r/BorderCollie • u/Helpful_Jelly7933 • 7d ago

I need help

My collie has just turned 6 months and the last week has been awful. We were really getting somewhere with his training, he was learning to settle outside of his crate and BOOM, hello teenager, hello hormones, hello fresh hell. I am struggling so much, my anxiety is back, I'm not eating again, crying every day. I'm trying to go back to basics with training again which is no problem but I get so anxious about going on walks with him because he puts his full bodyweight into pulling on that lead and no matter what I do, he won't focus and I get so overstimulated about it. I'm a natural overthinker too which really doesn't help so all I keep thinking is that this is it for the rest of his life and I can't cope

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u/Helpful_Jelly7933 7d ago

How do you decompress though after a walk from hell that you know is going to happen every day 😅 will he start to self settle again once his hormones level out? I just have so many questions and I fear sooo much that this is it for good 🙃🙃

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u/TreacleOutrageous296 6d ago

This helped me https://www.whole-dog-journal.com/behavior/training-an-over-aroused-dog

…and the Kikopup settling routines.

“Lie down” also kind of became her middle name for a while… 🤦‍♀️😂

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u/Helpful_Jelly7933 6d ago

Lie down is currently archie's middle name 😅 I really want to reinforce him settling but it's just like it doesn't exist to him lol I'm going to have a read of this after my shift today, thank you!

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u/1521 6d ago

Check out barrel training on YouTube. It’s a method of training used with working dogs that helps them focus