Joined
·
23 Posts
Hi. I have a otherwise lovely 1 year old female longhaired regular dachshund named Freyja that has a little issue with people she doesn't know. She was not socialised properly when she was a puppy and now I am dealing with the consequences.
She will bark at someone as soon as she sees them. It doesn't matter if we are home, outside or indoor somewhere else, she will start barking loud and long at them as soon as she sees them. She will also try to charge at them whithout seeming to be agressive, but as soon as she gets close she will stop and move away again. It's like she want's to scare them away without attacking them. She seems confident with her tail up if the person is far enough away, say 10-15 yards, but when she get's up close she tucks her tail beteeen her legs but wags it at the same time. I have tried all the advise I have received so far. At first I did the thing one should not do, yank her leash and yell at her, which did not work, then I started to ignore it, which did not work, then I started to try to catch her attention when we met people, which did not work because nothing I say, yell or do with or without treats gets her attention once she has started.
The last thing I tried was joining an amateur dog training group in my area that consists of people with problem dogs working together and pooling their knowledge to help each other. Helped greatly in boosting her confidence and made her bark at people more, louder and longer. The advise the group leader keeps giving me is to move away from the person or object she barks at, but how am I suposed to do that when she barks at anything that moves as soon as she sees it and only stops barking a good minute after she can't ses it anymore. Doesn't matter if it is 1 yard, 10 yards or 100 yards away. If she can see it, she barks. I have a suspicion that as long as the person is far enough away that she is not intimidated by them, she things barking at them is fun.
When I am with the group and their dogs she barks at everyone for 20 minues straight before seeming to understand the futility in it and grudgingly accepting them and only barking if any of them tries to interact with her. She will also bark at anyone we meet that isn't part of the original group.
She has more or less the same reaction with other dogs we meet on walks, only ten times worse. And she seems genuinely scared of them. Doesn't matter how big or small it is. The other day she stood cowering and shaking in a corner while barking at the neighbors chihuahua.
Does anyone have any sugestions on what I can try?
She will bark at someone as soon as she sees them. It doesn't matter if we are home, outside or indoor somewhere else, she will start barking loud and long at them as soon as she sees them. She will also try to charge at them whithout seeming to be agressive, but as soon as she gets close she will stop and move away again. It's like she want's to scare them away without attacking them. She seems confident with her tail up if the person is far enough away, say 10-15 yards, but when she get's up close she tucks her tail beteeen her legs but wags it at the same time. I have tried all the advise I have received so far. At first I did the thing one should not do, yank her leash and yell at her, which did not work, then I started to ignore it, which did not work, then I started to try to catch her attention when we met people, which did not work because nothing I say, yell or do with or without treats gets her attention once she has started.
The last thing I tried was joining an amateur dog training group in my area that consists of people with problem dogs working together and pooling their knowledge to help each other. Helped greatly in boosting her confidence and made her bark at people more, louder and longer. The advise the group leader keeps giving me is to move away from the person or object she barks at, but how am I suposed to do that when she barks at anything that moves as soon as she sees it and only stops barking a good minute after she can't ses it anymore. Doesn't matter if it is 1 yard, 10 yards or 100 yards away. If she can see it, she barks. I have a suspicion that as long as the person is far enough away that she is not intimidated by them, she things barking at them is fun.
When I am with the group and their dogs she barks at everyone for 20 minues straight before seeming to understand the futility in it and grudgingly accepting them and only barking if any of them tries to interact with her. She will also bark at anyone we meet that isn't part of the original group.
She has more or less the same reaction with other dogs we meet on walks, only ten times worse. And she seems genuinely scared of them. Doesn't matter how big or small it is. The other day she stood cowering and shaking in a corner while barking at the neighbors chihuahua.
Does anyone have any sugestions on what I can try?