Hey all,
Myself and my partner have recently moved in together (May) and along came her furry friend Milo. He’s an 8 year old Border Collie mixed with a Kelpie that she has had since a pup. He’s a lovely dog but has absolutely zero training growing up, and it’s causing some issues that I’m hoping we can resolve before things get rough between myself and partner (were both super stressed most of the time and we’re both in agreement that it’s mainly due to Milo)
Firstly, walks are an absolute nightmare. He pulls like a train, has zero recall and doesn’t even want to know you when outside, just wants to pull forward as much as he can, and if he sees another dog you best believe he’s going to yank you towards it barking his head off. We have tried various methods, harness back and front clips, Halti harness (seems a little better but not much) tried a slip lead but he ends up just chewing it as he doesn’t like them.
Secondly, consistently barking in the house, doesn’t matter what we’re doing at the time, could be playing with him, cleaning, chilling etc he will just bark constantly.
Being a more senior dog with a lack of guidance at younger ages, do we think he’s beyond the point of training? Or does anyone have any recommendations? Getting rid of him is an absolute no, but at the same time for the sake of our relationship we have to find improvements somehow as it’s been an incredibly tough 6 months since he has been with us.
Any suggestions or tips would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.
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