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Originally Posted by aladinsane33  I have began his new training regimen today using chicken treats and walking in fast circle should he bark, snarl or take up a belligerent stance with any dog, certainly the swift nipping alpha style showed a result, the look of bemusement on his face said it all. I will indeed persevere with this approach. I will endeavour to keep you appraised of events as and when they begin to unfold, that is of course unless I am banned for having to reply to judge and jury, this as one subscriber has already suggested, that others, who may write in here, may well become. Jeannie, but seriously I really cannot thank you enough. Kind Regards Rob. |
And be sure to cross the street or keep a good distance between your dog and the other dog during rehab training as proximity of a perceived danger to themselves is a great anxiety/fear trigger to most anxious dogs and makes them want to lash out whereas keeping them far away during re-training will decrease the threat in your dog's mind and make focusing on that high-reward food just in front of his nose while walking in fast circles much easier on him.
As he begins to accept the presence of other dogs passing by him at a distance while being distracted by food and fast-walking in those crazy circles, gradually decrease the space between the dogs as rehab training progresses and increase distance again should he flex up on a dog again. Be sure to keep the initial re-training sessions very short in duration.