Fear of sharp and loud sounds in the last decades received big distribution among dogs of various breeds. The sound of the exploded petard brings a dog to panic state. Consequences of a similar fright can be very sad, for example, escape of a dog from the owner up hill and down dale. Besides, without due adjustment the fear such is in the habit to increase and over time to worsen that many heavy minutes will bring to owners of a dog. To disaccustom it is possible to be afraid any dog without mentality pathologies, but similar correction demands accurate actions, time and patience from the owner.
It is required to you
- - petards;
- - delicacy;
- - lead and collar.
Instruction
1. Schooling of a dog to stressful situations should be begun gradually, at all without plunging her to a strong and sudden fright. In the presence at a dog of fear to explosions of petards use the Excessive Irritation method. For its realization it is necessary to create independently the situations controlled by you in which the dog shows signs of panic.
2. Regularly, coming for walk with a dog, take the assistant. At the same time the dog surely has to be on a lead. While you walk a dog, the assistant on a certain removal from you, has to make a petard shot. It is very important to calculate correctly the very first removal for a shot. The sound of the heard cotton should not exceed the level of usual noise of the street around a dog, but at the same time has to be accurately distinguishable.
3. During all walk, about 30-40 minutes, the assistant has to make not less than 3 shots from the same distance. Your actions are extremely important during walk with a dog at present. A dog, having heard though weakened, but the frightening sound, will begin to show concern.
4. At present from you it is required to show all will power and not to allow emotions to be splashed out outside – ignore nervous behavior of an animal and distract it on a joint game or jog. If the dog came to too excited state and does not react to your attempts to pay her attention, so the sound for the first time was too strong. You should stop attempt of schooling this day. And several days later it is necessary to begin all over again, but already with walk on bigger removal from the place of a shot.
5. If the dog easily distracted and switched the attention from terrible cotton to your actions, praise a dog and positively support similar behavior - give her delicacy. In the same way, by means of ignoring of nervousness and a reinforcement of a state, quiet after a shot, check the remained two explosions of a petard of this walk.
6. Reduction distance to a frightening sound should be carried out only when on the current removal the dog does not react to a sound at all. At the slightest caution or even attention of a dog to a sound, it is necessary to continue walks with shots at the same distance. The mentality of each dog is individual and time of her breaking from fear will depend on many factors. Therefore it is possible to determine only by attentive observation of an animal when the dog is ready to pass to the next stage of correction.
7. At the next stage you have to reduce distance from the place of the walks with a dog to the place of explosion of petards. In all situations of the shown fright accurately act according to above to the described rules. In this way gradually you finish correction of fear of a dog when she quietly perceives explosions of a petard at distance of 4-5 meters.
8. In difficult situations of panic at a dog or if you in the course of correction feel that the situation leaves from under your control, immediately show a dog to the dog handler-trainer. He will be able to estimate a condition of a dog, perhaps, will see your mistakes during the work with it and will help you to find a crisis situation.