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help? how do i get her attention?
"elegy" wrote in message ... my dog is an approximately 18 month old (spayed) female pit bull. i adopted her from the shelter three months ago. but she goes absolutely bonkers when she sees dogs she doesn't know. obedience class was a disaster at first because she was barking and screaming and lunging at the other dogs. i too have a female pit bull who goes nuts at the sight of other dogs. same age as yours. we had a similar problem in obedience class (though in her case it's whining, barking and playbowing, but it's just as distracting). do you feel your dog is showing aggression to these other dogs? or does she want to meet/play with them? any suggestions for taming the behavior will probably depend on your answer to this. one thing that worked pretty well for us, was to practice "leave it", away from other dogs. we used leash corrections in the process, there are other ways to teach it, but this one worked best for us. keep in mind that Lola is not aggressive towards new dogs, she just really wants to meet them. basically, i'd walk Lola past something really exciting, like a squeaky toy, or a tennis ball. before she looked at/showed interest in it, i'd lure her head the other direction with food or a treat "leave it, leave it, good girl!". if she turned back to the distraction, a quick leash pop, and "No!", then immediately in a nice voice, "leave it, good girl!" with the food or toy. practice this all the time. eventually you can practice it with *real* temptations, like road kill, or your dinner. now, when we are out walking, and we see another dog, i start in on Lola to "leave it". she looks longingly at them, looks pathetically at me, and we keep on walking. i do not think this would work off lead yet, but on lead, she knows the rules. good luck... -kelly |
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