Title. Our boy is such a great listener. Sit. Touch. Down. Come (for the most part). Place. Go Home (crate). He’s on the money with these about 85% of the time. The latter few almost 100%.
On walks? Totally different dog. He’s a nut job if he sees our neighbors. He’s a nut job if he sees another dog. Won’t listen. He’s a YAPPER in general, but golly, on a walk? Forget about it. He’s on his hind legs jumping, barking, absolutely buck wild. It’s clearly excitement, or the desire to run over and interact, but it’s tremendously difficult to get him to settle down. In general his settling/regulation is a WIP, but on a walk it’s embarrassing, and it makes running into people a “here we go” situation.
My wife and I have been trying to reverse clicker train, click the moment he sees the distraction. It works maybe under 50% of the time.
I chalk up half of it to him being a field golden, and of course him being a puppy, but we’re really trying to work on his attention and distraction levels—it just flies out the window in walks.
What are good ways to approach improving on this during our walks? Any recommendations with clicker training, or trying to get him to settle/pay attention, or improve what we’ve built on? TIA!
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