I have a twelve week gsd and I have noticed that he barks and wants to charge anybody who is walking by when we are in the front yard. He usually only does this when they are within ten to twenty feet of our front yard boundary. When they are across the street he is definately on high alert but not barking and wanting to charge. I have had the next door neighbors give him a treat (about 5 kids and two adults). At first when they approach he wants to scat like a cat but then I pet him and calm him down and he sees the treat and calmly takes it from their hands. Even thirty minutes after some of the kids next door do this he is barking at them again. I am guessing I have not socialized him enough. Not many people come by my house and I only walk him up and down my street and play with him in the front yard. I am leary of parks right now because my vet said that parvo/distemper is very bad right now because of all the rain.
I had the same issue recently with my puppy. He went through a faze at 12-15 wks of barking and charging at everyone near my home. I began to take him to the park across the street everyday and to shopping mall parking lots. Leash corrections where given when he acted up. Soon he began to relax at the park. Then he got the idea that he didn't need to bark and charge everyone, it carried over to the neighborhood. He still acts up toward some people, but it's way better than before. Maybe try the parking lot thing. I just sat on the tailgate with him on leash and watched people go by. He figured it out.
We had the same issue with our mal pup. Our trainer suggested that everytime we saw someone who our pup was scared of, we should approach those people, ask them if they would be willing to hold her, and pick her up and place her in their arms. She would quickly stop barking when she was scooped up and it really worked wonders. She doesn't bark at anyone anymore...Remember, don't coddle your pup through the fear, otherwise, you are basically rewarding him for his fear.
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We had the same issue with our mal pup. Our trainer suggested that everytime we saw someone who our pup was scared of, we should approach those people, ask them if they would be willing to hold her, and pick her up and place her in their arms. She would quickly stop barking when she was scooped up and it really worked wonders. She doesn't bark at anyone anymore...Remember, don't coddle your pup through the fear, otherwise, you are basically rewarding him for his fear.
The trainer said to have strangers pick up and hold your dog?
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Here's one of those charming anecdotes: I actually saw someone hold a puppy and then just release it and drop it to the ground. He honestly thought that the puppy would land on its feet like a cat would.
Having strangers hold my puppy is not something I would do.
Hmmm....definitely food for thought...I guess I am very lucky that nothing happended to her...and yes, it is the same trainer that told me never to correct the pup because it would kill her drive. Like I said before, this is our first time working in any kind of protection sport so all of this is new to me...
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