Hey everyone,
I am the proud owner of Lexy, who is almost 20 weeks old. My girlfriend and I have been having some issues with her impulse control, specifically wanting to charge bikers and cars while leash walking. She also tends to pull hard towards and bark at other dogs until she is allowed to sniff them, at which point she is calm. This creates pretty big issues when a dog walks by the house that she cannot greet as she just barks nonstop. She tends to do this at parks and such as well when she sees other dogs in the distance.
We have tried multiple things. She completely ignores all commands of course, but even putting a treat in her nose she doesn't care. If we try to cut off her line of sight, she just goes nuts and doesn't stop anyway, and we have tried a shake can to snap her out of it. None of it works.
The best thing we have managed to do is anticipate bikers, other dogs, etc. that are approaching and don't let her see them, or have her in a sit when they arrive before she notices them, but even that has had little success.
She absolutely loves every person and dog she has met so far, so I don't know why she does it exactly. Also, her hackles are raised until she meets them, at which point they go down and she is fine.
What should I be doing to work on improving this?
I am the proud owner of Lexy, who is almost 20 weeks old. My girlfriend and I have been having some issues with her impulse control, specifically wanting to charge bikers and cars while leash walking. She also tends to pull hard towards and bark at other dogs until she is allowed to sniff them, at which point she is calm. This creates pretty big issues when a dog walks by the house that she cannot greet as she just barks nonstop. She tends to do this at parks and such as well when she sees other dogs in the distance.
We have tried multiple things. She completely ignores all commands of course, but even putting a treat in her nose she doesn't care. If we try to cut off her line of sight, she just goes nuts and doesn't stop anyway, and we have tried a shake can to snap her out of it. None of it works.
The best thing we have managed to do is anticipate bikers, other dogs, etc. that are approaching and don't let her see them, or have her in a sit when they arrive before she notices them, but even that has had little success.
She absolutely loves every person and dog she has met so far, so I don't know why she does it exactly. Also, her hackles are raised until she meets them, at which point they go down and she is fine.
What should I be doing to work on improving this?