Re: Need Some Help

[.dodger.]

😀 yes i doubt i’ll be attempting to attach him to my waist anytime soon. 40 odd kilo again 5ft 3 😀 that wouldn’t be fun.

I have to say that we had a brilliant walk this morning. I have a training lead so i had it on the longest length just walking with him. We were coming up to a  man with a dog but for some reason i was just totally out of it wasn’t focusing at all so didn’t notice the dog until it was a up close. Dodger was at the end of the lead but yet it was still slack and when he was close to the dog he just bent down to sniff – no lunging or pulling to greet at all. Although he had some of his hackles up there was no growling at all – i continued walking and just said leave and he left to follow me.

A little further down we bumped into Jet a labradoodle puppy who dodger is normally alright with but does like to have a few grumbles to keep the pup in it’s place.  I tried the same thing having dodger on his usual ‘stay close’ and he greeted in the same way :yes: We continued walking round the park with Jet and a female cocker called Holly. Both Holly and Jet were off lead playing while dodger was on his long lead trying to play with them. Was very nice to see.

I have to say dodger has always greeted dogs like this – even when he was a pup and i wasn’t nervous with him so maybe it’s in his character to be quiet an assertive and controlling dog but because of our issues over the years it has just amplified everything to the max. He always was the confident little sod out the litter.

thanks for all the advise – i’m going to work on our leave, recal, heel close and re start a whole new ‘greet nice’ just need to pick a new cue though ::) any idea’s? 🙂

After that i think i’m going to try the relaxed long line approach with dogs and pups we know and i know how they are going to react – any other dogs we’ll do heel close and if he breaks it we we stop bring him back in and then change direction 🙂

Hope i got all the right lol ::)