Recent content by Liminalist

Yall gonna get me on my dog diet Ted Talk!!! LOL I saw this earlier and personally, I take every study with a grain of salt. Every few years it's a new thing. First it was grains, then grain-free, then peas, then lentils, then potatoes, and now all roots. A lot of this "research" is done by big...

Thank you for the support and kind words. I am happy to discuss privately. I think when I explain the reason why I don't want to put any names out there for the parties in this story, you'll understand. Sometimes people get connected to other people with bad reputations and get dragged down...

HEY ALL! Long time no update. It's been a tough year. BUT I finally had a chance to sit down and talk about it. So what happened to Eris? Eris ended up getting assessed by several trainers and we were kind of looking down the barrel of possible euthanasia. However, I was able to get in touch...

I will definitely let you know exactly what they find out. Right now they are suspecting she has a very high prey drive. I think someone here mentioned that might be the case. It might have been Ddski5 (sorry I don't know how to tag here). Combined with anxiety. This is the whole line/breeding...

SUPER GOOD NEWS!!! I finally got a hold of her original trainers (and the breeders of her sire, they knew her mother as well), and they want her back IMMEDIATELY for 2 weeks to do a full assessment. They're going to take her while I'm on vacation which saves my ass. They said it sounds like...

This is what I was sort of trying to respond to above. That basically right now, we are theorizing that it's the corrections themselves causing this downward spiral. It feels like taking a gentler approach has been working the last few months, we thought there was improvement, but then this...

ALso Edit to the above Addendum to this, as I can't edit. The part about pain triggers is only theorized right now by the current trainers. It's something that a behaviorist could diagnose better. But yeah we're just trying to put the pieces together and figure out why she's going downhill...

It's both. She started with being a bit of a nervous puppy, but that was it. Then she hit about 16 months old and started attacking my other dog. We worked for months on trying to identify the trigger for that and it turned out to be the eCollar. As soon as we stopped using the eCollar, her...

I agree 100% with all of the above, but there are still these outstanding issues: 1. How to guarantee the safety of my other dogs, cats, and the children that are frequently in and around my yard? 2. How is she going to ever be able to do what I got her to do if her personality is not suited...

Talked to a few vets and my current trainer. I'm going to try to see if I can get in with a veterinary behaviorist, but holy shite are they expensive. However, I am still left with the problem that my roommate no longer feels comfortable with Eris in the house given the number of...

Sure, I can reply to these! -what are you doing to prevent her from getting amped up? You should have the ability to identify her tells and talk her down or completely move her out of the situation. As soon as she sees anything - a person, a dog, a kid, a bike, a stroller, a scooter, a...

Wow thank you for the thoughtful response and advice. <3 Personally, I am in full agreement with you. I think that's spot-on advice, so much so, that it's exactly what we've been doing!. I could probably reply to each question, but each question's answer would be the same: Yep, that's what...

Yeah... to be fair the only thing I specifically asked the trainers for was bomb-proof recall, and I thought the eCollar was supposed to be for that. When I got her back from the trainers though, I learned that the eCollar was used to correct everything. Not what I expected, and also I wasn't...

No, that is incorrect. You can read all of the previous entries and see she's been in training for a year and a half by myself and 3 other professionals. Two of which specialize in Doberman. I totally understand where you're coming from though if someone hadn't done all of the training though...

My recommendation is a fish and ancient grains kibble for dobies. It has a low fat protein, high in oils, and higher in carbs than some but not the kind of carbs that come from plain grains. Nature's Logic - Distinction Sardine recipe (No filler, Healthy grains, legume and potato free, contains...