Rolex+Deebo wrote:She gets the same look when she sees a new dog. Never reacts aggressively, just fixates, and then says hi, and then she ignores them. I just need to fix the "fixate stare" because not only does it freak out other dogs, but it freaks out the owners and babies parents.
When I say baby, I am talking about 2yo and younger.
You cannot control all situations, and people do really stupid stuff around dogs. They let their kids do even dumber stuff. I've had kids run up to Ruby in parking lots out of nowhere, no parent in immediate evidence. People are idiots, but that won't excuse a disaster.
That's pretty silly. Babies move like babies, not prey. I have yet to see an infant dart about like a squirrel.
mnp13 wrote:Rolex+Deebo wrote:She gets the same look when she sees a new dog. Never reacts aggressively, just fixates, and then says hi, and then she ignores them. I just need to fix the "fixate stare" because not only does it freak out other dogs, but it freaks out the owners and babies parents.
When I say baby, I am talking about 2yo and younger.
Ok, well you may not have access to babies, but if she acts the same way to dogs then start working with dogs. When she's good with ignoring dogs then try babies.
In relation to what liz said, she had already fixated on the baby and then it moved away, so her attention remained fixated - like it was attached with a string. What liz is explaining is that you work her at a distance where her attention is not that fixated yet. So there is not close contact that moves away, there is no close contact at all to allow that hyper focus that is soooooo hard to break. (At least I think that's what she means)
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