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Originally Posted by Judi W You might want to go read the thread about dear Hostile Hannah for a bit of insight as to what reinforces this behavior as well. Hannah is doing great. You must remember she is who she is and that she is not making good decisions. That means that you must start making those decisions for her which will build her trust that you are not going to put her in dangerous situations and that she has some rules to follow. That also means that when someone wants to pet her your happy response is "oh, not today, she is in training" and move on. Each time she scares someone off she is going to be quicker to do it the next time so you want to remove that opportunity. This will get you started. http://www.rottweiler.net/forums/behavior/41919-less-fearful-people-who-have-dogs-them.html |
Yup, Hostile Hannah's Mom here. I have nothing to add except don't be afraid to set your dog up for situations. In other words, we needed to work hard on the stranger approach so enlisted a couple of neighbors (our neighbors are so sympathetic to Hannah it's ridiculous) on a few different occaisions. We really needed to practice correcting her behavior while she was still just thinking about it and the set up is a good way to do that. You're in control and you're watching. It was pretty effective. You may be a ways away from that but it's another tool that may help.