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We are moving this next coming up weekend and our new house, while the back yard is wonderful and huge, it shares a back fence and a side fence with other dogs. I've never had to worry about this before. I worry about fence fighting. Both of my dogs get along with other dogs but Jubes is quite a character for lack of better terms. She loves playing with other dogs but other dogs don't always know how to take her and typically consider her a threat. Some realize right off the bat that she is friendly and playful but that is not the normal at all. I really just want to be able to train her away from the fence. Eventually I would like to be able to put her outside without constant supervision when I'm gardening and such. Do you think just working on a long line and getting her close enough to the fence and recalling her with the line offering praise and treats when she comes to me instead of the fence (something really cool like hotdogs that she loves).
The dogs to the side I think are outside dogs and always bark at us. I've seen them everytime I've gone to the house. The dogs out back I've only seen once. I didn't even know they had dogs.
The good thing about this yard is that it is separated into 2 yards. It doesn't have a gate to close them up but I could get something temporarily, but the big field for them to play is too perfect to keep them from all the time. The yard closest to the house is private from the neighbors and the dogs, but it's less than 1/3 of the whole backyard.
Any other ideas on ways to train them away from the fence so we can enjoy the size of this yard without worry about fence fighting?
The dogs to the side I think are outside dogs and always bark at us. I've seen them everytime I've gone to the house. The dogs out back I've only seen once. I didn't even know they had dogs.
The good thing about this yard is that it is separated into 2 yards. It doesn't have a gate to close them up but I could get something temporarily, but the big field for them to play is too perfect to keep them from all the time. The yard closest to the house is private from the neighbors and the dogs, but it's less than 1/3 of the whole backyard.
Any other ideas on ways to train them away from the fence so we can enjoy the size of this yard without worry about fence fighting?