Dog Health Questions: Dog Training Help Please?

so, i have a 2 year old Weimaraner. i show him in AKC and 4H, and at dog shows and other classes, hes a perfect little angel. just since hes turned two, he has been acting a little odd. the other day, we were sitting outside a hair salon, waiting for my grandma to get done. a few people would walk by, and he would bark at them. he is a big dog, and has a scary bark. i know for a FACT he wouldnt bite anyone, but i just know if i was walking and a dog that size started barking at me, i'd be freaked out.. if there anything i can do to make him chill out? None of my other dogs do this, and again he is an angel at dog shows and classes, ect.

also, he is fixed, which is supposed to mellow them out.

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Try solicizing him 101 with more dogs he doesn't know. When he does bark, cut him off right away with a sound he doesn't like and turn him away from the other dog. If the other dog's owner allows it, have them introduce to each other.

I hope this helps =)

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• He is barking at people because you are allowing him to do it. Correct it. This is an unacceptable behavior. Therefore compulsion is needed.
  
  ADD: Yes. A correction. I use a jerk of the leash with an immediate sit/down/stay. I also use 'look at me'. To make sure *I* am being focused on and not anyone else.
  
  By the way, gorgeous dog.


• in my honest opinoin, i think he doesnt want to be left alone outside.


• You really only have to take the lead role in the relationship and tell/show the dog what it is you want. If he starts barking at people you have to tell him to stop; you just have to calmly, firmly tell him to stop. If you are sitting down then you have to stand up in front of the dog and tell him to sit and if he already is sitting tell him "quiet". If you need to you can pull up on the leash quickly and let it go (like a snap/pull). Dogs really do what you expect them to do you just have to address it and make it clear. One thing that allot of people miss is raising the tone of your request to the level of the dogs behaviour; if the dog is barking like crazy and you whine "stop please" over and over it won't work. If the dog is at level seven you have to go to 8 etc. The sooner you show the dog how you want it to be the easier it will be to "fix".


• Was this the first time?
  The only time?
  Since you dont mention him doing it at dog shows, sounds like it was a new thing.
  If it was, ask him to lie down. Dogs lying down have problems barking.
  You have to say no as soon as he starts barking, never let him escalate on this.....Does he understand "barking" on command and "no barking"?? If not, you should consult a behaviour specialist so that he could teach you how to.
  Good luck


• go to you tube or if you have cable look up the dog whisperer on tv. i think its the animal channel if he barks at people or dogs you need to pinch it on the dogs neck that simulates a bite from the dogs pack leader the correct it by continuing walking away don't allow the dog to bark then when the dog quits barking you can introduce it to people because you want it to not cause the dog wants you to..


• Obedience training would have prevented many of these problems and can help solve the bad behaviors that exist. Many people think that obedience training is something that is done to a dog to make it perform some artificial activity on command. But if we turn the words around, we'll be closer to a real definition: Obedience training is to train dogs to be obedient, to obey anything and everything they're told to do. It covers a wide range of lessons a dog can learn, including tricks, family manners, show ring exercises, and skills demonstrations. Sniffing dogs, service dogs for handicapped owners, search and rescue dogs, sled and carting dogs, hunting dogs -- all carry their obedience training to the highest degree. They have been trained to obey an unusual set of commands that increase their value as helpers to man.
  
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