puppy help

[Tezruh]

hi

im very new to border collies we have got a 4 month old male border collie called cash he is coming on amazingly however he does have the odd fault i would like to get a little advice on i know its very important to put training in as soon as possible.

 

our issue is barking he will bark at everyone he meets in the street joggers and dogs the most and even lunge on the lead at them if they say hi to him he will hide behind my legs,when he is off the lead he is amazing at recall and very rarely barks, i also have a problem with him lunging and barking at cars as they drive past any advice on how to tackle this would be amazing.

 

on the whole hes a extremely well behaved boy doing fantastic at obedience, doesnt chew, never cries when we leave, never cried at night, toilet trained on pads just working on weeing outside i couldnt have asked for a better pup

 

thank you for taking your time to read this

[GentleLake]

Congratulations on your pup and welcome to the Boards.

 

I'm short on time right now but would like to suggest you do a search of the archives, where these issues have been discussed often and at length.

 

Some useful search terms might include "cars", LAT, desensitization and counter-conditioning.

 

I'm sure you'll get lots of good advice by starting there, and then people can come in with more specific answers.

[gcv-border]

Also, this section of the Boards is specifically for training dogs to work livestock.

 

If you re-post in the "General Border Collie Discussion" section, you will probably receive many more answers.

 

Good Luck.

[Tezruh]

thanks for replying sorry didnt realise this was the working stock section