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Jun 2021
9:56pm, 22 Jun 2021
1,950 posts
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Roberto
It's putting it up like a stop signal. And not making eye contact or saying anything to him. She wants us to use it for everything, as a signal that it's over, or we don't have time to give him attention right now. And it worked a couple of times when he started growling, but once he loses it, he is just so set on getting you, it makes no difference.
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Jun 2021
7:49am, 23 Jun 2021
33,641 posts
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LazyDaisy
Ah I understand that. We use something similar when Floss tries to blag another treat. I'm sure Arlo will get there but your patience is admirable.
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Jun 2021
7:53am, 23 Jun 2021
33,642 posts
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LazyDaisy
Actually thinking about it more, it's not so much holding my hand 'up' as presenting the flat of my hand to her face that she understands as 'stop it now' (whatever 'it' is). It's more of a 'barrier' symbol in her face.
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Jun 2021
8:34am, 23 Jun 2021
1,951 posts
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Roberto
Yeah, that's pretty much it. Been working for other things, and worked the first few times he growled. But when he went, it just gave him something to jump at and clamp his jaw round. She has an awful mark on her wrist.
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Jun 2021
10:03am, 23 Jun 2021
10,198 posts
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Mazlin
Yeah, Rory is the same when he’s really overexcited - jumps up with his mouth already open and latches onto whatever he can (he does this far less often now, to be fair). I try to turn away from him, no eye contact, no reaction. He’ll generally then have a little think, and lie down or bring me one of his toys. (He is 5 though. He was a nightmare when he was younger.)
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Jun 2021
8:10pm, 23 Jun 2021
6,156 posts
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Metro_Nome
How’s it going today Roberto?
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Jun 2021
10:32pm, 23 Jun 2021
1,952 posts
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Roberto
Better. But with advice from behaviourist, we retreated upstairs. So before he got anxious, we came upstairs and watched TV up here and left him downstairs, then after a while, I went back down and put him to bed. So if he is anxious about the bed time routine, it broke it up. Think it's about breaking the cycle, as obviously we can't just hide upstairs every night.
Nice to have a calm evening though. I needed it after last night.
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Jun 2021
8:04am, 24 Jun 2021
6,157 posts
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Metro_Nome
that sounds positive 
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Jun 2021
8:11am, 24 Jun 2021
1,953 posts
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Roberto
Interestingly, as we feel it is because he knows we will be putting him in his crate and leaving him (he know has half of the crate door off so he can go in and out and has the run of the kitchen) we left a couple of our old hoodies in his crate that smell of us.
When we have been going in, he has been on the other bed in the kitchen and not on his crate, however this morning, he was in his crate with the hoodies.
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Jun 2021
8:22am, 24 Jun 2021
8,947 posts
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BaronessBL
That sounds encouraging too Roberto
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