Quote:
Originally Posted by Daynna
yes your fear will make him worse
He'll pick up on you being nervous/scared and it will pass on to him, I was doing the same with zeb i would tense when we met a staff (he was attacked by one, and then very nearly attacked by another) i would tense and be on edge. He'd start on the other dog straight away even from the age of about 5months so now i try and relax and keep my body loose and ignore him to a certain degree. If i feel he's starting a problem (which he still does with one staff dog just dont think he likes him much!) i call him over and ask him to sit and stay with me
Back to basics will help but you will prob need abit more help even if its just to help you get over the attack and relax when walking him.
You could also with the back to basic training get him focused on you (food helps lol) when another dog walks past, This something i will be starting with zeb not because of aggression hes the other way around he thinks every dog wants to say hello  to him lol |
Very true!
When I took on my first two rescue's, I knew nothing about dogs and how they communicate. I was totally out of control on walks and the dogs would be like wild animals with other dogs that we met. Even now although I have dealt with their aggression and they are off lead at the park. I cannot walk them on a lead where we live (in peace anyway!) because for me, the memory of their behaviour will never go (the aggression was that bad). As soon as I see another dog I tense up and it starts it off.
My solution is to walk them somewhere else and to move house (not moving just for that), so that I get a chance to start again, but with knowledge on how to prevent it starting again.
In my opinion, in most cases it is the human that hinders a dogs rehabilitation. Dogs live in the moment, where we remember and worry about past events and future.