Hi my name is Kaysha, i own an 11 month old Presa Canario called coco, she's really well trained in terms of obedience, so sitting staying, coming back and fourth from long distances, laying down... all great, and she's amazing at home however she's relatively small for a Presa. over the last few months she has started to be quite intimidating to other dogs, i reckon as she's gotten bigger her confidence has grown, and plus the fact that presa's are very weary of strangers doesn't help.
If she sees a dog, she'll run up to it and often just barks at it and ill call her back and she comes, her hairs on her back are raised so i feel as though she's unsure about strange dogs,
in a few occasions shes nipped other dogs and had scuffles with them, when she does this i submit her and tell her no, but she doesn't seem to go through the stage of acceptance so i feel that she just repeats her behaviour.
also although coco, does listen to commands and do that, i do not feels she does them with eagerness or excitement, and when i give her a command such as sit, she doesn't look at me with, like other dogs look at their owners, asking "whats next?" so to speak. I really need help... I feel like this is a pivotal point in her development, i want to get past this stage so i can be 100 confident in her, these are the only things she needs help with apart from that she's amazing and i love her
If she sees a dog, she'll run up to it and often just barks at it and ill call her back and she comes, her hairs on her back are raised so i feel as though she's unsure about strange dogs,
in a few occasions shes nipped other dogs and had scuffles with them, when she does this i submit her and tell her no, but she doesn't seem to go through the stage of acceptance so i feel that she just repeats her behaviour.
also although coco, does listen to commands and do that, i do not feels she does them with eagerness or excitement, and when i give her a command such as sit, she doesn't look at me with, like other dogs look at their owners, asking "whats next?" so to speak. I really need help... I feel like this is a pivotal point in her development, i want to get past this stage so i can be 100 confident in her, these are the only things she needs help with apart from that she's amazing and i love her