Hello all,
Now that the weather has been warm (excepting the snow showers last night) I've been spending a lot of time outdoors doing yardwork and gardening. When I'm working in the garden, I've been tying coffee to a tree on a 20 ft lead (we have no fence) I don't leave him for more than a couple of seconds (eg run inside to get some seeds, run around to the side of the house to get the hose) so he's not alone. Based on what I've read here, he's showing all the signs of fence aggression. When somebody walks by the house, (including people he knows) he just goes nuts, growling, barking pulling at the lead. I've tried yelling, physical corrections, showering him with the hose, but the only thing that works is if I walk over to him and put him in a down and then pet him
As long as I'm touching him, he's fine.
I read a thread from last year that recommended throwing a plastic bottle with gravel in it at him. Will that work in this situation? If not, what can I do? I'd rather not leave him inside all day while I'm working outside or reading on the deck, but I can't have him charging at the kids walking by (they're way out of his reach, but it terrifies them, and rightly so) We live in a neighborhood with a lot of kids and on any given warm day there's a group playing basketball down the street, soccer across the street, on the playground at the end of the block and kids riding bikes between activities constantly. Help please.
Thanks,
Kate