Her crazy lunging behavior has stopped entirely! The only times she will do this is if she has not had enough exercise, but instead will just run like crazy around the room but no longer jumping and snapping at us. We started using the method of hooking the leash on her collar and putting her in time out, but she eventually would drop to the ground not budging an inch. So we then switched to US walking out for a few seconds, which worked great. I would also treat and praise her when she would sit calmly in front of the couch. We also figured we just had to banish her from the couch entirely since I got the impression she felt like she owned it. I got Cadence her very own little couch, that looks just like the one we have, put it in front of ours and she absolutely loves it! The only issue now is that she sometimes starts to attack her couch but I'll simply say "No! Go get a toy!" and she will immediately stop and go grab another toy we can play with.
Our recall is amazing! After struggling for a bit with her, never allowing her to get off the leash, I figured I needed to change the word. So instead of "Here!" it is now "Bye Cadence!", run in the opposite direction, and she will sprint to me as fast as she can, even if she is in the middle of sniffing something out! Today was the first day I let her off the lead outside and did not even have an issue telling her to go back inside. I also get the feeling that she can now sense I trust her, am more confident, and less frustrated when calling her back. Maybe that sounds crazy but oh well haha!
I think her behavior is partly due to her getting a bit older, but also from the positive training we've been using. The only issue is that she jumps on guests, but they won't listen to me when I say to just walk away from her and pay no attention to her
Then they complain if Cadence scratches them.. I just say "Oh well, you don't wanna listen to me, suffer the consequences".
