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Owners of none reactive dogs look out at a rainy day and go 'oh what a horrible day'. Owners of reactive dogs look out and go 'it'll be a nice walk today!'. ain't that the truth. some of my first peaceful walks was out in the rain. of course I had to help my get over being wet out in the rain first...

He growled at my husband, and my husband got mad because "dogs aren't supposed to growl at people". I told him growling is the dog's way of communicating his discomfort and you don't want to train out a growl because then you go straight to a bite. My husband didn't buy it. ok...sooooo as...

Love the growl. The growl is a gift. It shows a dog trusts you to listen to his fears. this thought process has saved me from being bitten many times. For dogs you are just meeting, it's not trust, but being given a chance to prove your self friend or foe. They took a risk, gave you an inch, we nee...

I guess there's no way to know until i try but... im thinking of taking bax into work. well yes and no. If you actually put together a plan, and prepared for this goal, you would have some idea how Bax would do. Even if you haven't put a plan together and you are using phrases like "no way to ...

Haven't watched the video, so this is general thoughts for you. 1. It is difficult to impossible to train when your pup has built up energy. sometimes we have to "live" with the "maniac" at the end of the leash until that energy is burned off before we can train a desired behavio...

... after losing Dillydog last summer to cancer. .... Wow I got out of touch. I am sorry to hear about Dillydog. She thinks Womble is DREAMY and wants to follow him about, riding pillion on his motorbike, smoke his cigarettes and wear his leather jacket. He doesn't really know she exists of course....

woohoo. well done. I also find that sometimes the best training sessions come from those unexpected opportunities.

first you need to have some kind of idea why the dog is barking. ALL breeds can present barking problems. some more than others, but ALL can develop barking problems. If the barking is bored, lack of mental or physical outlets, there is options for this, mainly getting more exercises and finding men...

you made a knock noise and he did'n't react? perfect...now pair that with a treat....knock at the level he doesn't react...follow with a treat. slowly increase the intensity of the knock towards a level he would normally react. not all in one session, but as quickly as you can without creating a rea...

I would advise choosing one or the other. use the pads or use out doors. you can change you mind later if you want if one option isn't working out as planned. but don't flip/flop. I would also make sure you use something like Natures Miracle to clean up any misses to the pads or when he goes places ...

I don't think this is the time to be discussing backing off. if what you are doing is showing signs of progress, keep it up. If bumps worry, scare, agitate, create anxiety...EVERY SINGLE BUMP needs to be followed by something YUMMY until you are seeing a conditioned emotional response (aka a YIPPY r...

Frankly, I'm amazed that my friend's four dogs haven't had a major bust-up given that her house resembles a matchbox, particularly as Grumpy JIm is dog-reactive. But then he's fine with Jasper now... unless his pain meds need upping, when he might have the odd grumble. Maybe the fact that the young...

thanks.

you had a hand in forming that way of looking at dog training. thank you.

So should I keep doing this, or instead let him look at them -> click -> treat -> look at them -> click -> treat -> so on? You said not to change tactic in your post Jacksdad, and I am using the 'watch me' tactic you gave in your last reply to me at the moment. I would stick with this for a while. ...

I've been working really hard on Merlin's excitement barking at dogs, and he's coming on amazingly. However I have noticed his hatred of squishy faced dogs escalate. He and the neighbours pug (who Merlin has met before twice and tried to play with - pug didn;t like him) both had a handbags at dawn ...