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Post by jodav on Sept 19, 2012 13:57:41 GMT -5
As we were approaching another dog / person I had to watch him closely for the sign that he was about to kick off, then very quickly step in front of him, make eye contact, and make a quick sharp noise to get his attention firmly on me. Great advice (as you'd expect) - you've got to make yourself the source of calm strength, reassurance and great interest to the dog by whatever means you can! Ultimately, you're working towards the dog making its own good decisions based on past experiences of passing hopefully calm dogs together with trust in you but before anybody shouts at me ..... that can be a long road I know  Jo Jo |
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Post by julies on Sept 20, 2012 1:39:50 GMT -5
Keep at it - it does work, my Charlie was very dog aggressive and would pile in and attack- now even if he sees an off lead dog before I do he'll look for me and come back so he gets high value reward. I've been taking him and Lucy to some dog shows this summer and that's really helped their confidence and socialisation too- dogs under control, lots of them, some running but no one coming near each other  J x |
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Post by danhodson on Sept 21, 2012 6:07:51 GMT -5
Hi Dan. Sorry to hear Dave is having a bit of trouble. He looked so chilled at the Jim Greenwood day! Do you remember what Jim was getting me to do with Solo? As we were approaching another dog / person I had to watch him closely for the sign that he was about to kick off, then very quickly step in front of him, make eye contact, and make a quick sharp noise to get his attention firmly on me. If I remember rightly the purpose of this was to make sure that Solo knew that I was in charge of the situation so he had no need to worry / become defensive.  Jim also advised the '3 Ps' - plan, pre-empt, praise. This meant planning what I was going to do while we were approaching others so that I knew how I was going to handle it, pre-empting Solo's reaction (as detailed above0, and then praising him loads for giving his attention to me and not reacting aggressively. It takes practice and we're not 100% there yet, but it helps. As does not getting too tense about it and tightening up the lead as this sends him the message that there is something to be worried about. It's a lot to remember isn't it?! How are you getting on with the wonderful Mr Solo? I forgot about the loud noise part, seems to work to grab his attention Dave was super chillaxed at the training day because he was around other pointies, he seems to dislike some terriers, then medium sized dogs like labradors, spaniels and collies, don't know why |
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