Well....my dog doesn't like black dogs. :D He just doesn't. He had a run in with a black dog, and now he really doesn't like them! I guess...
I go to an ultra positive trainer - possibly the most positive gundog trainer in the UK, actually, not much 'possibly' about it. Today, a student...
Hang on.... What you said was - setting the scene... Then you said: So, if the original man handling wasn't unpleasant or punishing, why did...
Er....if your dog is showing reactivity to any dogs - out of fear or over excitement - then picking him up by a harness so he is only able to walk...
Maybe give the trainer a break. :-) She might be working out how to get the woman to change her behaviour. Telling her in front of the class that...
Despite it being widely reported all over the internet that an adolescent male dog has 3, 5, 7 (take you pick) times the testosterone as an...
Betsy is like this in the garden she has many triggers - a fox, the smell of a fox, ditto cats, pigeons, the dog next door, a sound from next door...
Ok - well. You also say: So that's a good solution day to day - keep walking, your dog feels more comfortable with that. In what situations...
But you originally said: So this doesn't sound like an onset of adolescence or something overly complex about fear periods. It sounds like from...
Well, the OP posted about a puppy nervous of strangers from 4 months - the closing of the socialisation window or just after - which has got...
Hmmm....I heard so much about the 'second fear period' that I sat down and trailed back through all the literature available on puppy development...
I trained Charlie's leave it the traditional (R+) way - you know, associating 'leave it' with backing off from things he wants, and preventing...
I mean adult dogs, not people...
I have little idea what you mean.... "Inappropriately latching on". What does that mean? Does it mean that your puppy is grabbing other dogs by...
Well I didn't train Betsy on lead, I trained her off lead, but only after I had a 'leave it' that I thought would work. It was sort of like 'new...
The original premack experiment demonstrated that kids that like candy more than playing pinball will like playing pinball more if they get to eat...
Maybe just get him to walk in the front door, close it, then take off her lead?
The very best of luck with it. I wish you all the best, for a smooth recovery and the joy you feel when it's over. It ends. You get your dog back....
For Charlie, I pay £72 a month. I have lifetime cover of £12,000 a year vet bills, and £2,000 complementary treatment. If Charlie lives to be...
I'm sorry for you. I've been there. I have so been there. :-( Grit your teeth, you'll get through it, and come out the other side. It's really,...
