately they discovered the pond and the treeline, but that is ok. So when they wander off and i am done with the horses I just walk towards the house or hide untill they know I am not there anymore(that doesn't take long) and then they come running... Mom stays with me, but she is worried where they are and stops and looks back , but still follows me, so when I hide or walk toward the house and they come running, I prepare to make a big party when they arrive and I try to do so, but mom runs towards them and mouthes them so they get pined to the ground, I try to stop her from doing so and most of the time it works... but still this is an interesting behaviour, and I had to start thinking about it. What do you think???