bex1984
Well-Known Member
I have a 7 year old JRTx. He's quite a neurotic character as well as being bossy and strong willed, and since he's been an adult dog has not been good with other dogs unless he knows them well. He was bitten badly and completely terrified by a large dog when he was 6 months old. We have his younger brother, now 2, who he gets on with although he runs a tight ship and will tell the younger one off fairly regularly - it looks and sounds horrendous but there is never a mark on the other one and 5 minutes later they will be playing/cuddling up together.
We've had help from behaviourists and he's gone from barking and lunging at other dogs on his lead to walking calmly past. So on his lead he's perfect now, but I feel a bit sad for him that he doesn't get off lead more and I'm wondering about putting a muzzle on him?
I wouldn't take him to the park etc as but it would mean I could walk him on footpaths and know that if he did accidentally come into contact with another dog nothing awful could happen...
...but they look so horrible and I worry a little that he'll be more tense with it on so it may cause him to be more reactive when we've been working on calmness!
Any advice?
We've had help from behaviourists and he's gone from barking and lunging at other dogs on his lead to walking calmly past. So on his lead he's perfect now, but I feel a bit sad for him that he doesn't get off lead more and I'm wondering about putting a muzzle on him?
I wouldn't take him to the park etc as but it would mean I could walk him on footpaths and know that if he did accidentally come into contact with another dog nothing awful could happen...
...but they look so horrible and I worry a little that he'll be more tense with it on so it may cause him to be more reactive when we've been working on calmness!
Any advice?