Sandra @ACB
Foundation with Husky
Adak is a 6 months old Husky who was with me for basic training and especially manners. Adak showed a spectacular amount of dominance when he first came and tried to be in charge about everything. It is amazing how quickly dogs learn to be top notch manipulators to stay in control. The really clever ones make it look like it’s cute or something WE wanted anyway.
He would sit in front of me, but with his butt to me, on my feet.
He’d lean into me so forcefully, I had to watch my footing.
He obviously jumped on me and pawed me to get his way especially when the leash first came on.
If he was not pulling on leash, he just laid down- mid walk.
He, the extremely food oriented dog that he is, also turned his head away from the reward treats I tried to give him. “If I don’t take this food, this person will quit working with me and leave me alone”. He, ultimately, tried to pee on me outside. He determined through various tricks when to stop working and how to stay in control of me or the interaction. I had 11 days to turn this around.
The clip here is lose leash walking, Sit, down, stay. He is on a flat collar, working for his dinner kibble.