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@thetraveller If you don’t mind me asking, whereabouts are you all? I’m always happy to chat as well. I know how hard it is. She wants so badly to have space and I’d love to just run her around and play ball the park but we just can’t because I know it’s too unpredictable of an environment for her

@mema1959 Yeah. Our area is so highly populated and people think that dogs are supposed to be friendly with every single dog and human they see. It’s extremely triggering for her but we try to manage everything as much as we can. We actually just bought a bright red vest that come in today that...

@sunnyd228 Absolutely. We take new environments slowly and focus on ignoring dogs as much as possible. It’s a work in progress. We unfortunately have a ton of off leash dogs in our neighborhood and at parks near us so we are also scaling back on using walks at all for training opportunities...

@imagebeastmarkbeast I’m right there with you. I guess I’m kind of asking myself how much of this reactivity should be expected vs. not. I know a lot of aussies who have never had these issues. Do they love to chase and herd dogs when they play? Sure. Do they pull a little to get to the dog to...

@booboo222 Thank you! Totally agreed, that's why I mentioned that I do understand that to a point, reactivity is something that the breed is known for as its job is to find small changes in environment, react, and problem solve to correct the change. She's awesome with her reactivity/harnessing...

We got our 8 m/o Mini American Shepherd (AKC mini aussie name) from a breeder who has been breeding for 20+ years. We did a ton of research on genetic testing, AKC certification, socialization, etc. beforehand but didn't request to meet the parents due to COVID when she was born in Nov 2020. To...