Recent content by Khaelo

Food and play are both under human control. Milo's dish stays in his box. Otherwise Polo, who is supposed to be on senior diet, will clean Milo's plate. Exercise: He sleeps in his box at night and runs around the house all day. He keeps an eye on humans. He plays with Polo a lot -- he...

Here's a link to the Alpha Boot Camp article: Alpha Boot Camp. Google provides some others; the article is posted several places around the Internet. Thanks for the informed-outsider opinion and book suggestion! Guess the coddling makes the dog feel like he's alpha?

Thanks, everyone. I started a thread for the issues over in the Training area. Now I'm off to hunt down those Aussie pictures. :D

Help! Milo, my family's two-year-old Australian Shepherd, wants everyone in the family to stay home at all times. He barks at anything that arouses his suspicion that someone might be leaving. This includes: touching jackets, wearing jackets, touching or carrying purses, approaching the...

Hi, Chazhound Forum. I was looking for help with some behavior issues and found this forum. My family has two purebred Australian Shepherds. Here they are: Polo is a male 9-year-old blue merle: And Milo is a male 2-year-old black tri: The behavior issues are with Milo, not that...