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Originally Posted by GatorDobe  No, as the kid approached he taught the lease and tensed up, I felt it coming and it did he growled and I dragged him away, 2 feet later he was happy go lucky.
I was absolutely against the whole situation of having them in the house. Not because I was fearful of him biting anything, but more of him knocking one of them over. When I arrived I was apprehensive, but it was not going to take him out of one of the only social situations he has had with kids. He was absolutely fine with them and ignored them for the most part unless the acknowledged him. When you guys say its impossible to give advice without seeing the dog or reading him, well that is how I know that situation was fine, because I know my dog.
I believe the leash is one of the problems and just being out of the house is the other one, as he is a window barker/growler and anything that goes by because he can see out of it eye level. As far as getting a professional help, its kinda hard. We live in the middle of rural Missouri and it is an hour and half to the nears "big" city and I don't have the time/resources to do that right now if I wanted to. Also, I've never really been able to call petsmart professional help if that's what you mean since I met the people that worked at the one in my neighborhood in Vegas.
Thanks for all your replies though. |
Petsmart type training is not what I was thinking of. If it's impossible to get any professional help right now, then I would be doing 20 minutes a day of obedience training, plus lots of exercise. You might try searching for a working dog or Schutzund club in your area as often times the training director of those clubs do private lessons, or they might send you to someone. Dogs are very keen about reading things from us that we are not aware of, so when he/you are around kids try to relax and convey to the dog that you like them. Many times one or two sessions with a good professional can get you on the right path.