alwcm4
Well-Known Member
I'm probably going to be bombarding you Fila folks with what will sound like dumb quesitons for the forseeable future. I'm just enthralled with them as a breed. I'm an EM person, so they are a whole new planet for me.
Here's my first dumb question. So I understand what the breed is and what it's for. My question is, can you socialize a Fila. I don't mean desensatize it to the point of it accepting strangers. I mean can it be trained to listen to verbal commands when on leash around strangers. If I wanted to walk it on a leash in the vicinity of strangers (no actual contact or engagement) could I train the dog to listen to me if I gave the command to 'not attack' or react. If I wanted it to be a guardian, but also a trained and decently obedient dog. I don't want it lunging at people every time it sees them, only if they approach me. I suck at wording, am I making any sense? I would one day love to own a Fila, when the situation is right, but I'm worried too that travel, vetcare, etc would become completely unmanagable if the dog had a true Fila temperamet.
Thanks for any input.
Here's my first dumb question. So I understand what the breed is and what it's for. My question is, can you socialize a Fila. I don't mean desensatize it to the point of it accepting strangers. I mean can it be trained to listen to verbal commands when on leash around strangers. If I wanted to walk it on a leash in the vicinity of strangers (no actual contact or engagement) could I train the dog to listen to me if I gave the command to 'not attack' or react. If I wanted it to be a guardian, but also a trained and decently obedient dog. I don't want it lunging at people every time it sees them, only if they approach me. I suck at wording, am I making any sense? I would one day love to own a Fila, when the situation is right, but I'm worried too that travel, vetcare, etc would become completely unmanagable if the dog had a true Fila temperamet.
Thanks for any input.