I have an approximately 22 month old female Cane Corso, she's half the size she should be (50 pounds) and I'm having trouble when she's not on the leash.
Until a month ago we lived in Sarajevo, Bosnia where letting a dog off the leash is illegal under all circumstances and there are no dog parks whatsoever so I didn't have the chance to do any off-leash training(other than in my friends garden with his dog). Now that I've moved to Austria (where there are many great "dog zones") I'd like to be able to let her play with other dogs. However she is being extremely possessive of me, as soon as any dog her size or larger comes near me she chases him off, and I have no idea of how to get her to stop.
The second problem is that when new people come into the dog park she immediately approaches them to check if their a threat by sniffing them, if they get scared she starts barking at them from a distance until I come near them, after that she stops paying attention to them.
I want to buy an E-collar and enroll an obedience class however until I find a job I'm on a budget and I can't afford either. And I don't want to wait for that to happen to start letting her off the leash
On the leash her behavior is great, however as soon as I let her off she starts misbehaving, can anyone give me any advice on how to stop this?
PS: she plays and behaves perfectly fine as long as the other dogs don't come up to me.
Until a month ago we lived in Sarajevo, Bosnia where letting a dog off the leash is illegal under all circumstances and there are no dog parks whatsoever so I didn't have the chance to do any off-leash training(other than in my friends garden with his dog). Now that I've moved to Austria (where there are many great "dog zones") I'd like to be able to let her play with other dogs. However she is being extremely possessive of me, as soon as any dog her size or larger comes near me she chases him off, and I have no idea of how to get her to stop.
The second problem is that when new people come into the dog park she immediately approaches them to check if their a threat by sniffing them, if they get scared she starts barking at them from a distance until I come near them, after that she stops paying attention to them.
I want to buy an E-collar and enroll an obedience class however until I find a job I'm on a budget and I can't afford either. And I don't want to wait for that to happen to start letting her off the leash
On the leash her behavior is great, however as soon as I let her off she starts misbehaving, can anyone give me any advice on how to stop this?
PS: she plays and behaves perfectly fine as long as the other dogs don't come up to me.