Fear Periods

[dasha]

My Border Collie bitch seems to get fearful, unsure and really weird about 3-4 weeks before coming into season. It is really frustrating as she becomes scared of the other dogs, scared of me, runs and hides and lacks self confidence on sheep. Her brain truly goes scatty. She is a 6 month cycler normally but she had pups in end of May and she now seems to be doing the weird things again so I am pretty sure she is coming back in already.

I don't change much I do with her as she still needs training and still needs to live with all the other dogs. We just have to live with it.

When training her though I am mindful of her being extremely pressure sensitive so I try to avoid situations I know will put bad habits into her work as she is a trial dog, but other than that nothing changes.

Edited September 25, 2011 by dasha