Krazy about a Kite

I took 10 month old Bella for a walk on the track at a local park. At the park, Bella spotted a kite that a young girl was attempting to fly. That was the only unusual thing I noticed before Bella went apesh*t on me. As soon as she saw this kite or the combo of the kite and girl, Bella freaked out and started pulling and whimpering, refusing to walk. We had to turn around, I had no choice really. She was pulling so hard to get away that if I had let go of her leash, she would have shot out to the road like a bullet. She was choking herself leash, gasping for air or the energy to pull me away from that dangerous, horrific kite.;-)
 I could not get her to calm down. Finally, mostly because I was embarrassed that I didn't have any control over the situation, I picked her up and carried her to the car which wasn't but a few parking spaces away at that point. She calmed down once I got her in the car though she was shaking like a nervous Nellie.
Any pointers on what I should or should not be doing? Anyone have this kind of issue with their corgi? It seems that I have an increasingly fearful dog though she has not been afraid of people or other dogs to this point. She doesn't like cars or the noise of the vacuum but loves other dogs, the beach, and kids etc. 

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Permalink Reply by Becky S on March 21, 2011 at 4:24pm
Brodie absolutely hates kites, hot air balloons, any other balloons,  he's gotten better about flags since our neighbor has his Nebraka flag flying most days.  We usually end up doing what you did, turn around and go the other way.  Once there was a kite stuck in the tree next door.  He could see it from the kitchen sliding glass door and went bonkers.  He would not shut up until I went over there and pulled it down.  Lilly on the other hand could care less!  So not really any help for you as we just try to avoid any of those things that will set him off.
Permalink Reply by Janell on March 21, 2011 at 5:03pm
Your response helped me feel better. Thanks for the info. I never even considered flags but those may require a sedative.
Permalink Reply by Rebecca Marie O'Bryan on March 21, 2011 at 5:11pm
teddy use to be afraid of flags but after so many times of walking by them he finally just ignores them. the only thing he cant ignore is skateboards. he goes nuts and trys to get away. thats why i got a harness for teddy so if he happens to freak out about something he wont choke or slip off his collar. he has gotten off his collar before and almost got hit by a car because he wanted to say hello to these kids so bad. such a silly boy -_-  lol. the more things she is exposed to now will benefit her. i bet after a few more encounters with a kite she will get use to them.
Permalink Reply by Lauren on March 22, 2011 at 2:22pm
Caius is afraid of skateboards too...! He never really barks and hide as much as he does with skateboards. :x
Permalink Reply by Kari & Quin on March 21, 2011 at 6:50pm
check out kikopup on youtube http://www.youtube.com/user/kikopup#p/u/81/Jp_l9C1yT1g she has other videos that help with your dog being afraid of things outside also.
Permalink Reply by Jessenia on March 22, 2011 at 6:48pm
Thanks thats helpful =]
Permalink Reply by Janell on March 22, 2011 at 6:55pm
The videos have great info. But that one washing machine was really broken.
Permalink Reply by John Wolff on March 22, 2011 at 7:31pm
Loud reports (thunder, gunshots), umbrellas, and soap bubbles produce the same effect in Gwynnie.
Permalink Reply by Becky S on March 23, 2011 at 1:58pm
oh yeah I forgot about soap bubbles, only tried them once and I thought Brodie was going to have a heart attack! never again
Permalink Reply by Rachael & Waffle on March 23, 2011 at 2:17pm

UMBRELLAS ARE DEMONS.

WHY CAN'T YOU UNDERSTAND???


-Waffle's sentiments 

Permalink Reply by Don on March 23, 2011 at 1:22am

Ok, here are my 2 cents worth on this one.

Desentizig  your dog, remember all good experiences are rewarded.

You'll need for this:

Leash, Collar, Lots and Lots of treats, Patience and object/item you wish to desentize to.

Set the "Scary" object out in the yard....then leash your dog. Start with a wide pass and reward for walking past it. Any type of retreat and start again. With each sucessive pass close to the object or any type of curriousity should be heavily rewarded towards the object. Remember to work at your dogs pace which can be painfully slow depending on how deep the fear runs.

Any type of advance or paw foward towards the object should be heavily praised and rewarded.

At first you may have to help your pup along in to a marginal comfort zone, just remember to not push too far in to the discomfort zone for your dog. You may have to kindly get things kicked off though by pushing the limits of comfort for your dog though.

Reward and praise, even as far as playing near the "Scary" object may be benificial. Anything that will take your dogs focus and attention off the object and back to you will help relax the sisuation and speed up the process.

 

Hope this helps.

Sincerely,

Don and Crew

Permalink Reply by Lynne Cerny on March 23, 2011 at 8:52am
Hot air balloons!   Sally really HATES them!  She is a little better with flags unless it is really windy.  I wish I had an answer for this!  At least the hot air balloons aren't real often. :)

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