Hi everyone, I’m looking for advice on strategies for introducing my very frustrated greeter to other dogs. He has almost 0 threshold for seeing other dogs without crying, barking, and lunging but is perfect off leash and at daycare. However, he has 0 recall and so must be leashed when arriving to new places.
I have several friends with dog-friendly dogs and puppies that I’d love to introduce him to so we can spend more time together and eventually practice parallel walking and threshold work but I’m not sure what the best practice is for introducing them. I don’t want to feed into his frustration by introducing them on leash. I’m planning on using a Sniffspot so they can be off leash safely but there’s still the issue of actually getting in and out and making sure he’s not rushing them (he has some issues with barriers as well).
Does anyone have any insight or advice? Im fully open to giving up on this as well if it’s not a good idea.
I have several friends with dog-friendly dogs and puppies that I’d love to introduce him to so we can spend more time together and eventually practice parallel walking and threshold work but I’m not sure what the best practice is for introducing them. I don’t want to feed into his frustration by introducing them on leash. I’m planning on using a Sniffspot so they can be off leash safely but there’s still the issue of actually getting in and out and making sure he’s not rushing them (he has some issues with barriers as well).
Does anyone have any insight or advice? Im fully open to giving up on this as well if it’s not a good idea.