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She spotted a cat across the road yesterday. She was on high alert! However we had just practiced a new distraction recall I found on YouTube where I turn to the left or right of her (depending where the distraction is) and say lets go. It seemed to get her focus off the cat which is great for me. However she definitely needs something much more stab I will look into the above and maybe also something that can calm her when we go walking so that she can become more accustomed to everything and other dogs! She seems to be on edge all the time!

Thanks!! Will look further into it!

Do the Adaptil collars work? Thinking of getting one for my girl as she is a little anxious and over excited at the same time. Thanks!

Hi guys! New to this forum! I have some questions hopefully I can get some answers! I have a 12 month old Bull Arab X female (desexed) she has 2 fur brothers at home. She sits, drops, stays, and walks like a dream! Until she sees another animal. originally I thought it was other dogs that set her off, but today she saw a cat and it set her off but not as much as a dog. She will pull on her leash (check chain as she got out of her Halti once), and bark. I attempted to take her to dog obedience (group) sessions in hopes she would maybe calm down by being socialised a little. However 1. I'm 100% sure she was way over her threshold and 2. The trainer spoke down to me, treated me like an idiot and didn't address her over excitement or recommend any way to fix it. So I stopped going after 2 sessions. I've been doing daily training sessions with her Instead now - however they have had to be away from the others or she gets distracted. I've been told to go to a dog park but be outside and at a distance and slowly bring her closet and closer by one person, then another (a trainer) has told me she needs to be introduced to a stable dog and have dog obedience training (not sure if they were just trying to get money out of me) Looking for any help or advice!! Thanks!

Sounds like my local club. While my girl is no where near the level of your fur baby, (in fact she's dog reactive), I found that the method of training was a) a little mean for my liking and b) not accomodating to her and her issue. The trainer just looked at me like I was a bad dog owner and spoke down to me. I went to two sessions and then decided to try training on my own as I wasn't comfortable there. It's a shame really, I wanted my girl to get some socialising done so that she might calm down! Instead I was made to feel like an idiot. Go with your gut! Your dog will thank you for it xx