We have a King Shepherd and Husky mix about 9 months old. We find he is unpredictable sometimes. He is very good with children, will listen well, and plays with other dogs well. Every once in awhile, for example, a person will be going through a door and maybe have a bag of groceries for example and he just goes very aggressive. He goes for the arm and leaves only slobber, but no clenching of teeth to leave marks, etc., but scares people. What's the best way to break this once in awhile behaviour? Thank you.
By Bob
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I have a shepherd/Husky mix with the same traits. They have this kind of childish side and it lasts a long time plus they think a lot. I finally realized my pup of 5 months needed more exercise and to be rewarded off and on all day to keep his mind active. I keep hot dogs cut into pieces or frozen chicken nuggets for him.
When I need him to go outside, I throw a treat down the stairs. We practice the sit command and he gets a treat. I practice holding the treat for a little time before he eats it. All of this action causes him to have "food for thought" and he gets walked when the weather is not to hot.
I feed him high value treats outside so he will get used to being outside mostly. I go to the door now and walk outside and instead of running into people with unfettered joy he looks sits and looks to see when he will get a frozen chicken nugget or hot dog piece. I still have to watch the running an jumping with my other big dog because they both get rambunctious and could hurt someone by knocking them over. They are giants!
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