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Hi, my cavilier x poodle called Fudge is quite  a shy dog and around other humans and animals he never barks or gets aggressive in any way. However our next door neighbor has a dog and if Fudge hears him do anything on the other side of the fence whether it be the neighbors dog barking he will sprint and jump at the fence and start growling. My main concern though is he sometimes hits his body up against the fence really hard and I am worried he will injury himself. As he sprints about 50m full pace and then jumps as high up the fence as possible. Any ideas on how to solve??

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Can you set up some barriers eg pot plants to prevent him from getting to the fence?

 

also work on training him to relax when hearing the other dog. You might need to put him in lead, then reward him for only looking at the fence or doing something like sniffing the ground. 

 

If he barks or tries to drag u to fence for this, move him further away and practice there :)

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Hi :) 
Well, I think we now know how fudge put a hole in himself- leaping at the fence!!  
This is a REALLY dangerous habit  in more ways than one.
It can cause injuries  as he has already had .

It can be a real 'rush' for him ... and so, of course he'll do it again ...and again.... and it MAY become an addiction /obsession . 
One day , a neighbour could  get sick of the noise these dogs are making , and complain ...

Please have a read of the following threads which are about similar things ... you might get some ideas? 
I KNOW you said you don't want trainers to be around - however , they are the specialists who can help YOU understand what dogs like Fudge are going through . He has some behaviours which lead him to be not entirely relaxed  & confident - a  good and respected trainer ,(and they are NOT all good and /or respected) instead of just trying to 'correct' the obvious, can help you understand and manage what you will be living with for maybe the next 15 yrs :) 

https://www.dolforums.com.au/topic/266922-dogs-fence-fighting/?tab=comments#comment-6826726



 

https://www.dolforums.com.au/topic/232274-exercising-reactive-dogs-thread/

http://blog.k9pro.com.au/dog-training-problem-hard-long-much/

 

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