Brandie&Maggie
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I need some new strategies here.
Ruby has a big problem with seriously overreacting to everything. People, cars, animals, anything. That is our biggest challenge with her as I can't take her anywhere where there are other people/dogs.
She is actually wonderful and very nice and sits when she gets to meet anyone and plays well with other dogs.
However, if she's not allowed to meet anything, she's totally and completely nuts. Barking, lunging, etc.
It's not been a problem in the house, until the leaves fell off the trees. Now she can see the main road from our living room and goes bananas when she sees runners or bicycles. She'll bark for 10 minutes running around, whining, and jumping in the windows.
I've tried distracting with treats, putting her in timeout, ignoring the barking and rewarding the calm, etc. I need new strategies. The barking has got to stop.
Ruby has a big problem with seriously overreacting to everything. People, cars, animals, anything. That is our biggest challenge with her as I can't take her anywhere where there are other people/dogs.
She is actually wonderful and very nice and sits when she gets to meet anyone and plays well with other dogs.
However, if she's not allowed to meet anything, she's totally and completely nuts. Barking, lunging, etc.
It's not been a problem in the house, until the leaves fell off the trees. Now she can see the main road from our living room and goes bananas when she sees runners or bicycles. She'll bark for 10 minutes running around, whining, and jumping in the windows.
I've tried distracting with treats, putting her in timeout, ignoring the barking and rewarding the calm, etc. I need new strategies. The barking has got to stop.