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I have been training a dog I got a year ago (he's 2 now) to be a service dog. He is really smart and knows a ton of tasks relating to my needs. The only thing that's proving to be a barrier is that he is easily distracted and barks at people because he wants to go play. It's because of this that I haven't taken him out in public at say petsmart or wherever with his in training vest on.
Any tips for working through this barrier?
I've been working on focus, he's great inside the house but as soon as we're outside and there's distractions he barely listens.
I agree with @Eagle3 . Start small, practice often.Any tips for working through this barrier?
You probably know your dog’s behaviour better than you’re giving yourself credit for.and preemptively focus and treat before the bark.
You probably know your dog’s behaviour better than you’re giving yourself credit for.
Barking sometimes just comes out of the blue. But excited barking is often one of the later behaviours when a dog is getting over-stimulated.
So, if you notice that doggo is starting to have trouble concentrating, but you’ve only done 10 minutes training? Stop for the day, and come back tomorrow. More sessions of short duration are more effective than longer sessions where the dog loses focus, becomes tired, becomes distracted, or becomes over-stimulated.
So, as an example, aim for a 5-10 minute session where doggo finds it easy to totally nail his good behaviour, rather than trying to get doggo to last long sessions.
Also don’t disregard simply “hanging out” with doggo in busy public spaces, to normalise a lot of the things that doggo is getting over-stimulated by. Go to the markets and just sit with a coffee with doggo sitting around beside you. Bus stops, outside grocery stores. Literally just get doggo to hang out calmly in public places.
A lot of the work we do with our dogs in training is simply getting them used to doing a whole lotta nuthin in a whole lotta places. Chair for me, mat for doggo, and just sit and let doggo get bored:)
A lot of the work we do with our dogs in training is simply getting them used to doing a whole lotta nuthin in a whole lotta places. Chair for me, mat for doggo, and just sit and let doggo get bored:)
It is absolutely a core part of socialising a dog to behave in public places.They've never learned to be calm, even bored.