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Originally Posted by Opium88  So my spunky “little” teapot yorkie, Toby, has started some new awful habit of going up to people passing by us ( yes he’s on a leash but I can’t always reel him in fast enough, we live in a busy apartment complex now) and acting like he’s just sniffing them but once he’s behind them, he jumps up and starts snarling and trying to attack their leg. Male, female, doesn’t matter. If they pay attention to him, he’s fine. It’s when they ignore him that he does this. So far no one has complained, but it’s gonna happen eventually. I went from letting him run free in the courtyard to always being on a leash now to try and prevent this, but sometimes it happens too fast. You never know whether he’s gonna do it or not because he doesn’t have a tell. When he does it and I reprimanded him, he knows he’s done wrong right away cause he cowers from my voice immediately ( which until now the boy hasn’t been reprimanded in YEARS) … and never physically. But he knows he’s been bad, but won’t stop doing it. It’s frustrating me. |
Children will do the same thing if they get a response from negative behavior.
I would just start out with the leash training as discussed and give him a reward every time he does not behave in an unwanted way. You don't want your dog cowering when he hears you. You want him to be happy and the best way to that is to reward him for good behavior.
Running leash free is not something I would do anyway. Too many issues can come from that.
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