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New bad behavior 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. |
Do not use the retractable leash, use a 4-foot least, not a 6 ft. A 4-ft leash you can pull him away before he can jump on anyone. I would try this for one month, then use the retractable, if he jumps on anyone go back to the 4-ft leash. I would keep doing this until he learns if he jumps on people, he loses his freedom and goes back to a short leash. I must say I am not a big fan of retractable leashes when there are a lot of people and animals around, but I do use one in state park trails where there is plenty of open ground. |
I will have to try that. Thank you |
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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. Perhaps you can find some great tips here: https://theloveddog.com/ |
We've been experiencing something similar with our Toby over the last 2 years. When we have company over, he goes in his crate for 20 minutes, when he comes out, no problems......until someone gets up, then he's at thier ankles. When walking at the park, people pass by, no issue.....unless they say "good morning", or acknowledge us at all, then he's going for them. When around dogs at the park (all leashed), he's interested for a minute, sniffing and the usual, then he get all excited, starts jumping in the other dogs face to play, then starts barking his head off when I pull him away to stop him before the other dog has had enough. It probably hasn't helped that for over two years, I've been home with an injury that stops the daily walks, or visits with people. We've had him from 6 months old, now he's 6 years 6/10/22....not sure what to do. |
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