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since the snow and salt is gone i am able to walk iorek on the road (sidewalk) again and his walking behaviour is much better than last year. we have discovered that he likes to carry a toy in his mouth. he will then walk like a good doggy instead of pulling on the leash and bouncing around like a nut. he seriously makes us look like the worse dog owners ever. so, for the most part our walks are pleasant. for some reason he still goes wacky when we cross the street, but the toy helps with that. but...when we get to one place he just won't calm down. it is on the way back, after we cross the street. he will jump and bark and bounce and look like a nut and basically ignore me. it is very frustrating. i get him to sit and stay until he has calmed and then we start walking again. unfortunately he has developed an attitude in the past few months and he would rather bark in my face then listen to me and sit when we are out, which is super frustrating on its own! i don't know what is going on. i had to get him to sit and "calm" about 5 times today. i don't know if it is because we just crossed the street or if it is just that area. it is right in front of a condo complex and is always in the shade when we are walking. i don't know, i am pulling at straws to find reasons why he would be different here. maybe it is because we are on the way home? it is about 1/2 way between home and where we turn to come back home when we are walking. he is good when we turn to go home and he is good on the final stretch before we get him.
what can i do? i am getting him to sit and stay until he is calm (repeating myself, sorry) and i am pretty much ignoring the barking. is there anything else that i can try? it is like we are having a battle of who is most stubborn. he is in trouble since my pop was so stubborn even electricity couldn't pass through him (seriously! don't think it had to do with the stubbornness, it is just funnier that way) and i have quite the streak of stubbornness if i want. he will bark and i will ignore and then ask him to sit. when he finally sits and stays for a bit we start to walk again and then he starts bouncing again, so it starts all over again. he doesn't usually bark at me until i ask him to do something. it is so strange, he never barks in the house or any other time, except when we ask him to sit for something and he wants to do something else. when we are at the ball field he barks for us to kick the soccer ball if we ask him to sit first.
do you have any ideas for me to try? i do not do leash corrections and i will not start. thanks
what can i do? i am getting him to sit and stay until he is calm (repeating myself, sorry) and i am pretty much ignoring the barking. is there anything else that i can try? it is like we are having a battle of who is most stubborn. he is in trouble since my pop was so stubborn even electricity couldn't pass through him (seriously! don't think it had to do with the stubbornness, it is just funnier that way) and i have quite the streak of stubbornness if i want. he will bark and i will ignore and then ask him to sit. when he finally sits and stays for a bit we start to walk again and then he starts bouncing again, so it starts all over again. he doesn't usually bark at me until i ask him to do something. it is so strange, he never barks in the house or any other time, except when we ask him to sit for something and he wants to do something else. when we are at the ball field he barks for us to kick the soccer ball if we ask him to sit first.
do you have any ideas for me to try? i do not do leash corrections and i will not start. thanks