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My Dog Is More Interested In Other Dogs Than Me. How Can I Fix This?
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I get this kind of message a lot from folks that have high drive dogs. I would take some big steps back and look at the areas that are problematic for you at this point in his development.
I would NOT allow this dog to play with other dogs anymore and I would not be taking him to agility training where he can fixate and obsess about the other dogs running. You need to back up and work on engagement
and focus with you and make interaction, play, and games with you the way for him to get his mental and physical exercise. Relying on off-leash running may work for a dog that isn't showing these kinds of behaviors
but if you continue allowing him to practice ignoring you, herding other dogs and becoming reactive this is going to continue to get worse.
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