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Motivate stress dog
Ideas for getting a stress dog to pay attention when braking dogs are braking at him and you can’t use food because when he’s stressed he will choke on it because he won’t chew it and I have tried making it smaller and tried toys and it hyped him up to much and he loses control
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Great question, @Bowserdog20 ! This is a common problem with dogs who are in a high arousal state. If I’m understanding correctly, the dog is taking the food but being really fast about it? Sharky/snatchy?
We can talk about using different rewards, especially reward delivery options to save your hands if the dog is being grabby. I like using a metal spoon covered in peanut butter – you can lower it down for a quick lick and then pull it back up.
I also want to encourage you to take a look at all the other variables in this situation, the most important being DISTANCE. Try moving the dog further from the triggers. How far away, before he is relaxed and takes treats more normally?
What other ideas do members have?
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I agree to get as much distance as needed. Another yummy treat is baby food in pouches!
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And Bark Pouch is a great product along the lines of that concept.
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Thank you I will try that on the next walk
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Distance is a hard factor to fix on the walk because where I live there are a lot of dogs out in yards and not a whole lot of room to get distance when need but I will try more distance and the spoon full of peanut butter
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Trying to get the necessary distance in an urban environment (or even suburban with lots of dogs in yards) can be very challenging. I’ve used the Calming Cap by Thundershirt in the past with highly reactive dogs in urban environments to help with the difficulty of maintaining under-threshold distance.
Has anyone else tried a tool like the Calming Cap before? What other tools have you folks employed when working in an environment that’s challenging to manage?
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One of the management I suggest my clients during training is (if their neighborhood is filled with dogs roaming in the yards and barking) drive to the next block or the nearest one where you know there are fewer to no dogs, of course, you would go before and check around. Then train accordingly.
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