| Easy now kids. Those of us who read this forum know that Cucciolone has sought the best trainng available for Deisel and made considerable efforts to gain insight into and curtail some aspects of his behavior. What can we offer that might be helpful to her?
The restriction of the leash, combined with Diesel's opinion that he needs to protect his mom and the odd incident that apparently occurred left Diesel hyper sensitive to threats in her presence. Yes, it probably would have been better to get him home because as Skip pointed out, the behavior , uncorrected, is reinforcing (etc, etc).
I have an AB that is my self appointed guardian. If I am around, he is next to me and vigilant. He will growl at people who approach me, but not my husband, etc. Fortunately, his behavior is not as intense as Diesel's. Furthermore, it is not possible that this stems from anxiety on my part being transmitted to my dog. While this can certainly happen, my husband is actually much more anxious about Buck's potential behavior than I am. Nonetheless, the behaviors occur with me and never with my husband. Anyway, good luck with Diesel.  |