Hello everyone, hope you're enjoying this milder weather and having a great jubilee weekend.
So Stanley is now 9 months old, he's doing great, he's been castrated, he's learned so much like come, fetch, walk, sit, stay etc etc.
Loose leash walks around 80% of the time too which is AMAZING!!
he's honestly the best dog I've ever known.
Regarding training, I'm still struggling to kerb Stanley's excitable nature when it comes to other dogs. If he sees another dog he lunges, not aggressive at all it's just because he wants to play. He sometimes does it with humans too, not all the time just some of the time.
I try walking by with a treat to his nose and let him walk by which doesn't work all the time.
I never let him meet other dogs on his leash.
I cross the road. I sometimes even turn around and go the way but he still wants to play. Pulling on the leash to get to them.
This means he is NEVER off his leash.
His recall is great when there are no distractions but if I was to ever let him off and there was another dog around I'd never get him back.
Is this something I can train out of him or is I his puppy years?? Will the excitement reduce as he gets older??
It's just one thing I can't quite get right which makes some walks with him really enjoyable.
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