Boone-My Anatolian Unicorn

[fuzzi]

Now that I’m home, and not stressed out and reacting, I’m able to step back and deconstruct what happened.

Initially Boone let out his “I’m a dog!” Bark.
When the lab raced across the room at us they were literally touching noses. The other dog moved in and got rude at the same time Boone changed to a warning bark At no time did either dog bite.
I feel like a complete fool as I had citronella spray on my treat bag and never thought about it. The other dog should not have been off leash and should not have charged at us.
Boone was reactive but not wanting to hurt the dog. It could have been tragic due to Boone’s size and power.
I am going to to pull him from public access and just work on his tasks, skills and obedience. A little a lot of stuff goes the last few months because I just haven’t felt very good. I didn’t have any energy to do any training with him all these new things anxiety meds of blood pressure meds that Ivermectin the patches I feel better be more focused with him tonight. He learned to take my socks off and he did really good!! He’s starting to figure things out at a faster pace so there’s a lot I can do, I need to
Find someplace where there’s a couple dogs on leash in a controlled situation where I can start working him through and understand that he’s not gonna get to play with every dog he sees. Then I need to proof him. If he can nail this reactivity by the time he’s mature I’ll give him another try. If not, I spend most of my life at home and that’s what I need his assistance. It’s just very hard for me to go to town and not have his support.

Tonight he just wants to play the “gud boi” game. He’s opening and closing the bathroom door, he found my wallet and brought it to me, handed me all the dirty clothes and took my socks off.
If I’m mobile tomorrow, I’ll have him start working on taking off my jacket. That’s a lot more complex and difficult, but I think he can do it.

Sometimes we just need to step away from a situation, and our emotions, in order to assess. I think your analysis of Boone's behavior is correct, and so are your plans.

Hang in there.

 

[rachels.haven]

Those dogs were a threat and an LGD would rather die than leave you unprotected. His genetics code for bodyguard. He's your secret service. Your best shot will probably be to convince him that you've got it covered, but IDK how you're going to convince an Anatolian of that. His genetics also call for doubting you now that he's approaching grown up.

On the positive side, when you're out and about you're probably the safest woman for miles.

 

[Baymule]

If anyone can pull this off, it’s you. Boone is in not just good hands, he’s in the BEST hands. You have gone through a rough patch, but you are on the upswing, feeling better and can give Boone more training sessions.
Together, y’all got this!

 

[fuzzi]

On the positive side, when you're out and about you're probably the safest woman for miles.

My 90# GSD/Lab cross Tirzah had the bark and attitude of a GSD. I took her with me to the ATM. No one got close.

I miss her.