At an early age your dog learns weather people are there to meet you or him. A good way to teach him to be under control is to take your time, and slowly let people and other dogs meet your dog. Every time you go out he doesn’t have to interact with others. Your dog doesn’t need attention from every person he sees.
You can take him to a ball game and stay off to the side so he can see all the activity and remain calm. Then over tie you can move closer to the action. Depending on each individual dog this may be as quick as a few weeks or take considerable time. This all hinges on breed, energy and how much socialization he has been exposed to in the past.
When he is introduced to new people, ask the people not to pet or be overly friendly to your dog. The high pitched voice and physical contact tells your dog is time to play and be wild. These meetings need to be calm at first. Then once he is acting calm with meetings you can make it a little harder for him by having someone tempt him with the high pitched voice. Eventually he will stay calm even while people give him every reason to be crazy.
This will soon translate to control while working in protection dog training.
By Wendy Aston, Training Supervisor, Global K9 Group, LLC
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