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Part of the problem is that my grandma doesn't walk her enough and she has way too much pent up energy. Do you walk your dog everyday for at least a half hour? She might have too much of that same energy. Even if she does get walked enough, I would still walk her before you try any of this training with her so she'll be a little easier to work with.
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During the weeks we don't "walk" her but we play ball with her alot and over the weekend, my dad takes her to a rural area where we have a house and they run up to 5 miles and she's always out and about and she
is aging so we she is a bit calmer. I don't think energy is a problem though.
Also, I think I'm going to try the clicker method but does anyone know if this would be an okay way to modify it:
Get her to do basic things like sit for the clicker and stay and such. Then move on to when people are in the driveway make her sit and if she barks, no treat or I distract her by making her sit. Then, when people knock, distract her with the click until she gets to thinking,
Hey, when people walk up the driveway and I sit, I get cookies! , then move on to people leaving with the same method.
Do you think thats okay? And I can't seem to find any dog behaviorists in my area and I will keep looking.