Ok we just moved into a new house.
And bruiser has started some major ploblems.
Here it gos.
Bruiser has become very barky. It to me does not seem to be a dominate thing.
Because he will run when the person gets close. I think he is scared I thought I had sociallized him enough.
I had a problem simular in the past but we had resolved that issue.
He seems like he thinks he needs to protect himself by making people scared of him.
His training has stepped up.
In the fact of lay dance no bark.
He is fine on a leash. And he get 45 minute walks. 5 training sessions about about 5 minutes each. We are trying figure out what's wrong with him.
He is 6 months old. Kennel trained. Eat raw.
We share a back yard with our landlord.
When her niece and nephew are outside.
To tell the truth it iswith anyone he does not know now that I think about it.
The issue we had befor was fear biting children. And adults.
So I guess we masked the issue. In the apartments he never really ment anyone he did not know. Cause I shociallized him.
Danke went through a brief stage of barking at people and other dogs.
It went away on it's own. She was barking at the neighbors, mostly to get their attention. These were neighbors she is very used to, and seems friendly towards. It was more of a puppy "play with me" bark, not a defensive or aggressive natured bark.
I ignored the barking, and just called her to me when she did it. After two or three times, she stopped doing it, because the behavior was non-productive.
I agree with your assessment that it is probably fear based. The problem is, why is he scared? It seems a tad hypersensitive to be constantly on guard against things that aren't posing an actual threat.
I would try just ignoring the barking, and redirecting his focus. Entice his attention away from the perceived "threat", and onto some high value treats or his favorite toy.
I would NOT however, take him inside or remove her from the situation. If he is doing it to "chase away" the "threat", you only reinforce the problem by taking her away.
I'd take advantage of a situation like that, to practice motivational recalls with my dog.
Please don't take this the wrong way, but in the future, a puppy that would rather hide behind the breeder, than explore a new person in their environment, well... that's a big red flag that the pup probably has weak nerves.
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