kguitarchic18
Well-Known Member
We have a 7 month old girl Zola. She is great, we socialized her well, and always took her to places in shopping carts before she had all her shots to get her used to cars/people/noises/etc. At first on her walks she was scared of everything but she has gotten much better. She is still very wary and scared of cars, especially if we are walking and they are coming from behind us. She has been trained and knows all her commands very well, place, sit, down, come, heel, if told to sit/down she stays until you tell her "break" or to come. BUT today on our walk there were some crazy small dogs who all started barking and usually she ignores them or once we get farther away she is ok. She tried to pull the whole way home, nothing would phase her, even her training collar which usually gets her attention did nothing. The trainer said its best to keep moving and not let her focus on that, or to get her to pay attention to me, which sometimes works. But others seem to say to sit and let her calm down before moving on, what has worked best for other cc's?
I do hope she grows out of her fear stage, because lately if i make any loud noises in the kitchen she barks, she is leary of new people, etc.
Also, please dont tell me training collars are wrong, we don't zap her every chance we get, she is very smart and is the happiest puppy you've ever seen. I believe if used in the right way training collars for the right dog can be great. And cc's are tough, it usually doesnt even phase her.
I do hope she grows out of her fear stage, because lately if i make any loud noises in the kitchen she barks, she is leary of new people, etc.
Also, please dont tell me training collars are wrong, we don't zap her every chance we get, she is very smart and is the happiest puppy you've ever seen. I believe if used in the right way training collars for the right dog can be great. And cc's are tough, it usually doesnt even phase her.