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I will keep open minded and monitor him when we get back home. In my area is non behaviorist and i think in whole country is 1. Everything that he knows I've done it myself without expensive trainers and behaviorists.... I'm self-educating myself. So far I've been successful but in some areas I've f...

Thanks for your replies. After your words JudyaN i started to think harder to find root of the problem. Fear came one week after my wife was out of work (at home) after surgery. Routine that we had was broken. Since we've brought him home he learned to be alone for 8 hours when my wife i me was at w...

So, fear is back and it is worst than earlier. We are on vacation at this moment. Its been 7 days since we are away from home and everything was fine until 2 days ago. He is now scared of everything and every other day things is getting worse. We are coming back home on Tuesday... There is no specif...

Hy! I think that's it. :D Kali is still a little scared when he smells something "dangerous" but does not react on sounds anymore. I'm so glad and relieved that this fear did not take long to go away. Me and my wife (and dog) are going on vacation at the end of the month and everything wil...

Dogs are also sensitive to pressure changes, have then been storms in your area? I know sometimes one of my guys seems to hide for no reason which seems to be related to heat lightning and really distant thunder claps. For last 2 weeks there hasn't been storms or bad weather. And fears came on frid...

last few days was very hot in my area. I know for the rule of "five seconds" - it wasn't that hot. Beside that, we were going on walks early in the morning and late afternoon. I've consider that this fear might be because of heat... I will do my best to help him get over his fears... Yeste...

Thanks for your reply. Few minutes ago we went out like usual. We did not get futher then front door. I don't know what will be tomorrow if he will go outside at all...? He was just staring across the street where "that scary place is" and react on every sound that appears, like baby cryin...

Hello. Few days ago I went with my dog on a walk at familiar place. Place where we go now and then (it is not our daily routine). As soon as we got there he was excited and wanted to run and play because he knew that in this place is always fun... Then suddenly he stoped and underline tail between h...

Hy everyone. I must say that our walks are great for past month. I do the walks with long leash and tasty treats... I have some other isuess with my dog: 1. He wants to play with me all the time inside like he doesn't know how to play alone. 2. His favourite game is thug-of-war but he gets super exc...

Thanks nettle and elsa. Nettle - yesterday was great walk. I decided not to complicate and everything was so much easier :) I realy apprichiate your advices :) Only one thing i was seeking from my dog - attention, and I've got it. Recall will be on hold until recomended book comes. I'll post our pro...

I'm confused about training duration outside. Normaly we are on walk about 1 hour. I know that 10-15 minutes is max for training so that dog doesn't get bored but what to do after that time? Should I let him sniff (he mostly do that) and that never ends. So I have to give him cue to go futher and it...

Thanks for advice. I will read section you've mentioned.
I get it now. I was going in wrong direction tought that dog needs spend time with other dogs.
I'll post our progress in this thread.

Thanks for reply. Yes, i would love to have some books. Since I'm deep into dog training few more books won't hurt me :D I have long line but clearly I do not know how to properly use it. And yes, you got it right, recall is what I need to re-teach. Sometimes I feel like I'll never be able to put hi...

Hy. What can I do? Backstory: Yesterday I went on hiking with my dog. Everything was fine until... He gets all crazy and unresponsive to any cue. He runs away from me, eating bunch of crap, jumping in mud, getting in water, then on dusty field, then again in water, then roll himself in crap, then ea...