Squealing and barking on lead

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My friend ( first time dog owner) got a schnauzer x as 1 year old. He is a lovely little dog although little known about his history. His main issue is ? Anxiety ? Aggression on the lead when he sees another dog. When he sees another dog he not only barks but makes the most awful squealing sound and he doesn’t stop, even after the dog is long gone. We tried taking him out with my ‘nanny’ old
Cocker but it makes little difference. He isn’t massively food orientated so food related distraction doesn’t really have much effect. Does anyone have any tips?
 
Is he toy orientated? You could try taking a squeaky ball or similar with you for distraction.
There's a mini schnauzer on the estate where I work, and it's exactly the same, off lead it's fine but on lead it barks and barks, I think its excitement more than anything else combined with frustration at being confined.
 
Our collie is the same, but he also has a go at pedestrians and cyclists. (He’s not bothered by traffic at all). We can’t even comfortably walk him with out other dog as he has a go at her too. They are best friends at all other times. Off lead, he is brilliant, so to be honest, we try and avoid lead walking most of the time. Not very helpful I know, sorry.
 
Lots of schnauze’s I meet out walking seem the same, and it does appear to be excitement. We have two schnauzer crosses that come to us for day care and one in particular gets very excited at almost anything at the drop of a hat and does very high pitched squeels. It does seem to be a bit of a breed trait.
 
Ask around for recommendations for a good trainer, one who discusses thresholds and preventing the dog being over threshold is the route they want to be taking.
A dog cannot even think when they are over threshold let alone eat, if they are not thinking they cannot learn to calm down and deal with the situation.
It does seem to be an issue with the breeding of some of these little dogs that they are over stimulated at the drop of a hat.
 
TheresaW said:
Our collie is the same, but he also has a go at pedestrians and cyclists. (He’s not bothered by traffic at all). We can’t even comfortably walk him with out other dog as he has a go at her too. They are best friends at all other times. Off lead, he is brilliant, so to be honest, we try and avoid lead walking most of the time. Not very helpful I know, sorry.
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If it makes you feel any better, my collie was the same but he did eventually grow out of it 😀

OP There was a series about dog training on tv and they featured two little dogs just like your friends. The main point was the owner was anxious and the dog was picking up on it. I’d advise a behaviourist. A good one will solve the problem (make sure they are registered and recommended!) Most of the time it’s turning it into a non event, so a cheery “let’s go this way” and carry on as though the dog isn’t going crazy on the end of the lead and don’t put them in a position where they feel the need to react.
 
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