Paging Lady Rae!!
I would have thought being a Border Collie man for 51 years there wasn't much I haven't seen but I got a behavior issue I haven't seen before and I can't figure it out.
My 10 year old is acting real nutty around door ways. She seems scared to walk through a door into the next room, doesn't want to step over a door sill just seems afraid to do so, complete with some shaking, then when she does go through the door or over the sill, explodes through the door or over the sill.
This behavior started a couple of months ago.
So far the only thing I have tried is to put a leash on her and walk back and forth through the doorways she doesn't want to go through. I take off the leash and she goes right back to shaking at the doorway.
This has me slap plumb befuddled!!
Thoughts Lady Rae or anyone else??
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Not Rae, but have you had her eyesight checked?
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I can't understand that behavior.
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Not Rae,but got a couple ideas. As said check her eyes. Cloudy,blurry vision will cause fear going through doorway. Sides seem to close in,shadows appear. Can't judge size or distance. On leash, she trust your guidance.
Check doorway trim,casing. Any nail heads sticking out that poked her previously? Is there thresholds transition strips on floor? Any loose spot that caught a toenai in the past?
Hope you get issue figured out and can adjust for your girl. Let us know please.
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Not allowed to mention that other site here. Please delete that comment.
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I didn't know. I deleted it Joe. Thanks for the heads up.
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Read over the, ‘here and there’ thread.
Thanks
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Joe, my 25 year old son (Yeah, I'm kinda bragging a little bit, me being 78!!) mentioned that he thought she wasn't seeing very well. If the light is right I can see some cataracts so what you said makes sense. The flip on that is that I can throw her a treat and she will catch it way before it hits the floor, just fine!! So that makes me think she sees AOK. Or at least pretty good.
Thought had as I was typing this. To throw her something, she is looking right at me. Can she see OK straight ahead but not see off to the sides??
Another thought. All Border Collies are a little mental. In a sweet wonderful way!! If I call her, “Time to go potty!!” She flies through the same doors she acts scared to go through at other times.
To be honest her behavior doesn't really bother me but it bothers Hot Momma who isn't an animal person. So if I could get her to stop this behavior just to shut up Hot Momma it would be nice.
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I'm just finding this…. Eyes maybe… what about treats? Perhaps something scares her??? I will think on this
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…throwing her treats is more nose than eyes.
Going potty command, is on a mission,done through memory recall and nose to guide her. Casual through the door way is when the fear comes in as described above.
I suggest a trip to the vet, check the eyes and underlying conditions.
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We had a toy poodle that overtime developed Cushing disease, diabetic, cataracts, total blindness, and not a tooth in his head.
We managed the conditions with meds and he functioned fine for several more years, including catching treats.
Get your girl checked out.
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Any update???
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