AboutDelores Beck Expertise Health, nutrition, and training issues.
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Question I have a 10 mos old male, neutered cocker. We got him at 6 mos old. He is afraid of all new people that he meets, whether we go to there place or if they come over. If I do not have him on a leash he runs from them and me and barks and barks and I can't catch him and he won't come to me until they leave. He is mostly afraid of men. He is good with my husband. Our main problem is his barking at people and being afraid when they come to the house, like he's going to get beat, he pees himself and hides behind me if he's on a leash and growls. He also will bark at home for no reason and he will not stop when we tell him to, he keeps at it for awhile. Like yesterday the door opened in the wind and he freaked out, he thought someone was out there and I couldn't get him to calm down, it took awhile. I would just like a calm peaceful dog. Any suggestions would be great. Thankyou
Answer Okay, you got him at 6 months...where was he all that time?
Can this be solved? Absolutely yes.
So my first question is this. You're out - he's on leash - a stranger approaches. What do you do? Give me the whole scenario in detail.
I ask because your attitude and response when he's afraid is very important. And what commands does he know?
And you NEVER have a young, untrained dog off leash. Never.
Delores
