Dog and owner are then locked in a vicious cycle of tension and leash lunging that becomes hard to change. The anticipation of a problem tends to cause human tension, which is transmitted down the leash to the dog, effectively making the lunging behavior worse. Walking a dog that lunges and aggresses on leash is not a pleasant experience. If your dog’s behavior is reinforced by success (meaning distance has been increased), he is likely to react in the same manner again when faced with a similar stimulus. But if the same dog is leashed and unable to increase that distance, he will react or behave defensively in the hope that the fear source will go away. In normal circumstances, an unleashed dog would be able to put sufficient distance between himself and a fear source. Leash lunging, leash reactivity and leash aggression are all behaviors that are caused by a dog feeling restrained, frustrated and uncomfortable in a social situation while attached to a leash.
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