Hi Carrie:
Well Dad went for his class today and I got to go and watch as the trainer thought we should work together on Perry. I thought she had some pretty good ideas. She said to carry treats with us and when we saw a dog, stop and distract him with a treat and say nice puppy., the same with people. She felt his problem was being over protective of us.
She said to go to the park and sit on a bench with him while other dogs go by to get him used to them.
She felt the problem with him hating the leash stemmed from being trained to go in the ring and because he was being trained with a choke collor and leash. He goes crazy when the leash comes out.
He is a wonderful loving dog and we love him so much, I think a little training and consistency will do wonders.
Carrie if you have any suggestions, all are welcome!
Jackie