I have had my two rescue dogs 18 months now, and my lo for 11months. They have been very challenging but I thought we were managing well and working around some of the issues we had with the dogs. DH and I took them out for a good run on our local national trust land earlier, popular with dog owners, walkers and occasional cyclist and horse riders. We go here quite often and initially had issues with our dogs heading after runners and cyclists but thought we had got over this by using a ball to distract, training and treats. Today my younger dog dashed after a cyclist. The cyclist tried to go faster which encouraged my dog further and then he got off and tried kicking and putting his bike between himself and my dog. I know my dog was in the wrong but he had such a rant at DH and now I just feel depressed about the whole thing and like never letting my dogs off the lead again. She is a 2/3 year old with a lot of energy though and I am not sure lead walks will do it. It has just really knocked my confidence.
Anyone any experience of this? Any ideas how I can work with it or around it?
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janmk · 05/05/2013 11:34
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