I have a 10 months old Caucasian ovcharka that doesn't let me touch him when he's sitting or laying down in a spot. When he's sitting or laying in a spot and I try approaching him, he begins to lick lips, the whitish part of his eyes shows and ears down with an intimidating facial expression. Also, when I get back from work and he sees me, he gets exited, tails wagging but as i come closer to him he starts to retreat and changes his mood and doesn't want me to touch him. We play very well too, it's just that he's like that sometimes. Also, he has food aggression

Hi. I have a 10 months old Caucasian ovcharka that doesn't let me touch him when he's sitting or laying down in a spot. When he's sitting or laying in a spot and I try approaching him, he begins to lick lips, the whitish part of his eyes shows and ears down with an intimidating facial expression. Also, when I get back from work and he sees me, he gets exited, tails wagging but as i come closer to him he starts to retreat and changes his mood and doesn't want me to touch him. We play very well too, it's just that he's like that sometimes. And also, he has food aggression.

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On a more serious note now, I hate saying the same things over and over again...This particular issue has been addressed on several threads here on NL pets...

Anyways, let's deal...so we can all learn and grow together.
I don't really believe in "coercive training", which involves the use of commands to dogs; STAND! SIT!! CATCH!!! Don't treat your pets like they are some sort of slaves. At some point, they tend to forget or mix up these command prompts.

The easiest method is "persuasive training" where the only thing it needs is building a chemistry with your pets. A dog is like a growing kid who have every tendency to learn from their leads. Do you know dogs actually read minds? But u need to bridge the communication gap in order to realize this natural gift of theirs, build a connection between your mind and theirs, read into their sub-.conscious...I never chose any particular method in training my dogs any of these social attribute, it happened naturally...

I can leave my dogs indoors and leave a plate of chicken on the table, and i'll be rest assured that even if I go for 2hrs, i'll meet the plate of food untouched...All I need do is give them a warning look and an occasional "don't go there, its mine"....They tend to read me even without saying a word.

This is the point where I support smileysmiles' opinion on the use of body language but all these cuts down to the chemistry thingy...

Now the question is this, How do you build a chemistry between you and your dogs? I'll ask you this, when was the last time you fed your dogs from your hands? For those who give pet tabs and dog supplements, do you open up their mouths to insert the tabs or you just put it in their food? Have you ever slept in the same bed with your dog? All these things build bonds but most people don't know, they believe its all about keeping dogs locked up in cages and kennels...

You might think i'm weird but could you believe I actually take baths with my dogs, they've seen me nude on several occasions...When I eat, they all sit around me, they wont even give me a second glance cos they've been trained not to stare...All these things builds bonds. They see themselves as a part of me, they understand my moods, they learn through love and not thru pain....

I can go on and on... but i'll rather not bore you with my talks...

What a pity I'm just replying this thread 3 years later.
Honestly, this is literally one of the best write ups I've seen about dogs and their owners. Some people just get dogs for the means of making profit (breeding) and if they're not working out as planned they get rid of the dogs, some get dogs and lock them up in cages or chain them throughout the day and some beat their dogs like thieves out of anger, then I begin to wonder if the owners are beasts or humans. Some like it when they're feared by their dogs and don't know the difference between a dog being scared of you and a dog that respects you. I really love the way your dog naturally sees and respects you as the alpha. Some say you loose your alpha status if your dog gets too clingy with you and that's a big fat lie. There's one thing I also noticed about your write up, you didn't teach your dog basic commands, he just picked them up through your body language. Dogs are great masters of body language. I love the fact that you don't have a difficult time in communicating with your dog (which is very easy because he respects you as the alpha), a dog will always do what will please it's leader. I hope y'all learnt from his write up. I hope the dog is still alive though, it's been 3 years now
Cheers ���

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I was strolling last week and I saw this big CO dragging its owner around, the poor man almost fell down! As I walked quietly behind them, I realised that the owner was in a great deal of misery! I stopped him and talked to him about the heel training, he seemed marvelled, he told me that he was considering buying a choke chain but he seemed willing to try the method out, coincidentally, I saw this same man walking with his dog yesterday evening and the dog was by his side! Though the man kept feeding it gala(sausage roll) repeatedly...lol!
but the dog remained by his side and didn't drag its owner all over the street!

The heel training helps to keep the dog by your side, it's no fun for you to be hurled around like a doll while walking your dog!
Though it may consume a large amount of treat!
Some people use gala for treats and some use chucks of beef and chicken! Whatever your dog likes or whatever suits you!
Or you can use clickers for your dog! I'll talk more about that too

This is what I'm facing to be honest, my dog is literally a large dog, a CO as well and it gets embarrassing when he starts pulling on leash. He's heavy so it gets hard trying to control him. He doesn't pull when we set out, it's when we're returning from a walk he always pulls, it's like he's scared of something that's why he pulls...

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I have a 10 months old Caucasian ovcharka that doesn't let me touch him when he's sitting or laying down in a spot. When he's sitting or laying in a spot and I try approaching him, he begins to lick lips, the whitish part of his eyes shows and ears down with an intimidating facial expression. He does that all the time when I just pass by his side. Also, when I get back from work and he sees me, he gets exited, tails wagging but as i come closer to him he starts to retreat and changes his mood and doesn't want me to touch him. Also, he's a very large dog and pulls on leash when we're returning from a walk, he always embarrasses the walker when he starts pulling because he's big and difficult to control when he starts pulling. Also I'd need some series of obedience trainings I can give my new pup and probably the big one as well

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