Hey,
My name is Jon and my girlfriend and I have recently got a black lab/beagle mix from one of her friends. Her name is Akira and she's 3 years old. Unfortunately, her previous owners did not do a good job training her so we've been starting from scratch basically, but with a 3 year old dog. Mostly, she's been doing well, but she is a highly anxious dog. My girlfriend had tried taking her to the dog park today and just called me to tell me the news. She bit another dog. This is behavior that we cannot tolerate as she has a 20 month old son. How can we: a) teach her to not bite other dogs (I'm under the assumption that it means she may bite people as well, though she has not yet)? and b) help her to not be as anxious?
Any help or direction at all would be most appreciated. Thank you for your time.
My name is Jon and my girlfriend and I have recently got a black lab/beagle mix from one of her friends. Her name is Akira and she's 3 years old. Unfortunately, her previous owners did not do a good job training her so we've been starting from scratch basically, but with a 3 year old dog. Mostly, she's been doing well, but she is a highly anxious dog. My girlfriend had tried taking her to the dog park today and just called me to tell me the news. She bit another dog. This is behavior that we cannot tolerate as she has a 20 month old son. How can we: a) teach her to not bite other dogs (I'm under the assumption that it means she may bite people as well, though she has not yet)? and b) help her to not be as anxious?
Any help or direction at all would be most appreciated. Thank you for your time.