Top products from r/caninebehavior
We found 2 product mentions on r/caninebehavior. We ranked the 2 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the top 20.
1. New Knowledge of Dog Behavior (Dogwise Classics)
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Number of reviews: 1
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2. Treat Dispensing Chew Ball, Large
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 1
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We adopted our cocker spaniel when she was about 2. She'd been severely neglected. She has no idea what toys are. She had no idea how to play.
After 3 years of effort we have made some progress.
She enjoys chewing on Nylabones and regular bones, but won't touch a kong.
I don't think she'll ever be terribly playful, but I've never found female cockers to be very playful anyway. Perhaps your dog is simply more serious minded?
Her favorite activity is checking the perimeter of our fenced yard. It is quite large, with chipmunks, squirrels, and rabbits. She absolutely loves it, and flushes small animals from the bushes for the st.poodle to chase down and...
Well. I won't elaborate. Some people are squeamish. But they're quite a team.
Maybe your dog would like to learn some tricks. Perhaps a job, like opening drawers or turning lights on/off.
Good luck. I know it is disconcerting to have a dog that doesn't respond to any toys.
Here's the book everyone always mentions with the guide dog study. My limited understanding of the study is that it was so narrow in scope that it doesn't generalize well. I too have searched for empirical evidence of the "syndrome" but have come up empty handed.
I keep contemplating buying a copy of the book to read the study out of genuine curiosity, but haven't been motivated enough yet.
Personally, I:
Beyond littermate syndrome or bitch fighting, the things that should be of primary concern to anyone crazy enough to buy two puppies:
This is because you don't want the dogs more tightly bonded to each other than to a person, and also because you don't want either dog to grow up to be an animal that lacks confidence when its buddy isn't there to back it up.
The good news(?) is that if they're buying BMDs from a shady breeder willing to sell them two littermates, any problems that develop are going to be very limited in terms of scope of time because of the multitude of health problems plaguing the breed. Even well bred BMDs are lucky to make it to 6 or 7... I'm pretty sure the old saying about them is "Two years a young dog, two years a good dog, two years an old dog. Anything else is a gift from god."