Anders Yuran Webboard User Reg: 09-01-2013
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Hi!
We have a 7 months old Labrador male. He is well behaved and doing good in basic obedience ans long there is not too much distraction.
But we have one big problem. When we are out walking with him and we meet people or a car he gets absolutely wild. Its almost impossible to hold him with the leash and he barks like mad
How can I correct this stupid behavior. We live rural so he is not very used to people
Kristin Muntz Webboard User Reg: 05-09-2012
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Put him in a sit every time you observe a person or a car coming. We still do this every walk. He sits until they pass. Then you give him a mouthful of awesome food.
I would recommend doing search for all things related to desensitization or desensitizing. While all the threads dealing with desensitizing mostly focus on solving reactivity to other dogs, the concept also applies to people and things such as cars. At first, our dog was as reactive to other people, bikes, skaters, etc. as she was to other dogs. We just worked real hard at desensitizing her and exposing her to more and more situations over time until she now just considers them part of the environment and mostly is indifferent to them. Dogs still get her excited but we are now able to manage it. The information from those threads is invaluable and played a big part in getting us to this point. Hope it works for you.
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Quote: Greg Meyer
I would recommend doing search for all things related to desensitization or desensitizing. While all the threads dealing with desensitizing mostly focus on solving reactivity to other dogs, the concept also applies to people and things such as cars. At first, our dog was as reactive to other people, bikes, skaters, etc. as she was to other dogs. We just worked real hard at desensitizing her and exposing her to more and more situations over time until she now just considers them part of the environment and mostly is indifferent to them. Dogs still get her excited but we are now able to manage it. The information from those threads is invaluable and played a big part in getting us to this point. Hope it works for you.
It doesn't particularly matter, as Greg says, that these threads are more about dog and people triggers .... the basic protocols will apply to cars as well.
You may have to do some planning to set up the car situations, but cars are also more controllable, in a way, because they don't bark back at the reactive dog.
"We just worked real hard at desensitizing her and exposing her to more and more situations over time until she now just considers them part of the environment and mostly is indifferent to them."
You will also see references to what Kristin is saying in these threads.
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