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Posted by KDiamondDavis on February 10, 2003 at 13:25:22:

In Reply to: Update on the Terrier..................... posted by IGUANA JOE on February 10, 2003 at 11:00:13:

:Well, my wire fox terrier has shown some improvements.
:for 3 days he never did the obsessive behavior. Just when we were ready to cry out victory, he began doing it again. However, he is getting a little better. For example, he is back at doing his long naps, and house patrols (he thinks he's a giant shnauzie). If he does the obsessive sniffing around he often stops after a little while and either snoops to see what we are up to, follows us around or grabs a toy and starts playing with us. We got him 2 new toys he just loves to "kill" lol.

:The Zoloft treatment still goes on. Little by little things get better. We try to keep him as busy as possible. As for positive training...he's a fox terrier, so I don't expect miracles, heheheheheh! With all the snow we're getting here he's been running all over the place!

:I'll post again toward the end of the month for any updates.

:-IJ>>>>

Sounds good! An occasional step backward is pretty normal with things like Obsessive-Compulsive Behavior. Notice if there are any extra stresses at such times, like a change in schedule, visitors, etc. A couple of times I've had dogs I was closely monitoring on fever for medical problems, and it was surprising how much the temperature could shoot up from things that would have seemed minor to me, like someone stopping by the house.

Don't give up on positive training. One of the reasons clicker training has become so popular is that it works for dogs who don't respond as well to other types of training--including terriers. Sometimes a dog's favorite reward is not food, but with the OCB in your dog, I think I would try to find treats and timing of the training sessions that did make the food appealing to the dog for training. Encouraging an OCB dog to get wilder with toys could potentially cause treatment setbacks.

Kathy Diamond Davis, author, "Therapy Dogs: Training Your Dog to Reach Others," 2nd edition, and the free Canine Behavior Series at www.veterinarypartner.com

Follow Ups:

• Re: Update on the Terrier..................... IGUANA JOE 02/11/03 (1)
  • Re: Update on the Terrier..................... KDiamondDavis 02/11/03 (0)