On our Sunday evening walk, a dog flew out of his yard, barking and growling with his hackles raised after our dogs. It wasn’t a new route, just a new neighborhood dog. Our 3 year old male flipped out, literally.
He looked like a fish out of water he was flopping around so much trying to get at this dog.
Up until this point, he has never had a problem with another dog, now, he gets on the defensive and starts flopping around even if he so much as hears another dog barking.
We have tried everything we can think of, tried to “re” train him to walk on a leash, reward him when he behaves, and we have started using the “gentle leader” on him again, but nothing has worked so far. (We have done this on walks by himself.) The minute he so much as hears another dog bark, he flips out.
My hubby said he isn’t going to be getting any more walks if we can’t get him to stop doing the landed fish flop. (Out of the question.)
I have run out of ideas.
Any suggestions.
