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Her desire to interact with every dog she sees, no matter how uninterested it might be and her general issues with recall when distracted are the main things we need to work on. I think the two are linked, we're trying to work on getting her attention and getting her to come to us whenever she is distracted or over stimulated. It's useful that she is very food orientated. We're noticing improvement but if anyone has any tips or advice for working on that sort of thing that'd be great.
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Have you tried a long training lead? You can gradually give her more and more lead as her recall gets better and you can leave it on the ground if she wants space to run. Our lad went a bit nuts at 7 months and didn't calm down until he'd had the snip. He'll still go if he sees a squirrel but poodles have a strong prey drive. Now though he'll happily stay to heel walking by toddlers (his other favourite 'prey').
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Have had very good results with our lurcher pup by giving the highest value treats (e.g. sausage) ONLY when shee comes back on a walk. Take other treats with you for rewarding other behaviour, but let them know you've got the good stuff with you and they'll only get it by returning when you call them. Don't give them the high value treat at any other time, just for recall.
MrSweary
umop3pisdn
Really try and work on the charging - it's a trigger for some dogs. An ex-Neighbour up the street had a Frenchie that he'd let out off leash. I was walking down the road with my back turned when it charged over and before I had a chance to react, my on leash dog span around and bit it in the face. Much better to be safe than sorry - I always ask before letting ours interact with others (not that he's particularly interested) and don't allow him to approach other dogs without giving him the go ahead.