Yes sometimes she can be annoying, it doesn’t mean that I don’t correct her when she is being annoying.
I would really like to know how I’ve made it sound like she has set any of the rules? I believe that I gave a few of my observations on dog loyalty and highlighted that my dog can be extreme in her affection for me. I didn’t go into my training philosophies or say that I was having problems managing my dog. I have had her since she was 6 years old. She came to me with a whole host of issues. We have worked through many of them. She is still a work in progress and I’ve come to terms with the idea that she is never going to be the ideal dog. But I love her and am willing to work with what I have.
This is one of the reasons why I dislike “The Dog Whisperer”, it seems that people can watch a few episodes and suddenly become so well versed in the language of dogs that they can “fix” any dog by pulling out the “be the Alpha dog” line. Again each dog is different and while I do agree that many problems are caused by owners who do not understand their dogs, I can guarantee that is not the case in this instance.
You made it sound that way to me by writing: “The biggest problem we have with this is that Dingo has to be watched like a hawk with people around and now we’ve resorted to kenneling her when we have guests because if someone walks towards me she is likely to bite them.”
That reads to me like a dog who bites, who needs constant supervision around other people and who cannot take your correction for very long, if at all, and that she must be crated to be under tolerable control. If that’s not the case, then you have nothing to worry about with your dog. In that case it was just your writing which was misleading.
Well, the parts about how she’s okay with people in the house as long as they’re not moving. That just sounds odd. She’s the dog. It shouldn’t matter what she’s okay with–they’re your guests, not hers.
Yes she is a dog who could bite and because of that if I have guests over I do feel she needs constant supervision. This in general isn’t practical so I kennel her in another room when we have company. Again this has nothing to do with her thinking that she is placed over me in the pack. It’s a combination of her breed, her personality, her failing eyesight and quite possibly her mental health.
I think this thread has been derailed far enough. If you would like to talk more about this subject please feel free to PM me.