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I am a proud owner of a beautiful male red doberman of 10 months. He is 28 inches tall and weighs 92 pounds. He has been easy to train so far and has proven true to the intelligence of the doberman. By the same token, so is his protective nature.
The problem is, when I take him outside to do business or for a walk, for whenever he sees someone walking in front of our property, his hair rises and he begins to bark aggressively towards that person, be it an old women, young girl or a group of people chatting while walking by.
He is over protective I find and it is starting to concern me.
When he behaves this way, I pull on the leash to hold him back, firmly say "quiet" and try to even walk away in opposite directions however he tries to pull towards them.
Now, whenever we go to the dog park, he is friendly and respectful of all other dogs and also other humans that are there. He is also fine and behaves well with any human that he knows or that I will invite to our place, he will sniff them and be perfect. It is only the poor strangers walking in front of my property that I am worried may some day be extremely frustrated by the presence of my dog.
Can anyone please let me know if you can relate with your Doberman, and what you found has worked so that they will not develop feelings of needing to protect unless otherwise told???
Thanks
I am a proud owner of a beautiful male red doberman of 10 months. He is 28 inches tall and weighs 92 pounds. He has been easy to train so far and has proven true to the intelligence of the doberman. By the same token, so is his protective nature.
The problem is, when I take him outside to do business or for a walk, for whenever he sees someone walking in front of our property, his hair rises and he begins to bark aggressively towards that person, be it an old women, young girl or a group of people chatting while walking by.
He is over protective I find and it is starting to concern me.
When he behaves this way, I pull on the leash to hold him back, firmly say "quiet" and try to even walk away in opposite directions however he tries to pull towards them.
Now, whenever we go to the dog park, he is friendly and respectful of all other dogs and also other humans that are there. He is also fine and behaves well with any human that he knows or that I will invite to our place, he will sniff them and be perfect. It is only the poor strangers walking in front of my property that I am worried may some day be extremely frustrated by the presence of my dog.
Can anyone please let me know if you can relate with your Doberman, and what you found has worked so that they will not develop feelings of needing to protect unless otherwise told???
Thanks