ourempire
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Hi everybody.
Any advice? We want to tackle this before it becomes a bigger problem.
Molly, now 10 months old, is barking at certain things in the tv: pictures of horses, other dogs, certain people - and sometimes we simply don't know why she is barking. She recognises the shapes and figures, the sound can be switched off, and she still barks at those things. She has done it for months, but we thought she would stop after a while.
Maybe I should mention that we have a rather big TV about 50 cm above the floor, and it is NOT possible to remove it up or away.
We are trying different approaches: saying "NO!", scolding, calming down. The latest thing has been to take her head and turn it away from the TV (calmly, of course), looking her into her eyes and saying NO, then speaking softly and rewarding her, when she stops. It does have an effect, but is it the right thing to do?
We really wonder what is going on in her head, what an imagination, she must have
Of course we can stop watching TV including horses and dogs (farewell historic battle scenes and animal programs), but sometimes we simply don't know why she reacts. She sometimes also reacts positively. When we watched Harry Potter for the first time after her arrival, she didn't react until Harry Potter and Molly Weasley (her name sister) showed up - and there she rushed over and showed joy by licking the screen and waving her tail. Do we just have a weird dog or is this normal, and we shall just let it be?!
Charlotte
Any advice? We want to tackle this before it becomes a bigger problem.
Molly, now 10 months old, is barking at certain things in the tv: pictures of horses, other dogs, certain people - and sometimes we simply don't know why she is barking. She recognises the shapes and figures, the sound can be switched off, and she still barks at those things. She has done it for months, but we thought she would stop after a while.
Maybe I should mention that we have a rather big TV about 50 cm above the floor, and it is NOT possible to remove it up or away.
We are trying different approaches: saying "NO!", scolding, calming down. The latest thing has been to take her head and turn it away from the TV (calmly, of course), looking her into her eyes and saying NO, then speaking softly and rewarding her, when she stops. It does have an effect, but is it the right thing to do?
We really wonder what is going on in her head, what an imagination, she must have
Of course we can stop watching TV including horses and dogs (farewell historic battle scenes and animal programs), but sometimes we simply don't know why she reacts. She sometimes also reacts positively. When we watched Harry Potter for the first time after her arrival, she didn't react until Harry Potter and Molly Weasley (her name sister) showed up - and there she rushed over and showed joy by licking the screen and waving her tail. Do we just have a weird dog or is this normal, and we shall just let it be?!
Charlotte
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