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We bring Rio on daily walks, he seems to love them but when a person or person/dog is seen he gets barky, and want's to pull me to them. How should I deal with this?? I've done everything from having him stay in a sit position until the distraction passes, or tried to pass the distraction and keep his attention on me. Those that have stopped and talked he will bark and want to try and jump all over them. I can't really chat since I am so trying to keep him down and off newcomers. I feel I need to get a little more consistency when we have these opportunities to teach him, but don't know what would be the BEST for him.
BTW, when I say barky, it seems to be a very excited sort of thing, not aggressive. He seems to have a hard time holding back the excitement of new people! I want to socialize him, but don't want him to think it's ok to bark or jump on anyone.
BTW, when I say barky, it seems to be a very excited sort of thing, not aggressive. He seems to have a hard time holding back the excitement of new people! I want to socialize him, but don't want him to think it's ok to bark or jump on anyone.