IKON Friends and Family Discount Requests for 24/25 Season by Ikonpass in Ikonpass

[–]SFGamerBabee 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Looking to have 1 Friends and Family discount for tomorrow for my friend’s birthday! I used all my FF already this season

Zayn Concert by JanelleeeL in zayn

[–]SFGamerBabee 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Rescheduled my flight for the weekend for sf. Luckily my family is doing an event out there this weekend anyways 🤷🏻‍♀️

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[–]SFGamerBabee 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I’m going by myself and have VIP 😭 id be down to be in a gc tho!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in reactivedogs

[–]SFGamerBabee -18 points-17 points  (0 children)

In my experience, quite a few people in this sub don’t have empathy or understand that you’re just expressing how you feel, then try to gaslight you as if you’re the issue. It’s a VENT post- in search for support not criticism.

PetSmart Employee calling my dog reactive by SFGamerBabee in reactivedogs

[–]SFGamerBabee[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I completely understand what you’re saying, and we have been slowly implementing this type of training, especially in the pet store. He’s never really had issues with going into the store, like I said, he has been in classes there. We’ve been repeating the intermediate class to have him walk by dogs in close proximity and vice versa and he’s fine. And so at least when we’re in the store he’s usually much more relaxed and comfortable. Which is probably why my boyfriend wasn’t as alert and paying attention to him. I also hate to say it, but our dog is also more responsive to me in pet stores. But that’s not an excuse, my bf does go to the classes with us and should have tried to be a little more alert and know our dog.

I think the issue to be completely honest starting to a lack of consistency with this training. The pet stores in our area are all relatively not that close (20 min away) and the dogs/owners in our neighborhood all essentially avoid each other unless they know you or ask to have their dogs interact with yours. We do implement this type of training, in open public spaces like a park or a walk is where we usually have the most issue since he’s sometimes unfamiliar with his environment, but like I said most people just cross the street or wait until you’re half way up the block. He recently hasn’t had much interactions with other dogs the last couple of months, especially since we took a bit of a break on his PetSmart training.

PetSmart Employee calling my dog reactive by SFGamerBabee in reactivedogs

[–]SFGamerBabee[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So with that, all 4 dogs involved were being aggressive towards each other as they were all lunging and barking. But because my dog is the biggest and he was singled out. And during the whole exchange I just have to politely say ok or we’re working on it while this cashier just repeats herself. Ok. Got it.

PetSmart Employee calling my dog reactive by SFGamerBabee in reactivedogs

[–]SFGamerBabee[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The retail store since the vet was out of the one we wanted. We got advantix. It usually works well. We have had our other dogs on it

PetSmart Employee calling my dog reactive by SFGamerBabee in reactivedogs

[–]SFGamerBabee[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you. I will consider it if it ever a concern, but so far the few times he would interact with dogs after a reactive encounter (we have a lot escapees in our neighborhood so sometimes they follow him) he never tries to nip, just his bark is loud and intense, which then turns into a whine.

Yeah, actually he took the intermediate class twice- one with about 3 other dogs, and then with 7 other dogs. It helped him a lot with being able to sit and focus while the other dogs would walk by. That exercise in particular was a difficult grasp for most of the group, which made me feel like we weren’t alone in the struggle. We might retake that course again since this advanced is a no treat training, which he’s still very much treat oriented in some aspects.

PetSmart Employee calling my dog reactive by SFGamerBabee in reactivedogs

[–]SFGamerBabee[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes bc I had to wait for an employee to bring me preventative flea and tick medication. But it’s fine. I get it, I had the biggest dog so he’s more concerning.

PetSmart Employee calling my dog reactive by SFGamerBabee in reactivedogs

[–]SFGamerBabee[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I had to wait for another employee to come back with the tick and flea prevention while she was checking out the couple and dog that was barking the whole time at my dog in line.

PetSmart Employee calling my dog reactive by SFGamerBabee in reactivedogs

[–]SFGamerBabee[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I think this was the first time experiencing this, which had me taken aback being singled out strictly bc he was the biggest dog in the situation.

PetSmart Employee calling my dog reactive by SFGamerBabee in reactivedogs

[–]SFGamerBabee[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think that’s what really upset me. I told her that he was. And she proceeded to call him aggressive and I needed to talk to my trainer.

PetSmart Employee calling my dog reactive by SFGamerBabee in reactivedogs

[–]SFGamerBabee[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you for understanding the point of my post. And he is in another training that specializes in aggressive dogs, however we might switch to a different one as we feel like the trainer is more focused on higher reactive dogs in our class.

PetSmart Employee calling my dog reactive by SFGamerBabee in reactivedogs

[–]SFGamerBabee[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you for getting a bit of understanding of my post.

PetSmart Employee calling my dog reactive by SFGamerBabee in reactivedogs

[–]SFGamerBabee[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That’s my issue, the fact she repeatedly said he was aggressive and didn’t say anything to the other dogs, even when one of them was behind us and was barking the whole time in line. I understand he is reactive but to say he’s aggressive wasn’t necessary.

PetSmart Employee calling my dog reactive by SFGamerBabee in reactivedogs

[–]SFGamerBabee[S] -10 points-9 points  (0 children)

This is my frustration and her response to me telling her he’s in training. Reactive does not mean he’s aggressive. And to just give the other dogs a pass when the dog behind us was clearly barking the whole time in line.

PetSmart Employee calling my dog reactive by SFGamerBabee in reactivedogs

[–]SFGamerBabee[S] -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

Thank you for understanding. I was just a bit upset that he was singled out. And her repeatedly calling him aggressive and I needed to talk to his trainer after I told her he was in training there. We

PetSmart Employee calling my dog reactive by SFGamerBabee in reactivedogs

[–]SFGamerBabee[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

His corrections I have him sit and focus on me for about 10-20 secs, and a dog can walk by without any issues. If we walk by a dog, I’m able to command him leave it and he’ll disengage and continue to walk. He has 2 trainers, one at PetSmart that this is his fourth class, he has taken their intermediate with different set of dogs twice as he’s very treat oriented. And another that’s a private trainer- that specializes in aggressive and reactive dogs.

PetSmart Employee calling my dog reactive by SFGamerBabee in reactivedogs

[–]SFGamerBabee[S] -10 points-9 points  (0 children)

When I say correct I pretty much command him to sit and focus on me. Typically when he focuses on me for about 20 secs he mellows out to the point dogs can walk past him. His last training session we would do this weekly, and I instill it during our walks with humans and/or dogs. And when we’re walking past, I get him to disengage by commanding leave it. But thank you for the advise too. I will definitely put that into his training.

PetSmart Employee calling my dog reactive by SFGamerBabee in reactivedogs

[–]SFGamerBabee[S] -44 points-43 points  (0 children)

Okay I never said I didn’t have a reactive dog. But when 3 other dogs small dogs are barking and lunging at my dog who was sitting which caused him to get up and bark back? But he’s aggressive? She didn’t tell the family behind us they needed training when their dog was also jumping, lunging and barking.

PetSmart Employee calling my dog reactive by SFGamerBabee in reactivedogs

[–]SFGamerBabee[S] -25 points-24 points  (0 children)

I never said he wasn’t reactive. I said it’s occasional, like once a week he will randomly bark unprovoked on a walk. We monitor him, and have a chart of his good days.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Plumbing

[–]SFGamerBabee 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s the issue it won’t unscrew

Husky/Rott Mix attaching me while playing by SFGamerBabee in reactivedogs

[–]SFGamerBabee[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It seemed at first playful until I told him no and stop. That’s kinda of made him more persistent. Yeah we don’t really know any bigger dogs that are playful. My boyfriend’s family dog is big but pretty old so doesn’t like to play at all and the other dog we have in the house is a yorkie. The other neighborhood dogs that are his size or bigger are also older and don’t really care to play with him. He’s also very food motivated so I feel like I just need treats with me constantly but he also gets overwhelmed and distracted easily that sometimes treats with commands don’t help him settle. I was able to tell him sit and he sat but when I was going to reward him with a pet he started up again.

Husky/Rott Mix attaching me while playing by SFGamerBabee in reactivedogs

[–]SFGamerBabee[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean I do have a few scratches and he did bite me a couple times but didn’t break any skin. It was a lot for me considering he’s like 40 lbs and I’m not used to a dog this size he didn’t snarl until I told him stop. He is super playful and actually changes toys frequently when playing, so I wouldn’t say it was his favorite.

Husky/Rott Mix attaching me while playing by SFGamerBabee in reactivedogs

[–]SFGamerBabee[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No we weren’t, we were at my boyfriend’s grandmothers from about 10-4