We have a five month old newfie named Bella. She's a lovely dog but typical puppy she gets super excited when she sees people. When people come to the house we instruct them to ignore her till she calms down and this seems to work quite quickly. However, my problem is that when we're out on a walk the first sight of another dog or person and she's trying to drag me over. At the moment i can pull her back but it won't be long till she's a lot stronger than me and I was wondering if anyone had any tips on how to control these over excited bundles of joy :lol:?
Over excited newfie
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Mjwalters17
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I was having similar problems with Bear and wanting to play with all other dogs and wanting to drag me over when we are out walking. A friend of mine told me to start carrying a big rawhide chew or bone or treat (something that won't be eaten quickly) and when you see the other dog or person and your dog starts to pull or react take the treat out and shove it in his mouth. Don't really even give him a choice about chewing it just stick it in there, keeping hold of the end with your hand and use it to distract until you get passed the dog/person/obstacle. I have been doing this and it is working for us. Good luck!
victoria1140
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Good headcollar and loads of training.the other thing I do is to put him into a sit position .l walk three dogs at a time so distraction doesnt work for us b7t the sit seems to be doing the trick
R Taft
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I train my dogs to have muscle memory totheir name..call name, treat...Name=treat. I have it so my dogs just turn t me automatically when I say their name.gets me out of a lot of pickels and i walk 4-5 dogs together. Now I only have to say "good dog" and the occasional treat, but initially it was lots of treats.....Anything happening, call name and treat or say "good dog"...I also will only ever allow my dogs to be petted by anyone if they sit first and behave calmly. i do this from day one.So now my current puppy knows to sit to want a pet from anyone or before greeting another dog. It make for an easier adult dog...treat the puppy as you want the adult dog to behave..if you let the puppy get away withit all she will be a pulling adult. Yussie and all my previous puppies knew that if they pulled, I would walk in the other direction....Don't follow puppies, you have to decide where you want to go and go there, not where the puppy wants to go.....Only if you have a loose leash can you walk. Stop or change direction if the lead is tightening.
MC Sullivan
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Monty, the newf we adopted in September, can be reactive to people and dogs when we go on walks so I read up on training techniques or strategies. One thing that I found to be very useful was immediate direction change as soon as the dog starts to alert to any distraction. Meaning that we turn around or go sideways immediately and continue walking away in a brisk pace until everyone is calm. We are usually walking Monty with 2 other dogs so we do it as a group. It has worked pretty well. It may take repeated direction changes during a single walk but he has gotten a lot better. Good luck.
Murphy
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:grouphug::grouphug:
Hi all, thanks for the great tips. R Taft I think name=treat will work well with Bella, like most newfs she will do anything for food plus it will only help to further strengthen her recall. Just have to make sure I have plenty to hand.
I like the idea of misdirection to gets us away from the situation and hopefully she'll understand if she pulls she won't get her own way. Will give these technique a whirl and let you know how I get on:lol:
I like the idea of misdirection to gets us away from the situation and hopefully she'll understand if she pulls she won't get her own way. Will give these technique a whirl and let you know how I get on:lol:
CMDRTED
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One thing I would caution, is the Rawhides. JMHO, but I dislike giving rawhides to dogs very much. They are dangerous to dogs and I have (before I knew better) and some friends lost dogs to rawhide chews. Personally I would substitute Rawhides for another form of chewy, such as a Bully-Stick, which cannot get lodged in their throat and block the windpipe. Don't want to be a spoilsport, as these are good tips, But I would swapout the rawhide.
Brandie&Maggie
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One other thing you might consider is a good "leave it" as well. The techniques described above worked very well for us in regards to Maggie wanting to go and greet someone else. However, we run into situations where often people will bring their dogs over to us without asking. Then Maggie gets excited, etc so we use the Leave It in that situation. It brings her attention back to me and we continue on our way.
WearingMidnight
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Training classes were such a help for Bri and I, she got to work around distractions and I learned how to work her around distractions. A good halter really helps with my older girl too, who tends to pull like a tank when she sees something interesting. 