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Originally Posted by Kimber44  Hi, It helped to read this. Lily, sweet little less than 5 pound girl went after a HUGE dog this week. It's head was bigger than her by double. The Bouvier was held back by its owner, but I thought is she stupid or what? She is fine in our dog class, it is out walking. I'll keep reading but I'll try treats when she pays attn to me, not others...sigh........she is really protective which I'd rather do without. She is at the office with me, and I need her to behave. She gets lots of cuddles and socializing. |
Yes she does need to be a good girl but she should also be allowed to say no in a nice way. Some dogs just do not like being handled sometimes and just cause she cute does nhttp://www.trulydogfriendly.com/blog/?page_id=4ot mean she must. If she was a pit bull and said no we back up... if it was a pit bull and wanted hugs many would back up. Yorkie or not she still needs her space just to hang.
Tight leashes cause leash aggression and fights and tension down the leash and from the other dog and owner is a great trigger for problems.
My dog can work in class on leash and a little away from other dogs as long as the other dogs have good manners. If not it on them and willing to tell them off.
JL