Frank has been working on his "basic" commands this week. We have worked on Sit, Down, and Stay. He is also learning Heel and the follow me command, "come on". In addition, he is learning to sit at doors to come in or go out. Frank is a very smart dog and is very responsive to the training. Frank did get a little aggressive with the other dogs the first few days, but I feel a lot of this stems from his own insecurities as well as not knowing how to properly "speak" dog. He gets excited when the other dogs are around and to him this translates into the aggression. By preventing his over excitement, I feel that we will be able to manage his behavior better with the other dogs. This has already worked one on one with him and our German Hunt Terrier, Dona. However, you have to always be ahead of him looking for things that will over excite him. Prevention is the key. Learning to know what triggers his behaviors will help you manage his aggression and other bad behaviors.
