Alright, so the last month, my just turned one year old pup has started to be reactive in certain situations and it really baffles me, I am not sure how to deal with it, and couldn't find much online for my situation.
So normally she will not bark "aggressively" at anything, not on walks, not at home if we got visitors or if we are somewhere where there is other people too.
I can give a situation I was in yesterday, we were inside a room with several other people, she didn't react to people outside, people walking in and out, she had settled down on the floor.
Speed forward a little bit, we were sitting there alone. She was still settled down, but now that she's alone with me, she will start barking when someone comes in the door, she will bark and growl at anything she see's moving outside.
If someone does come in, and she barks like that, she will bark until she's gotten close to them, then the switch will flip and she goes into super hyper happy greeter.
I can attest to that it's not frustrated greeter behavior, it's a lot more force behind these barks, she's also a frustrated greeter and the sounds from that are completely different.
I have been completely calm in these situations, so it's not my nervousness she's reacting too, she's not been on a lead. And it's ONLY if we are alone together inside a room she will act like this.
At home it's easier to snap her out of it, just gotta get her favorite toy/treats and play/train a little with her. But it did not work in the situation I was in yesterday.
Any suggestions on ways to train her not to? cause I can't let her lose and let her greet everyone that comes into every room, seeing some people are scared of dogs. And for those it doesn't help that she just keeps barking non stop.
So normally she will not bark "aggressively" at anything, not on walks, not at home if we got visitors or if we are somewhere where there is other people too.
I can give a situation I was in yesterday, we were inside a room with several other people, she didn't react to people outside, people walking in and out, she had settled down on the floor.
Speed forward a little bit, we were sitting there alone. She was still settled down, but now that she's alone with me, she will start barking when someone comes in the door, she will bark and growl at anything she see's moving outside.
If someone does come in, and she barks like that, she will bark until she's gotten close to them, then the switch will flip and she goes into super hyper happy greeter.
I can attest to that it's not frustrated greeter behavior, it's a lot more force behind these barks, she's also a frustrated greeter and the sounds from that are completely different.
I have been completely calm in these situations, so it's not my nervousness she's reacting too, she's not been on a lead. And it's ONLY if we are alone together inside a room she will act like this.
At home it's easier to snap her out of it, just gotta get her favorite toy/treats and play/train a little with her. But it did not work in the situation I was in yesterday.
Any suggestions on ways to train her not to? cause I can't let her lose and let her greet everyone that comes into every room, seeing some people are scared of dogs. And for those it doesn't help that she just keeps barking non stop.