How to solve the problem of dog getting too excited every time before going out? Try these methods~
User question: Hello teacher, I have a Satsuma who is almost two years old. In fact, I think it's pretty good-looking and smart. Not as scary as the legendary sleigh three fools. But there is one thing I would love to improve. Every time I want to take it out for a walk, it gets so excited. Especially when I took out the traction rope, I jumped and scratched excitedly, and the scratching was painful, and I jumped wildly! I can't bring the leash for half a day. Every day when I go out, I have to make such a scene. Is there any way to make him behave a little bit before going out?
Although this problem is not big, but many dogs have this problem. But I can understand, after all, after being locked up at home for a long day, it is normal to be able to go out and let the wind out after all, and it is normal to be excited. As for the above behavior, it is also a way of expressing feelings, which is understandable. But if you want to adjust it, it is very simple, that is, the training time may be longer.
Method 1: Emotional influence. As owners, in many cases, our emotions are the tools to communicate with dogs. So, if you think your dog's emotions are too excited at the moment, then you must not be carried away by his emotions. Instead, influence it through your emotions, such as when the dog is too excited to go out for a walk. Then you shouldn't be teasing or scolding, both of which are likely to make your dog more excited. Instead, calm down, you can even sit down and watch it perform, use time to cool down, use emotional influence, let it pass the point of excitement, and your emotions will naturally calm down. This method may not be effective at first, but you You can try it every time you go out, calm down for about 5 minutes, and then put a traction rope on it. After a long time, the effect will be obvious.
Method 2: Obedience training. If you have been doing some obedience training with your dog, this is the best time to deepen your training results. When it gets overly excited, give it the command to sit or lie down, and delay it. Divert its attention through training, and if it cooperates well with training, then it can be followed by walking as a reward for its training performance, which is also good.
Method three: change the impression. If conditions permit, you can take your dog out several times a day, not necessarily when you go for a special walk. Go downstairs to throw garbage, pick up a courier, go to a small supermarket or something. Take the dog with you. By repeating the behavior of taking the dog out and home many times a day, it can also reduce the dog's excitement about going out. If you really don’t have this condition, you can create conditions. For example, you usually take a walk in the morning and afternoon, and you work harder, and make several trips back and forth, and the time is shorter each time.
To give the most obvious example, dogs raised by old people and dogs raised by young people are definitely in completely different states. You can pay attention to them carefully. Dogs raised by the elderly tend to be more calm. On the one hand, the emotions of the elderly tend to be more peaceful, and this peaceful state of mind will naturally affect the dogs. So dogs are not so sensitive and excited about going out~