How do I teach my dog to be nicer to other dogs?
How do I teach my dog to be nicer to other dogs? General Dog Discussions
An excellent resource for you would be the book _Click_To_Calm_ by Emma Parsons, which discusses how to deal with reactive dogs.In short, you reinforce polite behavior from your dog toward other dogs. During the initial stages of training this requires you to be very quick- your dog glances at the other dog, you mark it (verbally or with a clicker) before any rudeness can occur, and then reinforce your dog (food is the most common reinforcer). As training progresses you can mark longer polite looks, looking back at you, or interaction such as polite sniffing.For more information about clicker training check out http://www.clickertraining.com.