Well, I rescued a dog a few weeks ago, and I'm not sure how old she is, but I'd guess around 3 or 4. Anyway, she is a Chilean street dog, so she had been used to just roaming the streets and being abused.
She magically appeared in front of my house one day, and let me pet her, and then became attatched to me and my family, so I decided I'd take care of her and what not. She is getting spayed next week and I'm also going to get her vacinated as well, and register her with the government.
Anyway, she is fine with most of the neighbors, it seems she can sense good people and bad people. She hates bad people. She is very loud and vicious when it comes to them. Luckily she doesn't bite them, but she scares them, one guy LITERALLY shit his pants, it was fucking hilarious, but at the same time I can't have her going around terrorizing people.
I know I have the internet, and can google it or something, but I don't want to, because the only community I'm apart of is the cannabis community so I'm trying here first. If no one can help, then I'll resort to google and perhaps the dog whisperer.
I need to know how I can train her to stop loudly barking and chasing people without hitting her, and preferably without yelling at her either, as loud noises scare her.
Does anyone have any advice? I usually have to grab her by the collar, pet her, and hold her back, multiple times a day.
As I'm chasing after her while she's chasing after people, I say "shhhh" and "Don't yell at the neighbors". Obviously I don't think she understands english or spanish, or at least those orders, so I think that's futile.
Thanks in advance to anyone who might have any suggestions.
She magically appeared in front of my house one day, and let me pet her, and then became attatched to me and my family, so I decided I'd take care of her and what not. She is getting spayed next week and I'm also going to get her vacinated as well, and register her with the government.
Anyway, she is fine with most of the neighbors, it seems she can sense good people and bad people. She hates bad people. She is very loud and vicious when it comes to them. Luckily she doesn't bite them, but she scares them, one guy LITERALLY shit his pants, it was fucking hilarious, but at the same time I can't have her going around terrorizing people.
I know I have the internet, and can google it or something, but I don't want to, because the only community I'm apart of is the cannabis community so I'm trying here first. If no one can help, then I'll resort to google and perhaps the dog whisperer.
I need to know how I can train her to stop loudly barking and chasing people without hitting her, and preferably without yelling at her either, as loud noises scare her.
Does anyone have any advice? I usually have to grab her by the collar, pet her, and hold her back, multiple times a day.
As I'm chasing after her while she's chasing after people, I say "shhhh" and "Don't yell at the neighbors". Obviously I don't think she understands english or spanish, or at least those orders, so I think that's futile.
Thanks in advance to anyone who might have any suggestions.