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I have a rude puppy!
Hi Krikkit,
After reading a few of those articles, especially "He just wants to say hi" I think I may have a rude puppy!
Binx is almost 20 weeks and finished puppy kindergarten and now we're in Family Dog class and agility. (The trainer is well aware of fragile puppies and won't let us do any jumps, etc. She grew up with Boxers and thought the focus and confidence would be good for our little guy.)
He has been doing better and better calming down in a setting with other dogs (ie: no more barking and is able to concentrate on whoever is handling him at the time) but I think that he just does not get warning signals from other dogs when they get past the initial hello. He will do the side by side thing and sniff, etc but then he starts to "box" and get all over the other dog. This has all happened on leash and the few times we have been with other dogs off leash things seem OK.
I guess what I want to know is do I just let him learn by his mistakes or is there something I should or shouldn't be doing?
Thanks!
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