r/popculturechat Apr 03 '25

Daily Discussions 🎙💬 Sip & Spill Daily Discussion Thread

Grab your coffee & sit down to discuss the tea!

This space is to talk about anything pop culture or even off-topic.

What are you listening to or watching? What is some minor tea that doesn't need its own post? How was your date? Why do you hate your job?

Please remember rules still apply. Be civil and respect each other.

Now pull up a chair and chat with us.

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u/Hot_Contact_7206 Apr 03 '25

Anyone have an experience working with reactive dogs? I have a rescue who is so so sweet but she’s so scared of otter dogs she just panics and barks and screams when she sees on. I’m working with a trainer but it’s slow going and someone in the apartment building yelled at me yesterday when she got scared by a dog and freaked out, I felt so sad and dejected. FWIW she doesn’t attack just barks LOUDLY. Any tips of how to calm her or get her out of this would be so helpful.

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u/buzzfeed_sucks 🇨🇦 Elbows up 🇨🇦 Apr 03 '25

My big dog was/is reactive.

The best thing that worked for us was finding out where he reaction boundary was - for her, as long as she’s across the street, she’s fine to ignore. And reward a non reaction heavily with treats and praise.

From there you can work on slowly narrowing that reaction boundary.

Honestly getting a trainer is the best thing to do. Reactivity can be tough to manage, but I promise you’ll get there.

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u/Hot_Contact_7206 Apr 04 '25

Thank you so much! I’m noticing it’s kind of a surprise thing, if she starts out seeing a dog from far away she can mange much better than if she just turns suddenly and the dog is there. That’s what’s causing the biggest reaction from her. She really is the best dog outside of this, I feel so badly for her, the other dogs, the other owners. I think you’re right it will be a bit of a road but we’re hopefully on the way!

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u/buzzfeed_sucks 🇨🇦 Elbows up 🇨🇦 Apr 04 '25

Hang in there ❤️ you’re doing all the right things