I have some questions about our rescue dog (who was rehomed due to change of circumstance) and am after some advice.
It’s our first dog (just me and DP) and we rehomed our dog a few weeks back. She’s been settling in fine I think, has been a little clingy which is understandable but on the whole settled in quicker than we expected.
I have a few questions though
- Barking - she is generally quite quiet. Barked once in the back garden and then over the last couple of days has barked at a friend that came over (which she hasn’t ever done before when people have come over) and also when walking barked a lot and jumped up in what I would consider to be not so friendly to a stranger whilst on lead
- Recall and playing
We are training her on this so she can walk off lead but she wants to say hello to every dog she sees. Not every owner likes this. We have been clipping her on her lead when approaching others but she does sometimes get quite forceful and really pulls. It’s been suggested that we let her say hello and if the other dog isn’t interested they will let her know. Does anyone have any suggestions on this?
In terms of recall generally she is okay but if she sees another dog or there’s a dead animal in the field/ woods she doesn’t always listen. Is this just practice, practice, practice?