Hello DogForums
This is my very first time posting on the forum and need some advice for my dog. I tried searching but couldn't find what I needed help with, if I missed anything I do apologize. I intend on going through all the stickies and looking through all the training tutorials in my quest to solve this problem.
I have had my dog Bonnie for nearly a year. She is a American Staffy and about 2 and a half years old. She is an extremely friendly dog towards my friends and family when they areat my house,very loving dog that loves hugs.
Where I live there is a "battle axe" house behind me. If you are unsure of what this is, it just means that there is a driveway that goes down one side of my house which links up to the house behind our house.
Whenever my neighbours walk down or up this driveway Bonnie goes absolutely nuts. The fence is a wooden plank style fence so she can see the neighbours between the gaps of the planks. Bonnie runs back and forth along the fence extremely fast and continuously barks aggressively. When the neighbours get to their house Bonnie will try and jump the back fence in to their backyard, the back fence is a 6 foot high metal fence. She can't reach the top of the fence so can't get over.
It's concerning that she does this and is even trying to jump the back fence. I am worried that one day she will jump over the fence in to the neighbours yard with their dogs.
When this happens she does not listen to me at all until I stand in the way of her running path. Sometimes she will stop running and listen to me telling her to get inside. Most of the time I have to pull her away by the collar.
I am unsure how to use positive rewards treats for this situation. If I give her a treat when she listens and goes inside will she associate it with good behaviour for going inside or good behaviour for barking and protecting her territory?
Any words of wisdom would be greatly appreciated.
This is my very first time posting on the forum and need some advice for my dog. I tried searching but couldn't find what I needed help with, if I missed anything I do apologize. I intend on going through all the stickies and looking through all the training tutorials in my quest to solve this problem.
I have had my dog Bonnie for nearly a year. She is a American Staffy and about 2 and a half years old. She is an extremely friendly dog towards my friends and family when they areat my house,very loving dog that loves hugs.
Where I live there is a "battle axe" house behind me. If you are unsure of what this is, it just means that there is a driveway that goes down one side of my house which links up to the house behind our house.
Whenever my neighbours walk down or up this driveway Bonnie goes absolutely nuts. The fence is a wooden plank style fence so she can see the neighbours between the gaps of the planks. Bonnie runs back and forth along the fence extremely fast and continuously barks aggressively. When the neighbours get to their house Bonnie will try and jump the back fence in to their backyard, the back fence is a 6 foot high metal fence. She can't reach the top of the fence so can't get over.
It's concerning that she does this and is even trying to jump the back fence. I am worried that one day she will jump over the fence in to the neighbours yard with their dogs.
When this happens she does not listen to me at all until I stand in the way of her running path. Sometimes she will stop running and listen to me telling her to get inside. Most of the time I have to pull her away by the collar.
I am unsure how to use positive rewards treats for this situation. If I give her a treat when she listens and goes inside will she associate it with good behaviour for going inside or good behaviour for barking and protecting her territory?
Any words of wisdom would be greatly appreciated.
