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I've never been able to train Pogo out of leash and fence reactivity. The best I've been able to do is tone down the reaction by giving him a stuffy and/or calling him away from whatever is upsetting him. Usually what happens is that he sees dog in the distance. He runs to the fence to bark. However, since he has a stuffy in his mouth, it comes out like Mrrmph. He charges to the fence, makes his mrrmph noise, shakes the stuffy really hard, jumps around a bit, goes mrrmph again, and keeps at it until I call him in or the other dog disappears from view.
This evening I took the puppy out for one last pee before bed. Pogo casually ambled out to join us. To my surprise he suddenly grabbed his stuffy and charged my side fence while making his mrrmph noise. My side fence faces my garage. The only animal likely to be back there is a coyote. Yikes. I do not want the puppy innocently walking up to the fence to say hi to a coyote. Good boy Pogo! Pogo finished up by walking stiffly along the perimeter of my entire fence, stopping periodically to mark it. I'm glad I've got such a protective boy, plus a five foot fence.
This evening I took the puppy out for one last pee before bed. Pogo casually ambled out to join us. To my surprise he suddenly grabbed his stuffy and charged my side fence while making his mrrmph noise. My side fence faces my garage. The only animal likely to be back there is a coyote. Yikes. I do not want the puppy innocently walking up to the fence to say hi to a coyote. Good boy Pogo! Pogo finished up by walking stiffly along the perimeter of my entire fence, stopping periodically to mark it. I'm glad I've got such a protective boy, plus a five foot fence.