From the other thread
Gtf, it wasn't a club that evaluated him. I didn't go there yet. I asked my trainer to eval him. My trainer competes nationally and I'd say def knows what he's doing. He also hosts a club though not taking any members now (or didn't want my dog)
In any case, I'm having a hard time dismissing what he says. I might still go for the eval and the club already told me they Will take him. They said any dog can do some parts. It is expensive, $500 down and $100 a month. So if anything, I'd be more inclined to ignore their eval because they'd tell me things I want to hear to get me to join.
My trainer isn't gaining or losing anything.
But my dog has nerve issues. There is no way around it. I can dance around and make excuses but there's no reason for him to bark at people. He barks at someone almost every day. He barks at every dog.
My trainer saw him react to a dog and said It was defense, so fear but I already knew that.
I'm almost sure he reacts to people out of fear too.
The reason I'm trying to understand what drives his reactions is because I don't want to punish fear. I'm confused.
Also, I can't correct him hard enough. Once he goes into a fit he doesn't feel anything.
Even if he wants to sniff something really bad or pull - I can yank all I want, total ignore.
If he's fear aggressive or insecure then where's this hardness coming from? How does he take all this pain and ignore it? Or he can be nervy and hard at the same time?
I'm soo confused if it's not obvious
One more thing. I know I should catch the reaction before it happens (optimally) but since I've missed a few I think now I might be popping him thinking he was about to react and he wasn't.
So unfair again
Gtf, it wasn't a club that evaluated him. I didn't go there yet. I asked my trainer to eval him. My trainer competes nationally and I'd say def knows what he's doing. He also hosts a club though not taking any members now (or didn't want my dog)
In any case, I'm having a hard time dismissing what he says. I might still go for the eval and the club already told me they Will take him. They said any dog can do some parts. It is expensive, $500 down and $100 a month. So if anything, I'd be more inclined to ignore their eval because they'd tell me things I want to hear to get me to join.
My trainer isn't gaining or losing anything.
But my dog has nerve issues. There is no way around it. I can dance around and make excuses but there's no reason for him to bark at people. He barks at someone almost every day. He barks at every dog.
My trainer saw him react to a dog and said It was defense, so fear but I already knew that.
I'm almost sure he reacts to people out of fear too.
The reason I'm trying to understand what drives his reactions is because I don't want to punish fear. I'm confused.
Also, I can't correct him hard enough. Once he goes into a fit he doesn't feel anything.
Even if he wants to sniff something really bad or pull - I can yank all I want, total ignore.
If he's fear aggressive or insecure then where's this hardness coming from? How does he take all this pain and ignore it? Or he can be nervy and hard at the same time?
I'm soo confused if it's not obvious
One more thing. I know I should catch the reaction before it happens (optimally) but since I've missed a few I think now I might be popping him thinking he was about to react and he wasn't.
So unfair again