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Today I was walking Annie, my ten week old golden, when I met a man with a boston terrier that was a nine weeks old, and I was shocked to see how well behaved the puppy was compared to Annie. I could visibly see that the puppy was so much more calm sitting at his owner's command, while Annie would ignore me and lunge for the other puppy instead, pulling on the leash as much as she could.
Her tail would be wagging like crazy and she would just try to jump on him. She does this with the other dogs in the community, and it scares them, but she doesn't seem to mind and does it more. Maybe she's just being playful but I think she's doing it too hard. Is there any way that I could fix this? Calm her down so she doesn't play so rough with the other dogs?
She also goes crazy when she sees the ducks. I've tried calming her down and feeding one or two in front of her (very up close) and she usually does fine, but whenever there's a mass of them or we're just walking by, she lunges for them as well.
Also, when I was with the boston terrier pup, I saw that he knew like four commands already, while with Annie, I'm struggling to teach her her second, the down. She knows how to sit, but whenever I try the down, she looks all confused, even though I've spent two weeks showing her how to do it and using the voice command over and over again, so she just stares at the treat, and when she gets tired of waiting, she lunges.
Was it this hard for you guys to teach your dogs tricks? I want to be sure that I'm on the right track, because meeting the other puppy un-nerved me. I want to be the best owner possible for Annie and I don't want to let her down. If you guys could give me advice on helping her out, I would really really appreciate it!!
Her tail would be wagging like crazy and she would just try to jump on him. She does this with the other dogs in the community, and it scares them, but she doesn't seem to mind and does it more. Maybe she's just being playful but I think she's doing it too hard. Is there any way that I could fix this? Calm her down so she doesn't play so rough with the other dogs?
She also goes crazy when she sees the ducks. I've tried calming her down and feeding one or two in front of her (very up close) and she usually does fine, but whenever there's a mass of them or we're just walking by, she lunges for them as well.
Also, when I was with the boston terrier pup, I saw that he knew like four commands already, while with Annie, I'm struggling to teach her her second, the down. She knows how to sit, but whenever I try the down, she looks all confused, even though I've spent two weeks showing her how to do it and using the voice command over and over again, so she just stares at the treat, and when she gets tired of waiting, she lunges.
Was it this hard for you guys to teach your dogs tricks? I want to be sure that I'm on the right track, because meeting the other puppy un-nerved me. I want to be the best owner possible for Annie and I don't want to let her down. If you guys could give me advice on helping her out, I would really really appreciate it!!