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hannahb	Jul 2 2009, 11:07 PM
Chatterbox Posts: 1,610 Group: Full Members Member #475 Joined: June 3, 2007	I'm really worried and feeling very guilty. I was out walking with Hari in the park when a friendly group of three dogs came up. Initially Hari was ok but as they got closer and then stopped to greet Ted and Tom who were at least 5m away, Hari started snarling and pulling - totally ignoring the treat I had to distract her with. Then she turned around and snapped at my arm - I have quite a scratch. I did say a loud NO and Hari did settle almost immediately and then I was able to get her to lie down and focus on me. Then we just continued with the walk. The thing is I feel like she crossed a totally unacceptable line tonight. We have worked really hard around other dogs, and as long as they are under control then Hari is, but the park is always full of roaming friendly dogs out of control. I can't bear the thought of having a dog that snaps at me and am very concerned that this is a slippery slope. So we really need to make sure that she gets the message that this is totally unacceptable. We do walk her on the lead 2x every single day, often take her running and go to training weekly. We will talk to Jo our trainer as well. We have stopped letting her off the lead as her recall is not reliable, however she walks to heel well and we are working on allowing her to go a little way away from us with the lead dropped and then ask her to come back. I am also going to try her on a treadmill and see if I can teach her to like it - that way she can get some additional excercise as she is a high energy dog. She was getting gradually better with other dogs, but I'm clearly not getting it right. I'd be really grateful for some suggestions before I have to start thinking the unthinkable.


Hari snapped at me today · Training & Behaviour