Had ddog for 9 months now . He barks and lunges at other dogs and barks at strangers who try to interact with him in any way ( neighbours , people in the street etc )
I have been to a trainer / behaviourist .
i have spent hours and hours implementing the advice .
we pass a dog and i do the 'watch me' feed treats thing . This is ok when under threshold but he never gets any better . we can never get any nearer . There is no improvement .
I have asked people not to touch him especially people coming to the house and i always give him a kong or something when anyone calls but still he hates people . Again , no improvement.
Sometimes it seems to make no sense . Like just now we went to a quietish park and managed to walk past a dog without him barking at it , taking the treats . we then sat on a bench where he could see the dog from a distance while having treats . All good , but then we walked back past the dog to go home and he went ballistic . Then again at another dog , then the neighbour who stopped for a chat ( even managed to nudge at her ankle) . A tad embarrassing !
i feel defeated . Should i just accept that he will always be this way ?