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04-26-2009, 05:51 PM | #1 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Maryland
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| I've had an epiphany! I just wanted to share. I've been on here in the past talking about my highly reactive Yorkie. When we would go out on walks he would bark at everything. Especially other dogs, people on bikes, motorcycles, children playing, etc. It drove me crazy! Last summer we had very few nice walks. Over the winter it wasn't so bad because there weren't as many people out and about. But, warm weather is back and I have to say he is doing sooo much better! I realized that if I don't react at all to him when he gets upset and starts barking at someone/something, then he doesn't get nearly as upset and stops barking. I always tried to stay calm before, but it never really worked. And, now that I have figured out how to stay calm, he is also able to be much more calm. It is great to be able to have a nice walk with him without being completely embarrassed!
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04-26-2009, 06:14 PM | #2 |
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| How awesome!! Congrats! Staying calm really does help!
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04-28-2009, 01:35 AM | #3 |
Thor's Human Donating Member | That's great! Often the best way to extinguish an unwanted behavior is not to punish it, but not to react at all. I hope you enjoy many more quiet walks this year.
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04-28-2009, 05:26 PM | #4 |
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| I had the same problem with our Lexie -- and what also helped her out was not to hold the leash tight -- my natural reaction was to tug on the leash tight anticipating what she was going to do and to try and hold her back -- in fact what I was doing was telling her -- "Watch Out Beware Danger". |
04-28-2009, 05:35 PM | #5 | |
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04-28-2009, 05:45 PM | #6 |
Donating Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: East Point, GA, USA
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| Thanks for the info, I'll be trying this with Roxy too. She goes ballistic whenever we walk and someone or thing approaches and of course I react too. I guess I'll try counting to ten and taking a deep breath. |
05-01-2009, 08:56 AM | #7 |
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| Yes .... there is a direct line that goes from you down the leash to the dog Uusually what gets transmitted is unconscious but if you are aware of it you can get your pup to do an awful lot
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