Caius' recent behaviour any ideas .........

Ladies can I please rack your brains?

Caius has always had a problem with bikes and things with wheels. Up until recently he's been great while out walking. When he was younger he was lunged at by a smaller dog in training classes so he dislikes small dogs and will bark at them when on lead if we pass one.He was until very recently fine with most dogs but whilst talking with a friend who owns a rescue dog a golden lab snapped at him from behind. Ever since this incident Caius just pricks his ears puts his heckles up lunges and barks at other dogs. I was finding initially that the leave command was helping.
He has now developed this behaviour now with screaming children and children who run or scuttle away and panic when they see him. Living in a highly populated Muslim area you can perhaps see where I am coming from?
Well today was the last straw.....
While out walking Theban n Caius together( still a long way to go but getting there) a man and his daughter were walking quietly towards us on the pavement. Theban didnt bat an eyelid while Caius ( looking back now) heckled up and lunged for the young girl as sdhe passed by him barking his head off. To say I was devastated was an under statement He has never done that before and I am gutted. He wears his dogmatic so thankfully we had control but it freaked me out as its so out of character.

This afternoon I went out with ...... A water pistol to try n divert any unwanted and wrong behaviour what i am asking ladies is for more advise as to how I can tackle this problem he is developing. He is so lovely natured with our children n their friends I just cannot grasp his sudden change

Please help.......

ive just typed out a big long reply to this post and lost it
Basically it was just saying Sorry to hear this and welcome to my world with Mickey

I will be interested in any replies to this thread for advice
Any new members feel free to post if you have any ideas or advice

You can put a stop to this behaviour before it becomes a habit

BrenA wrote:

ive just typed out a big long reply to this post and lost it
Basically it was just saying Sorry to hear this and welcome to my world with Mickey

I will be interested in any replies to this thread for advice
Any new members feel free to post if you have any ideas or advice

LOL don't ya just hate it when that happens
I'm hoping that I can nip this in the bud because I don't want T to think its ok for him to do it he's already s little s**t as it is

suzie are you sure a child hasn't startled cauis or hit him in the past , seems strange that with all your children he did what he did, if he was mine i would firstly take him out by himself , any body passing you tell him to sit and look at you if he shows any interest in the people tell him firm no look at me , reward if he does what you ask, try not to let him get too close to people until you feel confidant and he is at ease with people passin bye, good luck with him

i think sues advice is sound.

Also could you take him into town or park where lots of people with kids are about.

it is very strange that as you have your kids he has started doing this. I feel for you Suzie

jacobrad wrote:

suzie are you sure a child hasn't startled cauis or hit him in the past , seems strange that with all your children he did what he did, if he was mine i would firstly take him out by himself , any body passing you tell him to sit and look at you if he shows any interest in the people tell him firm no look at me , reward if he does what you ask, try not to let him get too close to people until you feel confidant and he is at ease with people passin bye, good luck with him

I totally agree with Sue

Judes wrote:

jacobrad wrote:

suzie are you sure a child hasn't startled cauis or hit him in the past , seems strange that with all your children he did what he did, if he was mine i would firstly take him out by himself , any body passing you tell him to sit and look at you if he shows any interest in the people tell him firm no look at me , reward if he does what you ask, try not to let him get too close to people until you feel confidant and he is at ease with people passin bye, good luck with him

I totally agree with Sue

Caius is never out of our sight when were out. If he's in the front garden and our children are playing on the street he runs up n down the garden barking at them but I don't let him out front for that reason AFAIK no child has hit or startled him but I cannot be 100% I just can't get my head round it.
I used you approach this pm with the watch command and it helped so I am going to continue with your advise thanks ladies I'll keep you posted on our progress
This am when we went out I was a nervous wreck but using the watch command really helped it diverted his attention he got quite a few treats lol



My furbabies have all been sick today think they have this cold/virus that the kids have.

hope they feel better soon, you say when the kids ar out and he is in the garden he runs up and down barking at them, maybe you should take him straight back in the house to let him know that NO BARKING is acceptable , maybe he thinks the brilliant game he is playing with your kids can also be played with other people when out on a walk

Already done hun I avoid letting him out the front when the children are out for that very reason.
He did brilliant this am with sit n watch I've lost my voice cos of a viral infection ( kids think its great ) so I thought it might of been more difficult but he picked up on my cues very quickly and was a star this am. Really loving this method

Glad to hear your getting there Suzie, can be gutting when things happen like this, you will get and aleady are by the sounds of it

Success again this am. A young Muslim boy n mother walking towards us I took caius to edge of kerb told him to sit n watch he did it perfectly and to top it all the mother said 'thank you very much'

I was a very happy bunny

good news

Fabulous news suzie

Keep us updated Hun .... And remember if you're uptight, caius will pick up and react on it ....so deep breaths at all times lol

Sounds like you're doing a fab job anyway

That's great news Suzie.