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What are your thoughts on or experience with muzzles? Joe,my reactive shelter adoption is doing really well and settling down nicely. Walks by MOST people and dogs and ignores them.
The catch is MOST. Every once in awhile he will bark and sometimes lunge toward someone who is saying "Good Morning." 95% of the time he ignores them and goes about his business. And I want to give him credit for his VAST improvement in a short period of time.
He has never bitten anyone (except the trainer when he had him cornered and pushed). He is very playful, has been okay when family has visited (adults) But we just can't quite trust him because we don't know why he is barking or jumping towards some people or dogs. I have been thinking about training him for a basket muzzle so we can expose him to more public places and further his training (Malls, Home Depot etc). My concern is peoples reaction to a large muzzled doberman in public. Their reaction might influence his reaction. Thoughts?
The catch is MOST. Every once in awhile he will bark and sometimes lunge toward someone who is saying "Good Morning." 95% of the time he ignores them and goes about his business. And I want to give him credit for his VAST improvement in a short period of time.
He has never bitten anyone (except the trainer when he had him cornered and pushed). He is very playful, has been okay when family has visited (adults) But we just can't quite trust him because we don't know why he is barking or jumping towards some people or dogs. I have been thinking about training him for a basket muzzle so we can expose him to more public places and further his training (Malls, Home Depot etc). My concern is peoples reaction to a large muzzled doberman in public. Their reaction might influence his reaction. Thoughts?