i just gpt a 13 month old puppy and i have had her now for 5 days. i was wondering why does she follow me everywhere? i can get off the couch or need to use the restroom shes always right there. she only does this with me no one eles in the house. thanks for the help!
2007-01-19 05:13:12 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Dogs
She's adopted you as the number one in her life!!!! I have full grown Doberman Pinschers that I have had all their lives, a female ten years old and a female and a male that are eight years old and they follow me every where in and out of the house. The male is worse than the two females. I actually refer to him as my shadow. I really don't mind, but I feel sorry for him on the days that I am doing laundry, up and down, up and down the stairs.
2007-01-19 05:21:57 · answer #1 · answered by ® 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well the easy answer is... she loves you; and the love of a good dog is something I hope everyone experiences at least once in their life. My cocker is sitting here with me now, and like your pup, follows me everywhere.
Your pup has made a decision in her little canine mind, and that decision is YOU. You have become her surrogate mom, and her master, and since dogs are pack animals, where the pack leader (you) goes, they follow. And with a pup, this is even truer. Imagine a young child, clinging to her mom’s dress or leg when there are new people around. The child is seeking safety, perhaps not in a conscious thought, but true nonetheless. And while dogs do not think like us; they do have some genetic facts hard coded into their brains; survival, hunger, pack. If you are providing food, then everything stated above is cemented even more so.
As your pup matures, her following may ease, but it won’t end; so better get used to it. As for the other members of your family, in your pups mind they are members of he same pack, but YOU are the head banana.
2007-01-19 05:42:49 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dogs are pack animals by nature and when the recognize the leader they follow at what the leader wants. This dog probably bonded to you and feels secure in being close to you. With it being 13 months, there could have been something happen to the puppy when it was younger to make it feel insecure and that it needs to be with you for that sense of safety. Feel flattered.
2007-01-19 05:22:37 · answer #3 · answered by hartsock1 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Honey, I have the exact same problem, Only my problem weighs about 60 lbs, and comes to my knees!! My dog KNOWS he's mine, He sees me as the pack leader.
There isn't really much you can do about it. But you can teach your dog how to use distance. As long as the dog isn't trying to get all in your hoohah, I wouldn't worry about anything. Just be glad that he doesn't see himself as the leader of the pack!
Also, animals like to see what they can get away with. They want to see how far they can go, before getting into trouble. So if you don't want you dog to follow you so close he knocks you down(like my dog does) whenever you stop, then teach him how to follow with distance. Teach him that it's ok to stay back a little. How, I'm still workin on that myself. I just tell my dog that I can do things by myself. But he hears that on a daily basis. So start talking to you dog, like you would a child. He'll start to understand things, and when you say that you can do it by yourself, or whatever, then he'll stay further back, if he gets up at all.
At least you dog gets up. Most people have a dog who just sits there, and slobbers on their carpet, and furniture!!
2007-01-19 05:29:07 · answer #4 · answered by Pluto 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A lot of dogs do this! Mine does as well. If it doesn't bother you, and she doesn't show signs of separation anxiety when she can't follow you, it's nothing that needs to be corrected. She sees you as her leader, and dogs are very social animals who enjoy the company of their leader and other members of their pack. In the wild, dogs are rarely alone.
However, if she starts showing signs of separation anxiety when she is unable to follow you, it needs to be addressed. You need to condition her to get used to your leaving. You do this by slowly working up the amount of time you leave her alone. For instance, start by leaving the room and shutting the door behind you so she can't follow. Immediately return to her, as long as she isn't whining or barking. If she is, wait for her to take a breath and pause before returning. Gradually work up the amount of time you leave her until she waits quietly and patiently for you to return. If you are crate training her, do the same, only with her in her crate. Always make the crate a fun place to be, with toys and treats. Be sure to treat her every time she goes in the crate so she associates the crate with nothing but good things.
2007-01-19 05:24:53 · answer #5 · answered by lrachelle 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Dog's form an attachment to a certain person. Since they have this attachment to you they want to be by your side. I think that it makes them feel safe or something. My dog he will be sleeping too and I will come in on the computer and I turn around and there he is sleeping right behind me.
2007-01-19 05:22:11 · answer #6 · answered by Kit 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no longer unavoidably, no. that's general for puppies to decide for to maintain on with around their kinfolk. yet encouraging this may lead directly to risky issues and seperation appropriate tension. It sounds like your domestic dog desires to study some obstacles, and desires to study the thank you to sense mushy on her own. you could initiate imposing 'independance' preparation. you're able to try this by using crate preparation her, or coaching her to sleep in a seperate room, like the laundry. set up her bedding and a few toys, etc- even provide her a filled Kong or chew cope with. depart her interior the room for no less than 20 minutes. If she starts off making noises- do no longer enable her see you- in basic terms pass to the door and 'shh' her for the duration of the door, and pass back to doing all your individual factor. as quickly as she has been quiet for 20 minutes you could enable her back out, back. this form of training could set her up for being confident mutually as on my own interior the residing house while you're out, and could help decrease undesirable behaviours.
2016-10-31 13:09:01 · answer #7 · answered by wolter 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
she knows she belongs to you. My dog does this with me too, but not my boyfriend. he'll be dead asleep and I'll walk out of the room, and 2 seconds later he's right behind me. I think he just wants to make sure I'm OK. and being a little nosy
2007-01-19 05:19:09 · answer #8 · answered by jennifer d 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
She looks to you as mommy. It is totally normal. As far as getting her to stop you can try having some one play with her as you sneak out of the room and then return. Or have some one hold her and do the same. Show her that just because your leaving doesn't mean your not coming back.
2007-01-19 05:22:08 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Not an expert on puppies, but I'd follow you around too.....
2007-01-19 05:21:47 · answer #10 · answered by snvffy 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋