hey guys, i have a 10.5 months male golden and he is generally doing very well. However, he does have 2 problems.
1. He does leash pulling since he was little, so i started using gentle leader since he was 5 months old. he is doing great on gentle leader with no pulling at all. however, when switching back to normal collar, he still pulls the leash as before!!! Since i found that using a gentle leader actually leaves a "mark" on his face (does any of your dogs have the same "mark" problem when using a gentle leader?) i want to use normal collar again, so i was wondering if there is any good ideas / options on this?
2. He is not a barker at all but recently he started to bark at other dogs... he actually barks to all dogs that comes to him or walks pass by... it is really annoying and i don't know what to do...
Also, he tend to chase every single car drives pass by him and this is annoy too... he is getting bigger and bigger, i can't even control him properly when he pulls the leash and tries to chase the car!
what shall i do with his barking and chasing problem?
thanks a lot!
1. He does leash pulling since he was little, so i started using gentle leader since he was 5 months old. he is doing great on gentle leader with no pulling at all. however, when switching back to normal collar, he still pulls the leash as before!!! Since i found that using a gentle leader actually leaves a "mark" on his face (does any of your dogs have the same "mark" problem when using a gentle leader?) i want to use normal collar again, so i was wondering if there is any good ideas / options on this?
2. He is not a barker at all but recently he started to bark at other dogs... he actually barks to all dogs that comes to him or walks pass by... it is really annoying and i don't know what to do...
Also, he tend to chase every single car drives pass by him and this is annoy too... he is getting bigger and bigger, i can't even control him properly when he pulls the leash and tries to chase the car!
what shall i do with his barking and chasing problem?
thanks a lot!