Thanks for your responses! Actually, the pup isn't responding to hearing an animal, it's seeing it on tv. Watching the Black Stallion got a bit interesting when he looked up to see a horse :-) and then that darn horse kept coming back :-) and Ladyhawke got a bit louder than planned when he realized there was a wolf in the story.
I think he's gradually getting acclimatised to horses now tough he seemed to be looking cross-eyed at the horse in Ladyhawke he refrained from barking. It's still loud for the Pet Network rescue series.... The other issue is him seeing his reflection in the glass of the fireplace cover....
What we've been doing is using stern calm deep Nos and Enoughs. We seem to be making some progress....
As far as the walks -- definitely no collar and no jerks other than one in which we both headed blithely off in opposite directions. His harness puts the "pull" over the shoulders. I'd like a different harness soon though since the one I'm using is very hard to readjust over or under his sweater and hard to put on regardless.
Linda |