Dog thread!🐾

[Ilovemychicks08]

Im not sure if ive shared it on this thread.
But when Tucker was just a few months under a year old a 180+- dog came at him. The lady let the dog off leash knowing he was other dog aggressive. She had literally saw me right before letting him off(and the worst part is she didnt say a word). He didnt bite Tucker but after that is when problems arised. No other dogs were ok and certainly not people either. We got help from a trainer for a month. And then continued to do it on our own(heel while being distracted, checking in, going between legs for safety if another dog comes, working with him around dogs and people(basic commands)) he was good after that, a few dogs he got to play with, he met people he liked.
Then a few months ago a dog he had met before came at him(this dog is untrained and very unsocialized) i only allowed them to meet once.
But it set everhthing back again. He was once again barking growling and lunging at everything. When in a reactive area he wouldnt listen to a single command.
So i again started training in neutral areas. And since he was good until a few days ago where he went after 2 dogs(the dogs are ok and i know the person). Her dogs didnt seem to notice.

Almost a year of training has been washed away by 3 incidents.

I did muzzle train him. He has a vest that says "do not pet". And ill be getting reactive dog patches.


A relative also has a reactive(towards people)bully mix that they rescued so she has been helping some. But there is only so much that she could do(she has to wear a muzzle when out in public, has to have a prong collar on, and has to have do not pet everywhere.) They paid a lot for training.

 

[Pampered chicken girl]

I wish I could help but willow isn't reactive really, she is just very distracted and excited by people and dogs, all she wants to do is go smother them. She's getting a TINY bit better, although yesterday our trainer said she'd hold her while I walked out to call her here and she knocked her over

We started a 5 week agility class, yesterday was our first one.

 

[SpotTheCat]

Im not sure if ive shared it on this thread.
But when Tucker was just a few months under a year old a 180+- dog came at him. The lady let the dog off leash knowing he was other dog aggressive. She had literally saw me right before letting him off(and the worst part is she didnt say a word). He didnt bite Tucker but after that is when problems arised. No other dogs were ok and certainly not people either. We got help from a trainer for a month. And then continued to do it on our own(heel while being distracted, checking in, going between legs for safety if another dog comes, working with him around dogs and people(basic commands)) he was good after that, a few dogs he got to play with, he met people he liked.
Then a few months ago a dog he had met before came at him(this dog is untrained and very unsocialized) i only allowed them to meet once.
But it set everhthing back again. He was once again barking growling and lunging at everything. When in a reactive area he wouldnt listen to a single command.
So i again started training in neutral areas. And since he was good until a few days ago where he went after 2 dogs(the dogs are ok and i know the person). Her dogs didnt seem to notice.

Almost a year of training has been washed away by 3 incidents.

I did muzzle train him. He has a vest that says "do not pet". And ill be getting reactive dog patches.


A relative also has a reactive(towards people)bully mix that they rescued so she has been helping some. But there is only so much that she could do(she has to wear a muzzle when out in public, has to have a prong collar on, and has to have do not pet everywhere.) They paid a lot for training.

Have you tried settling practice? What kind of training did you do? Just obedience and engagement with you?

when it comes to reactivity and behaviour modification you will want to give him as much choice as possible. Everything will revolve around how he is feeling and changing it

There is going to be the actual training and then the management. For example with a dog suddenly appears too close around a corner or you need to get past one closer then he is really comfortable, you will need to use management skills. Management is not training but is a extremely important part of behaviour modification

Management skills
-magnet hand
-paws up
-cue for turning around
-cued toss treats on the floor


For the actual training you need to find the distance he is aware of the dogs but not too stressed/over threshold. If he is not taking treats or not focusing he is over threshold. Trigger stacking is a thing too, repeated encounters of triggers will build up, even if he deals with them well at first

You will want to focus on keeping it calm and fun. Decompression and rest day are also important


Look at me look at it game, I found very helpful

 

[Ilovemychicks08]

I wish I could help but willow isn't reactive really, she is just very distracted and excited by people and dogs, all she wants to do is go smother them. She's getting a TINY bit better, although yesterday our trainer said she'd hold her while I walked out to call her here and she knocked her over

We started a 5 week agility class, yesterday was our first one.

Denver use to be that way. Just over friendly it took awhile to train her out of it but she still looves people.


Good luck with the agility!

 

[SpotTheCat]

I wish I could help but willow isn't reactive really, she is just very distracted and excited by people and dogs, all she wants to do is go smother them. She's getting a TINY bit better, although yesterday our trainer said she'd hold her while I walked out to call her here and she knocked her over

We started a 5 week agility class, yesterday was our first one.

Fanta was also like that with people

 

[Ilovemychicks08]

Have you tried settling practice? What kind of training did you do? Just obedience and engagement with you?

when it comes to reactivity and behaviour modification you will want to give him as much choice as possible. Everything will revolve around how he is feeling and changing it

There is going to be the actual training and then the management. For example with a dog suddenly appears too close around a corner or you need to get past one closer then he is really comfortable, you will need to use management skills. Management is not training but is a extremely important part of behaviour modification

Management skills
-magnet hand
-paws up
-cue for turning around
-cued toss treats on the floor


For the actual training you need to find the distance he is aware of the dogs but not too stressed/over threshold. If he is not taking treats or not focusing he is over threshold. Trigger stacking is a thing too, repeated encounters of triggers will build up, even if he deals with them well at first

You will want to focus on keeping it calm and fun. Decompression and rest day are also important


Look at me look at it game, I found very helpful

He knows how to settle when at home or in areas where i stop, he auto sits/downs.

We did lots of training. Specifically basic obedience in areas that trigger him. We did the look at me game a lot and he does that. But the choice he makes is to always react again.


When walking we have been going on the way that doesnt trigger him. Last night on the walk one dog that came at him was out. I know he saw it so i cued him around and we walked the other way. He was focused in those times.

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[SpotTheCat]

He knows how to settle when at home or in areas where i stop, he auto sits/downs.

It would be good to just sit somewhere you can see dogs

We did lots of training. Specifically basic obedience in areas that trigger him. We did the look at me game a lot and he does that. But the choice he makes is to always react again.

You where probably too close then, the ideal distance is where he can see but doesn't react. Obedience is not really used to help with most behaviour modification, its is more management because you don't actually want him focused on you. Instead you want him to be aware of his surroundings so he can learn how to deal with his emotions and so you can change how he feels about thing to. If he just happens not to see the dog or just can't react it won't actually change the core issue

Sitting somewhere where he can sniff around or lay down where he can see and is aware of other dogs might help

Sniffing is also a very good behaviour it's enrichment as well as helps them calm down and regulate their emotions

For Pepsi leash pressure will make her far worse then she would be with out, so thats another thing to keep in mind. If you react too quickly you can mess up the moment as well sometimes giving them a bit more time to think ends up with better results

When walking we have been going on the way that doesnt trigger him. Last night on the walk one dog that came at him was out. I know he saw it so i cued him around and we walked the other way. He was focused in those times.

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Thats great!

 

[Pampered chicken girl]

Denver use to be that way. Just over friendly it took awhile to train her out of it but she still looves people.


Good luck with the agility!

Fanta was also like that with people

The worst part is the jumping on people and if I keep her from doing it with the leash she tries to roll around like a tantrum

I'm hoping with some age and lots of training EVENTUALLY she'll be calmer. Thankfully the agility trainer knows us from 4h so she knows what to expect with willow.

 

[SpotTheCat]

The worst part is the jumping on people and if I keep her from doing it with the leash she tries to roll around like a tantrum

I'm hoping with some age and lots of training EVENTUALLY she'll be calmer. Thankfully the agility trainer knows us from 4h so she knows what to expect with willow.

Age helps a lot! Fanta still jumps on people when allowed to say hello but then again I haven't worked on it specifically

 

[Ilovemychicks08]

The worst part is the jumping on people and if I keep her from doing it with the leash she tries to roll around like a tantrum

I'm hoping with some age and lots of training EVENTUALLY she'll be calmer. Thankfully the agility trainer knows us from 4h so she knows what to expect with willow.

Denver and Willow sound very similar
Denver would do that to. Although she still rolls around throwing a tantrum.

Age helped a lot after a year and a half she now longer did it. It did take training, like no jump and nobody could pet her until she sat.