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Old 05-07-2010, 11:50 AM   #14
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This why I use the clicker, it distracts them long enough to snap them out of whatever their first response is. I click it and say watch me. It makes them turn and look right at me so I can then decide how to proceed. Depending on the dog and the owner that may be approaching, If they have good control over their dog we will proceed, if not I can pick them up or cross the street, but it is my choice not theirs. When they get frantic, it is important to make a noise that will snap them out of it long enough for them to refocus on what you want them to do.

I just might get a clicker. It's the only thing I have not tried.
Thanks for that infomation. I did use, UGH, like Ceaser does to distract
him but he seems to get comfortable eventually with anything then
back to his old ways. It's just so frustrating.
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