Hi All, haven’t posted in a while, but Monty and Ernest are getting along fine.
The only problem I’m struggling with is with Ernest. When we are walking, if he spots another dog approaching he will bark. It doesn’t seem to be an aggressive bark, more of a nervous/anxious type bark. He will bark and bark and I often have to explain that he is infact very friendly!
I’ve tried it with him both on and off the lead, off lead was slightly better but not by a huge margin. I’ve tried distracting him with his favourite foods, but I can practically push the treat into his mouth and he won’t take any notice! He seems to switch off his hearing and just go into bark mode.
He’s very friendly with a pug x that we often go out walking with, and he will also bark at other dogs so I don’t know if it’s a learnt behaviour from his friend...
Any ideas on tackling this? Thanks!