Thanks everyone! I have been putting her down/away from me with a "NO" when at home, and that is working - she seems to catch on to things very quickly, after just the 2nd time she stopped as soon as I said no! She goes on daily walks and runs like crazy in the yard, especially with her sister and their new obstacle course I set up at my parent's for when she visits (tunnels, hoops to jump through, etc. - yay for summer clearance at Petco!).
We take her as many places as possible to get her acclimated as we travel quite a bit & plan on taking her - she went this summer with us hiking and in stores/a museum/outdoor restaurants that welcome dogs & was wonderful, and rode in her front pouch. This past week when we went hiking, the barking at people/dogs was so bad we finally just turned around & left! We took her to the pet store and she barked for a few minutes at a dog a couple times, then was quiet the rest of the time (we were there awhile as I was talking to someone), then did just a tiny growl at a dog when we left. So we think it is the initial time when people/dogs are approaching, but once she feels either she is safe, we are safe, or both that she is calm. But with hiking, it is impossible to know if we will even run into people, so we are unsure what to do. We have considered a muzzle for hiking - it's not like when we are at home where we can put her down away from us, if we simply don't take her when we go she'll just think we're going somewhere like we do every day for work & things. |