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My dog lunges at certain people on walks. How can I train him?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Dog | German Shepherd | Male | unneutered | 1 year and 11 months old

I just want to improve my dog not to lunge while on walk necause he lunge at other but not everyone but few peoples only i also try to make him sit then he sit and as soon as person passes by he tries to lunge so how i make him understand that he don't have to lunge because i also want to adopt anither gsd but if he behave like tbis i dont think that i can adopt any other dog and i can think of planning my baby with my wife

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Answered By Angel Alvarado, LVT

Licensed Veterinary Technician

Published on November 14th, 2017

You can use a head harness, such as a Gentle Leader or Halti, to exert more control and to easily redirect Bruno away from any stimuli. Work with a trainer to reinforce basic commands, especially "sit", "stay" and "leave it".

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