My 2,5 year akita
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“Hi Tom! I have a long question, but first of all, sorry if my english is not perfect, I’m from Hungary.
So I have a female, 2,5 year old akita. Me and my family both love her. In 99% of the days she’s an amazing, obidient and happy dog, which is a product of your daily work as well, as I’ve learned a lot from your contrents. Even though I’m 99% satisfied with her behaviour, but I want her to be 100%, as she’s an akita. I want everyone to be safe around her in every situation as it’s possible. I try to tell you our progress as much as I can, to give a clear picture, before I ask my question.
So she’s naturally not a social dog, which is not surprising as she’s an akita. She never really liked strange people, but she behaves well around them. That’s something we worked on a lot, and now it’s like: I meet someone who she doesn’t know, I tell her sit, I make one step forward, shake hands with the person and start talking. She’s doing perfectly, sometimes even lies down, when she starts to be bored. 😀 The only problem is when someone wants to touch her. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t want anyone to pet my dog, but life sometimes has a joke for you. As an example yesterday: a young girl asked me to pet my dog, I said no, she heard yes (two similar words in hungarian 😅), so she went to pet her. Sometimes people don’t even ask me…
When someone wants to touch her, she barks. She doesn’t want to bite, but she has a strong voice, so it makes these people really scared. If I look at the dog, it’s a 100% fear based reaction. She starts going away from the person, tries to pretend to be smaller, her barking is long, it’s almost a howling.
So my question: Is it even realistic to teach her to be confident or tolerate when a stranger touches her? If it is, how? How would you start her training in that case? Thank you Tom, keep up the beautiful work you do everyday!👌”
Dobajsky via Apple Podcasts ·
Hungary ·
07/30/24
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