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Originally Posted by ARCHIE  No, your distracting him is all. That seems to be the only thing that
works. Your getting their mind off the other dog by distracting what
they were doing. They have a short attention span and by playing
with them or treating them your making them think of something different.
When you see a dog coming down the street have the toy or treat ready
and give it to them before the react. They eventually learn something
good happens when another dog is around and there is no need to
bark or get nuts. |
Maxwell (10 months) is also barking non-stop at certain dogs - he'll go ballistic, but his class trainer said the same as quoted above. Trouble is, it has to be a really unique treat for Maxwell to care -- he's not really treat motivated. He's disrupted class several times when he gets a wild hair and it gets embarrassing. We've gone back to puppy class to get him used to smaller dogs again. By the time we got up a couple classes, we were with Mastiffs and Labs. But then he barks at the new puppies and freaks them out. I'm afraid he's going to get expelled. sigh...