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I've been trying to make friends with neighbors dog. He urinates on treats I toss over the fence….
Ok, I understand this may sound made up and I finally stumped the whole Internet. My neighbors have a German Shepherd named Shadow probably about 2.5 to 3 years old now. I "think" it's a male but I'm not sure because it squats to urinate. When I first met Shadow he was very aggressive to me at his fence line barking nonstop at my slightest activity. I asked my neighbor if I could toss him some Milkbone cookies to him in an effort to make friends with him. At first he ate them but was still aggressive, jumping and barking but not growling. I have made progress with Shadow, by talking to him when he barks at the any sound I make on my property. I think he is used to my voice and that I am not a threat. I've made so much progress that when he starts barking at my mere footsteps, and I sush him verbally, he stops barking even if he can't see me. He did not do that before. Now it's only when I am weeding near the fence that he goes berserk. But even then, he will eventually calm down if I am there for a while and I calmly and assertively keep asking him to calm down. Abut 2 months ago, I tossed him a milkbone treat over the fence and to my surprise, he chased it down, sniffed it, then squatted over it and urinated on it and then left it alone. And, he does it every time now. I'm going to try another kind of treat but what do you guys think about this behavior? I asked my neighbor if I could toss over some new tennis balls, and they said yes. So, Shadow likes the three tennis balls I gave him. I think about $1.98 at WalMart. I wouldn't say he loves them but he does chase them when I throw them and he picks them up in his mouth. My neighbor will throw them back over the fence now and then and then I throw them back to shadow. He doesn't bark at me when I have a tennis ball in my hand but his body language is not one of us being friends yet.
Ok, I understand this may sound made up and I finally stumped the whole Internet. My neighbors have a German Shepherd named Shadow probably about 2.5 to 3 years old now. I "think" it's a male but I'm not sure because it squats to urinate. When I first met Shadow he was very aggressive to me at his fence line barking nonstop at my slightest activity. I asked my neighbor if I could toss him some Milkbone cookies to him in an effort to make friends with him. At first he ate them but was still aggressive, jumping and barking but not growling. I have made progress with Shadow, by talking to him when he barks at the any sound I make on my property. I think he is used to my voice and that I am not a threat. I've made so much progress that when he starts barking at my mere footsteps, and I sush him verbally, he stops barking even if he can't see me. He did not do that before. Now it's only when I am weeding near the fence that he goes berserk. But even then, he will eventually calm down if I am there for a while and I calmly and assertively keep asking him to calm down. Abut 2 months ago, I tossed him a milkbone treat over the fence and to my surprise, he chased it down, sniffed it, then squatted over it and urinated on it and then left it alone. And, he does it every time now. I'm going to try another kind of treat but what do you guys think about this behavior? I asked my neighbor if I could toss over some new tennis balls, and they said yes. So, Shadow likes the three tennis balls I gave him. I think about $1.98 at WalMart. I wouldn't say he loves them but he does chase them when I throw them and he picks them up in his mouth. My neighbor will throw them back over the fence now and then and then I throw them back to shadow. He doesn't bark at me when I have a tennis ball in my hand but his body language is not one of us being friends yet.
