Re: Bad relationship

[zoe hale]

[quote author=cjane link=topic=12456.msg240790#msg240790 date=1221568078]
As some of you regulars might remember, we’ve been struggling with some ‘issues’ with our dog for about a year now.  Five behaviourists/trainers later and we’ve still got ‘issues’.  The last person we spoke to, whose experience and advice I respected, told us that the problem was with our relationship with our dog.  He is quite an independent chap, he doesn’t fret when left alone or with strangers, is not convinced that the ‘best place to be…’ is with us, and would much rather be/play with other dogs.  This becomes a big problem when he starts to get aggressive with them.

So our advice was to try to improve our relationship by playing and bonding with him, which we’ve been doing for about four months with no noticeable change in our relationship or his behaviour. All walks are on lead or long line and contact with other dogs is avoided. I’d like to get to a stage where I can let him off lead knowing he’ll come back to me even if he meets another dog, but we’re not there yet.

So, my question is, does the diagnosis of a poor relationship sound plausible, and can any-one share some techniques for improving it?

CJ

[/quote]i think my dog likes me .
i dont really know