Noisy George the Mini Schnauzer

We’ve had a few sessions with George so far and he’s doing awesome.

George loves a bark, as most mini schnauzers do, and directs that bark towards people and other dogs.

There’s a mix of emotions going on with him, he’s frustrated because he can’t get there to check them out but then anxious when he’s there - he’s an impulsive greeter, essentially.

We have done a lot with George as he just wasn’t in the right frame of mind to do any training around triggers when we started.

Here is what we’ve done:

• Gave him time off, this was several weeks without any walks or opportunity to rehearse the behavior.

• Rewarded and inspired calm behaviors in the home.

• User the infinity walk to calm him down, then turned this into a pattern game. Basically, the rules for this are he decides when he’s ready by looking at his guardian, then walk to a cone while he focuses on them and they then place a piece of food on the floor and wait for him to take in the environment and start again.

• We then counter-conditioned to other dogs and people. This is where he sees a dog and instead of barking, whips around to his guardian for treats.

George is doing fab! It’s definitely a slow process with him but he will definitely get there!

Well done so far and keep up the great work guys!

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