Tresa Hendrix Webboard User Reg: 05-08-2008
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Logan is very dominant to other dogs, not necessarily aggressive but very obsessive about staring at them, posturing and whinning. Anyhow...expecting him to ignore them by default, not happening yet, maybe never....
...BUT he will now heel past even lunging psycho dogs and not even care! So as long as he has to do something in high drive like heeling....he will ignore them. I still have him do down stays sometimes, I think if I make it a prey drive exercise around dogs and not a food rewarded one, he will do it without looking at them. So now I will work on heeling him to get him in drive and then doing a from heel down and release onto a tug...then gradually increase the increments of time.
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Kiersten Lippman Webboard User Reg: 09-28-2009
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OK- I was going to post a new thread on this topic of ignoring other dogs/people. I've been using a tug or ball on string to play with my malinois while around other dogs. What I've found is that she gets really tuggy- and often growly, when we are close to the dog- talking a few feet- she is still focused on the tug but you can see the whites of her eyes looking toward the other dog.
My goal is to reward her after we actually pass the dog rather than while we are passing the dog. I don't care if she looks at the dog as long as she doesn't fixate or make a move toward the dog (or person). I was thinking maybe two-ball or using two small cloth frisbees? Thoughts on this?
My goal is the default recall with heeling contact when we see another person/dog that gets her in that excited state. I want her to take the excitement back to me for a game of tug or ball. Many people/dogs do not excite her, and in that case we just go by and I randomly reward all my dogs once we are past with treats and voice.
Tresa Hendrix Webboard User Reg: 05-08-2008
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Yeah Logan will sometimes do the eye thing when he is on a tug. He's worried about the the other dog getting it, anytime he has done it I made him worry more about me getting the tug than the dog...that seemed to work with him.
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Duane Hull Webboard User Reg: 09-23-2011
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IMHO, actually this is not a desenstizing issue but a change in drive. The dog changes from prey drive to defense-of-prey when you are tugging close to other dogs. What Tresa did was make Logan defend the prey from her rather than from the other dog (more imminent threat).
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So as long as he has to do something in high drive like heeling....he will ignore them. I still have him do down stays sometimes, I think if I make it a prey drive exercise around dogs and not a food rewarded one, he will do it without looking at them. So now I will work on heeling him to get him in drive and then doing a from heel down and release onto a tug...then gradually increase the increments of time.
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