Meg

[kateincornwall]

What a lucky girl she is xxx

 

[HAH]

What adventures ahead! You've done a fabulous thing for lovely Meg xx

 

[SwampDonkey]

So glad for you all, it's such a wonderful adventure xx

 

[Joy]

Lovely

 

[Emily_Babbelhund]

Yay, it's official!

 

[Natalie]

happy days lucky Coco and Meg!

 

[Stacia]

Congratulations, a very happy ending. Out of interest, is she showing any of the signs you read in the report from the previous home?

 

[Ashley]

Congrats!

 

[MellowYellow]

On to the next chapter of your lives together! Well done!

 

[Jacqui-S]

Lucky girl. Looking forward to her story

 

[edzbird]

Out of interest, is she showing any of the signs you read in the report from the previous home?

Hard to say really. She does bark through the window at passers-by, but so does Coco. And now they're egging each other on. Not had anyone actually come in to the house.

We took her to training on Tuesday and she did have a bit of a lunge at a man who came too close, so I gave her a lot of space and everyone kindly kept away from us.

She's done the lip-curling snarl at Coco a few times, usually over a toy, but she did it yesterday when I was preparing their dinner and they were both pressing to get close to me. He's oblivious to it, I called "enough" and that interrupted her and she stopped.

She took a funny dislike to my can-crusher yesterday. I had about 5 or 6 cans to crush, you put them in, one at a time and stand on the thing. By the time I was up to number 4 can she was getting quite mad and nipping at my heel! Don't know what that's all about.

I think the dynamic of our house is so different to what she's had before and it's really working in her favour. In our house, the dogs are at the centre of everything. There are no crates to keep her away from the people.

Major improvement on the bedtime arrangements- she has decided she wants to sleep in the spare bedroom, she made a nest in the blankets that were piled on the bed. So we bought her a new donut-style bed to go in there - result! Back to only having Coco on our bed.

 

[Selina27]

nipping at my heel

I'd say that's collie behavior in the main, maybe the repetitive movement of your feet triggered that response ? Like collie's nipping at the heels of cattle etc.
Just my amateurish thoughts!

 

[SwampDonkey]

Toni Shelbourne has just written a book called Help! My Dog has Canine Compulsive Disorder. It's,6 quid on Amazon it might be worth a look if you're interested.

 

[edzbird]

That's great, @SwampDonkey, thanks. I've just ordered it, I added a curry recipe book - just to make the order up to £10 to get the free post .

 

[Jacqui-S]

I added a curry recipe book

can't ever have too many of them

 

[edzbird]

Meg is settling in very well. I can't believe she's only been here 3 weeks! She is still shadow watching and she gets quite barky at the window, but so does Coco. They play really well together, she is quite vocal with growls, but it's not aggressive. OH introduced her to the other dogs & owners at school this week, that went very well. Coco seems to like her being here, we make sure he doesn't miss out on anything. She went to the vets yesterday, just to be weighed (23.5kg) and registered. She's looking shapely now & her poos are perfect. She has learned how the household moves & fits in well with us. I've not yet let her off lead properly, OH is very jittery about this...given the history of aggression we were given, but then he wouldn't let Coco off either!
I am finding her slow to learn in comparison to Coco, I know it is unfair to compare and it's me who hasn't found the best way to teach. I'm finding it hard to make the time to work it out. I don't think I'm letting her down, I feel I'm giving her more than she got before and she IS learning slowly, but I need to find a better way to work with her.
I cannot see any Labrador in her at all. Just Collie & Dally.

 

[Stacia]

Maybe Meg has to learn to learn and it will come eventually. I am so pleased for her and for you that she has settled in so well.

 

[Aitch]

When Alex joined us he was very bitey. Time and patience and calming games (thanks to Fiona) have cured that for the most part. They can sometimes return to puppy/teenage stages with a big change.

 

[Charlie]

Only 3 weeks, it's very early days Sue, give yourselves time to really let Meg settle and it will all come. She may need a different way of training than Coco but you will find what suits her. xx

 

[snowbunny]

Maybe Meg has to learn to learn and it will come eventually. I am so pleased for her and for you that she has settled in so well.

This is what I found with Ginny. She just had no idea about the concept of her behaviour being able to earn her rewards. I don’t do much with her, but when she gets that “oh, this is what gets me the cookies!” look, it’s priceless
Meg will get there, she just needs a little time to learn how it all works.