| Finished basic obedience
So 2 weeks ago, I finished the basic obedience class with Dodge. Everyone had recommended this trained to me. I took him to agility on Monday, and everything just seemed too slow for him. He lost focus really quickly, and we spent a long time on a lot of the exercises. But that's not my problem. I talked to the instructor about going further into obedience with Dodge and she asked what i wanted from him. And I told her I just wanted a dog that i could comfortably take into public that people would be comfortable with (I told her i wanted to walk him with just a flat collar on, not his prong and the head halter). She told me that it wasn't possible, and I know from reading on here it is possible, it just takes a lot of work. And i am willing to put as much work into him as I need to. I think that the instructor just doesn't like Dodge because he is so big (she breeds border collies and tends to favor the smaller dogs in the classes).
I have been looking into other places to take obedience classes with him because I don't appreciate her telling me that something can't be done and her more advanced classes are only private. And Dodge still needs more work with other dogs. Anyone have any suggestions on how to get him to relax when walking around other dogs? He spins in circles and gets excited because he wants to say hi to everyone (he is not dog aggressive at all, he loves our little springer and every other dog he meets). And people get scared by him because he does this. I try to take him out at least once a day, but here, there aren't very many dobes so people don't know what to do.
__________________ Owned by: - Flo- 9 year old English Springer Spaniel
- Edgar- 3 year old orange tabby cat
- Fabio- 1.5 year old Bearded Dragon
- Dodge- 15 month old red Doberman
- Echo- 10 month old tuxedo cat
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