Dylan gets anxious with other dogs
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Update on Dylan's Training
So he got his training last Friday. It went very well! My trainer brought her 3 dogs with all different tempermant. Dylan was not happy when we went to near her truck where all her dogs were. It took him a couple of minutes to stop pulling me and trying to lunge towards the truck. Then she took her Chow-chow out who is very calm and doesn't care about other dogs at all. I was to walk Dylan around her and he barked and pulled little bit but I was able to stop him before he went full blown craziness. Then suddenly he calmed down and walked around her like she wasn't there anymore. So my trainer took her next dog who is calm but does give feed back to other dogs. He was a pitbull and Mastiff mixture. Since he moved forward to Dylan, Dylan was little bit suspicous. But after a couple of walk around, they wanted to play. Both did their play position and happy bark at each other. The last dog she had out was a pit bull who is whining and pulling non stop. Dylan was fine with her too
. In fact he was so calm with his tail down the pitbull was starting to calm down.
Now it is up to me to practice more. I learned Dylan is not so bad after all. As long as I stay calm and keep my leash loose as much as possible (as Dr. Shelli suggested), he won't be too bad.
Now here is what I need to figure out. He starts to pull and whine when he senses other dogs either walking or playing in their yard. I was not able to stop that. If I make him sit and make eye contact with me, he will do it. But as soon as we start walking, he will go back to pulling and whining towards other dogs. Any suggestion to stop him from doing this?
So he got his training last Friday. It went very well! My trainer brought her 3 dogs with all different tempermant. Dylan was not happy when we went to near her truck where all her dogs were. It took him a couple of minutes to stop pulling me and trying to lunge towards the truck. Then she took her Chow-chow out who is very calm and doesn't care about other dogs at all. I was to walk Dylan around her and he barked and pulled little bit but I was able to stop him before he went full blown craziness. Then suddenly he calmed down and walked around her like she wasn't there anymore. So my trainer took her next dog who is calm but does give feed back to other dogs. He was a pitbull and Mastiff mixture. Since he moved forward to Dylan, Dylan was little bit suspicous. But after a couple of walk around, they wanted to play. Both did their play position and happy bark at each other. The last dog she had out was a pit bull who is whining and pulling non stop. Dylan was fine with her too
. In fact he was so calm with his tail down the pitbull was starting to calm down.Now it is up to me to practice more. I learned Dylan is not so bad after all. As long as I stay calm and keep my leash loose as much as possible (as Dr. Shelli suggested), he won't be too bad.
Now here is what I need to figure out. He starts to pull and whine when he senses other dogs either walking or playing in their yard. I was not able to stop that. If I make him sit and make eye contact with me, he will do it. But as soon as we start walking, he will go back to pulling and whining towards other dogs. Any suggestion to stop him from doing this?
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SheltieChe
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as with any pulling he has to understand that pulling does not get rewarded...
as soon as he starts pulling, stop, use recall with excellent value treat and walk back until he is following and leash is loose again.... repeat ad nauseatum.... make sure he is tired from nice run and is hungry before you start practicing that... no magic but in couple of weeks your leash pulling will be over...
also keep working on your heeling command, put his bowl of kibble in your pocket and start walking, feed him only when he is next to your knee- in the beginning does not matter if it proper heeling or not, as long as he understand that place near your legs is the best place to be... do it every morning before breakfast for couple of weeks and you will see results...
as soon as he starts pulling, stop, use recall with excellent value treat and walk back until he is following and leash is loose again.... repeat ad nauseatum.... make sure he is tired from nice run and is hungry before you start practicing that... no magic but in couple of weeks your leash pulling will be over...
also keep working on your heeling command, put his bowl of kibble in your pocket and start walking, feed him only when he is next to your knee- in the beginning does not matter if it proper heeling or not, as long as he understand that place near your legs is the best place to be... do it every morning before breakfast for couple of weeks and you will see results...