A Trainer Referral Appreciated For Baby Girl
While I have been on RV Net for some time, I'm new to the pet section. Without question, the responses in this forum have gotten Baby Girl to taking her medications easily. She and I have been toget...
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A behaviorist is a good idea but the are things you can address on your own. Our last Bouvier had similar fear issues in that he would lunge after cars and cyclists. I had not noticed this when he was with me but my very small wife had some issues and asked me to give her a hand with him. I took him down to the highway where cars were whipping by at 40-50 mph. He lunged after every one that approached him from the rear so I deduced that we was afraid of things approaching him that he did not see. Consequently I had him sit there on the side of the road and face the traffic. After about 30-40 cars he settled down. I did the same thing for the next few days and his fear went away. On a walk on a bike trail I discovered he had those same issues with fast moving bicycles so I took him to a bike race, problem solved.
As to how Baby acts towards people, you need to get tuned in to her emotions and how she reacts when people approach. She may change her stance, she may set her feet solidly, watch her ears and tail set and after a while you should be able to know when she's going to go off on someone and be proactive and address the situation before she reacts.
It will take some time but you should be bale to correct some of the issues before you see a behaviorist.
Exercise the same patience with Baby Girl that you did with your students and you should do fine. Remember it's all about teaching/educating, use the same principles on Baby Girl that you did with your difficult students.
As to how Baby acts towards people, you need to get tuned in to her emotions and how she reacts when people approach. She may change her stance, she may set her feet solidly, watch her ears and tail set and after a while you should be able to know when she's going to go off on someone and be proactive and address the situation before she reacts.
It will take some time but you should be bale to correct some of the issues before you see a behaviorist.
Exercise the same patience with Baby Girl that you did with your students and you should do fine. Remember it's all about teaching/educating, use the same principles on Baby Girl that you did with your difficult students.
