tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1842136564899097734.post6927062907489579281..comments2023-12-15T02:04:08.213-08:00Comments on meat: the dogsBruce Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10995706761794063165noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1842136564899097734.post-49045045223491036072013-11-26T16:08:24.234-08:002013-11-26T16:08:24.234-08:00Thanks Bruce. Who knows. I wish he could talk. He ...Thanks Bruce. Who knows. I wish he could talk. He actually tries to talk as he is very vocal. He is a trickster, too, stealing keys from my pocket and running off. I'm sure Airedales love to laugh, too.Another-Mehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10608785750786214774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1842136564899097734.post-87093138120436428372013-11-26T00:40:04.089-08:002013-11-26T00:40:04.089-08:00It's fine to post. The pups don't patrol ...It's fine to post. The pups don't patrol with the pack, so it's unlikely that your pup ever encountered anything other than his mother. Generally speaking dogs are uncertain about new experiences, and will take their cue from you about how to act. Dogs do get encouragement from each other in a pack environment when facing something new, so I would expect two or more dogs to be "braver" than a single dog. <br /> With respect to small furries; airedales are designed to hunt them. Rats and cats and squirrels are all on his list of prey items. <br /> I'm a little surprised that he wants to retreat, though. Even my dogs, confronted with a grizzly bear during a trip to bella coola, bc wanted nothing more than to go get it. I had to pull them back and stuff them into the truck or they would have been on that bear. <br /> (I was fishing on a river and the bear was working its way upwind when I spotted it; I retreated, but the dogs were having none of that. They wanted to get the bear. )<br /><br />Dogs gain confidence from routine and reinforcement. So I'd suggest just working through the rough spots and trying to figure out what it is that is scaring him. <br />Bruce Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10995706761794063165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1842136564899097734.post-44204863458555042302013-11-26T00:28:12.590-08:002013-11-26T00:28:12.590-08:00Hi Bruce - Hope it is OK to post here. We've o...Hi Bruce - Hope it is OK to post here. We've one of your Airedales from spring 2010. When I take Zango on a walk around the neighborhood sometimes he gets very fearful, tucking his tail between his legs and not wanting to go certain places and then pulling to go home. I'm thinking he may be smelling raccoons or even coyotes as someone saw one recently. Was it possible that when he was a puppy on your farm that his mom taught him to be afraid (wanting to protect her pups?). He never got the experience of getting bigger and patrolling with the pack to lose that fear. This is just a guess. I'm wondering if you have any insight into this behavior. He definitely is ferocious with his toys and goes bonkers if he sees a cat and whines and barks to get at the rats which hideout under our shed. Thanks, Susan.Another-Mehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10608785750786214774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1842136564899097734.post-76740386514065257152013-11-26T00:23:49.936-08:002013-11-26T00:23:49.936-08:00Hi Bruce - Hope it is OK to post here. We've o...Hi Bruce - Hope it is OK to post here. We've one of your Airedales from spring 2010. When I take Zango on a walk around the neighborhood sometimes he gets very fearful, tucking his tail between his legs and not wanting to go certain places and then pulling to go home. I'm thinking he may be smelling raccoons or even coyotes as someone saw one recently. Was it possible that when he was a puppy on your farm that his mom taught him to be afraid (wanting to protect her pups?). He never got the experience of getting bigger and patrolling with the pack to lose that fear. This is just a guess. I'm wondering if you have any insight into this behavior. He definitely is ferocious with his toys and goes bonkers if he sees a cat and whines and barks to get at the rats which hideout under our shed. Thanks, Susan.Another-Mehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10608785750786214774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1842136564899097734.post-16649314319401062992013-11-08T00:25:31.799-08:002013-11-08T00:25:31.799-08:00Thank you, Matron. I think it's really beauti...Thank you, Matron. I think it's really beautiful, too. Bruce Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10995706761794063165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1842136564899097734.post-28567394780251306962013-11-07T11:12:34.552-08:002013-11-07T11:12:34.552-08:00Your new place is gorgeous! Your new place is gorgeous! Throwback at Trapper Creekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12418370592659531735noreply@blogger.com