Holy cow, I go for a quick walk and I missed a lot! I need that thing that makes noises. I think it'll help my road rage and my ghetto blaster.
It seems that my issue with Max starts immediately after I put the harness on and we go to the door. That's when the anxiety begins. Before the door even opens, he's barking like crazy. We haven't even gotten to the point of object triggers he's anxious/excited right from the start. I've made the mistake in the past just to take him out and as long as we got past the driveway he was fine the entire time. Now he started barking from the get go again. I can't very well throw a treat because I'm rewarding his barking. I say Shhh Quiet, he'll stop for 2 seconds, I give him a treat and he barks again. We repeat this continually. He's never really calming down. I'll keep working on it but I don't know if I'm doing it correctly. |