I'm all out of ideas here, and hoping someone else has a few. Our dog just turned one. He's good with commands, but we're still working on "come." He's at the point where he comes most of the time, unless there's something super interesting distracting him.
Which leads to our problem. Our neighbor next door has two dogs. They "play-fight" (as the neighbor calls it) with each other--lots of growling and snarling and jumping around and barking and biting. It sounds horrible, but neighbors don't feel that it needs to be curtailed. Problem is, it drives our dog crazy. He gets really upset by it and runs back and forth along the fence (chain link) barking his head off.
So, each time, I go out and bring our dog in, which can sometimes be a major event since he can easily outrun me and isn't inclined to listen to commands when he's so worked up. The neighbors will do nothing to control their dogs, so it's all on us--aside from our dog getting upset, I can't imagine that any of the other neighbors is too pleased about this noise, so I can't ignore it.
Would a fence that he can't see through help or would the *noises* from the other dogs still drive him batty? What else can I do to calm our dog when this is going on? I have to say that our pup is very social--he's never had a problem with any other dog. He often goes to the park with us and plays nicely with the other pups. There is a dog behind us (same fence) who he'll sniff and play with but doesn't flip out, which is why I believe it's the other dogs' fighting and not the fence itself that is the problem.
I know I can't control the other dogs. What can I do to help MY dog? Putting up a fence that he can't see through is my only idea but I don't want to go through all that expense and time and effort if the noise of the dog fighting is going to elicit the same response.
Help?!
Which leads to our problem. Our neighbor next door has two dogs. They "play-fight" (as the neighbor calls it) with each other--lots of growling and snarling and jumping around and barking and biting. It sounds horrible, but neighbors don't feel that it needs to be curtailed. Problem is, it drives our dog crazy. He gets really upset by it and runs back and forth along the fence (chain link) barking his head off.
So, each time, I go out and bring our dog in, which can sometimes be a major event since he can easily outrun me and isn't inclined to listen to commands when he's so worked up. The neighbors will do nothing to control their dogs, so it's all on us--aside from our dog getting upset, I can't imagine that any of the other neighbors is too pleased about this noise, so I can't ignore it.
Would a fence that he can't see through help or would the *noises* from the other dogs still drive him batty? What else can I do to calm our dog when this is going on? I have to say that our pup is very social--he's never had a problem with any other dog. He often goes to the park with us and plays nicely with the other pups. There is a dog behind us (same fence) who he'll sniff and play with but doesn't flip out, which is why I believe it's the other dogs' fighting and not the fence itself that is the problem.
I know I can't control the other dogs. What can I do to help MY dog? Putting up a fence that he can't see through is my only idea but I don't want to go through all that expense and time and effort if the noise of the dog fighting is going to elicit the same response.
Help?!