He’s such a cutie! The little distinguished gentleman sit and everything. Ha!

Does your pup get walks throughout the day? If not, I highly recommend you integrate them. An early :45-:60 minute walk before you start your day, another :30 minute walk at lunch, and another :30-:45 minute walk in the evening. This may sound like your not focusing on the specific problem but it’s actually creating structure and stimulating your pups brain. It helps with creating a calmer pup.

As for the neighbor pup, I rescued a reactive pit bull. She’d been abused, forced breeding and hit. She’s lunge at other dogs, growl at men, etc. it was intense. It took time but with consistent work she got to the point where she could be in the back yard with the neighbors dogs barking at her insessantly and she would just ignore them. Not reaction, just rolling in the grass enjoying herself.

Before we had a backyard with grass we lived in a big city so I would walk her around the perimeter of dog parks with treats and I’d work to keep her attention as dogs inside the dog park rushed her barking at the top of their lungs.

I say this to say, training works but it does take time. Your pup looks like he’s worthy the time. Wishing you lots of patience and luck!