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Linda & Fred	Jul 3 2009, 05:43 PM
Chatterbox Posts: 705 Group: Full Members Member #571 Joined: November 28, 2007	Fred used to do this to me when he couldn't get to what he wanted. The only solution I found was to keep him under his threshold, so we'd increase distance with whatever was upsetting him, because often that was the only thing I could control. I rarely ask other people to control their dogs because frankly most of the time they can't call them away. Once dogs gone into 'emotional' mode (sorry can't remember proper word!), they can't access the learning part of their brain, so it's just a waste of your breath and time to give her commands, although from my own experience it's hard not to say something! With some of the dogs I walk the only answer is simply to turn and walk the other way. If you are walking with more than one dog the offlead dogs should be trained to return to you if you stop, and to follow you if you change direction. My initial reaction to offlead dogs is to instruct Fred to 'stay close' which means to come back to me and walk with me (not heelwork), then he's allowed to greet when I say 'say hello', so if I turn and walk the other way because, say, the Bulldog I walk is being a pain in the bum (not a bad bone in him, but he throws himself at other dogs, which they don't like), Fred follows, then there's a pack of 3 going the other way and any other dogs I'm walking can't bear not to follow. ETA sorry, meant to say what most people think of as relentless energy is the equivalent of a toddler running round and round and round to prevent himself falling asleep the minute he stops still. When Fred arrived he needed 5-10 miles of running about a day. Or rather, he needed to learn it was safe to go to sleep, now he's ready fr a snooze after just a mile or two. Edited by Linda & Fred, Jul 3 2009, 05:48 PM.


Hari snapped at me today · Training & Behaviour