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I have a three and a half month old poodle.
I’ve been teaching her what to do by rewarding her sitting quietly, and it’s not as often with women, either. But for the past three days, she has been VERY barky and has even growled at someone walking in our direction which is extremely out of character for her. She doesn’t do this on the rare occasion that I have a guest, etc. So I’m not quite sure of that. When she does it, We go to her designated timeout area and sit for three minutes. She will sit directly in front of me and bark at the person who is talking to us.
now, if we see somebody new I loudly say, “let me check! Okay, let’s keep walking.”
I’m a little bit concerned. Please provide some suggestions. I’ve socialized her with different people as much as I can during this time, so I’m not sure if the fear stage is creeping in a little early or what.
I did give her a few free walks to sniff around and explore where we live in certain areas.
I’ve been teaching her what to do by rewarding her sitting quietly, and it’s not as often with women, either. But for the past three days, she has been VERY barky and has even growled at someone walking in our direction which is extremely out of character for her. She doesn’t do this on the rare occasion that I have a guest, etc. So I’m not quite sure of that. When she does it, We go to her designated timeout area and sit for three minutes. She will sit directly in front of me and bark at the person who is talking to us.
now, if we see somebody new I loudly say, “let me check! Okay, let’s keep walking.”
I’m a little bit concerned. Please provide some suggestions. I’ve socialized her with different people as much as I can during this time, so I’m not sure if the fear stage is creeping in a little early or what.
I did give her a few free walks to sniff around and explore where we live in certain areas.