Hormonal female

[Ernies mom]

Ernie my 4 yr old irn is hormonal all year! She is very bonded to me as I raised her from about 5 weeks old. She crouches and clucks when I just walk past her or speak to her in a sweet voice. I am affectionate with her but neve touch her anywhere except her head for scritches. She also is extremely territorial and tries to commaneer the laundry room and has an obsession with my front loadind washer and dryer. In order to do laundry I have to put her in her cage. I'm at the point that I'm considering getting her the hormone implant. Any advice out there? Btw she is extremely stubborn and resists even clicker traing with a cashew reward just throwing them, and cashews are her favorite thing! HELP

 

[Thechoplady]

Ernie my 4 yr old irn is hormonal all year! She is very bonded to me as I raised her from about 5 weeks old. She crouches and clucks when I just walk past her or speak to her in a sweet voice. I am affectionate with her but neve touch her anywhere except her head for scritches. She also is extremely territorial and tries to commaneer the laundry room and has an obsession with my front loadind washer and dryer. In order to do laundry I have to put her in her cage. I'm at the point that I'm considering getting her the hormone implant. Any advice out there? Btw she is extremely stubborn and resists even clicker traing with a cashew reward just throwing them, and cashews are her favorite thing! HELP

My ekkie girl is the same way and she will commandeer the kitchen. I’ve been able to reduce some of the behaviors through diet and sleep. No fruit. Nuts only for training and topps pellets only in foraging toys. Her diet is a vegetable based chop twice a day. I also increased her sleep from 12 hours to 14.