David came back from his walk very pleased with Charlie this morning Woody the Fox Red Lab is about 14 months now and Charlie and Woody always bark at each other, but with tips from the forum and putting them into action today was good. David saw Mark at the bottom of the hill on the track, luckily Mark saw him also, he stopped but couldn't get Woody to sit and proceeded to ping about on lead. David got Charlie to sit for a few seconds and wait, Charlie did see Woody, David gave him treats and lots of praise and proceeded, Charlie walked straight past Woody looking at David for more treats and praise, Woody was still pinging around on his lead, we feel that's really positive My feeling is to do this a bit more and then allow a very brief sniff and walk on and build up to a proper meet and greet, is that the way to go? We are lucky that Mark is so cooperative and wants to train Woody too x
Re: A Break Through I'm not sure Helen, in my experience two dogs (particularly males) who have always barked at each other will often then try to have a go at each other to work out who is Top Dog. I don't think I'd let them get very close to each other on the lead until you have done plenty of practice at desensitizing them to one another. Even then it can be difficult. A GWP attacked Poppy the other day (can you imagine, OH went BALLISTIC ) - the owner's reasoning was that since the GWP never liked Bones, he has now transferred his aggression to poor little Poppy… Keep the bl**dy dog on a lead if you can't control it, I say, preferably with a muzzle on!!! Sorry, off topic a bit there, but I would proceed with caution. Sounds like Charlie is doing great though!
Re: A Break Through Excellent Charlie well done. That is (Im pretty sure) perfect counter conditioning. You are teaching Charlie that when he sees woody he will get treats. If you continue to do this eventually when he spots woody he will automatically look at you for his treat. Woody = treat not bark. ;D
Re: A Break Through [quote author=Karen link=topic=5106.msg64077#msg64077 date=1395935643] I'm not sure Helen, in my experience two dogs (particularly males) who have always barked at each other will often then try to have a go at each other to work out who is Top Dog. I don't think I'd let them get very close to each other on the lead until you have done plenty of practice at desensitizing them to one another. Even then it can be difficult. A GWP attacked Poppy the other day (can you imagine, OH went BALLISTIC ) - the owner's reasoning was that since the GWP never liked Bones, he has now transferred his aggression to poor little Poppy… Keep the bl**dy dog on a lead if you can't control it, I say, preferably with a muzzle on!!! Sorry, off topic a bit there, but I would proceed with caution. Sounds like Charlie is doing great though! [/quote] No we won't let them get too close Karen and it has only ever been on lead barking no having a go at each other, infact they have had a short walk together months ago and all was fine. Plenty of work to be done yet and lots of walking past Woody which is what we are doing. Sorry Poppy was attacked, what a stupid owner to say that, not surprised your OH went nuts xx
Re: A Break Through Sounds great, Helen!! I agree with Karen that I wouldn't worry about building up to having them say hello. Keep doing exactly as David did and advise Woody's owner on how to do the same. Woody probably just needs more distance than Charlie at this point. Plus Woody's owner might need to train a 'look at me for a treat' first in a less distracting environment (at home, then on a walk with no dogs, then with Charlie at a distance). I'd be aiming just to get them both to be able to pass each other on a walk without any fuss
