# Dog Behavior Help

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-behavior-help/490573>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [March 24, 2009, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-behavior-help/490573 "2009-03-24T13:21:11Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![blackhobyah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/41988e/32.png) [@blackhobyah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blackhobyah)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2009, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-behavior-help/490573/21 "2009-03-25T06:33:51Z")

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> [@Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](#):
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> Can you provide a synopsis for those who don’t want to register?

This is a PDF of the article “He just wants to say hi”.  
[http://www.livingwithdogs.us/articles/He-just-wants-to-say-hi.pdf](http://www.livingwithdogs.us/articles/He-just-wants-to-say-hi.pdf)

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**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2009, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-behavior-help/490573/22 "2009-03-25T12:51:45Z")

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> [@silk1976](#):
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> Also - for most of this pose, I’m saying ‘you’ as in the general public reading this. Nothing pointed and personal at you, **Munch** 😃
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> EDIT: I just reread the thread and saw you mention that you have an invisible fence at home. OK, I can definately see the thought process there. Give me a moment while I remove my foot from my mouth.

No - no problem. I didn’t read anything mean about your post. I’m not the one with the fence, it was the previous owner. She certainly remembered what the beeping was, but was too unfamiliar with the environment for me to have put her in that situation.

Update: I got her a backpack yesterday. She’s not a huge fan of it, but adjusted really quickly. She seemed to be pretty distracted with it during our walk, and didn’t pull when she saw the neighborhood possum (though she was clearly concerned and vocal) - so that’s a great sign. She also walked behind me for a much greater portion than normal. I did a second lap with 4 water bottles, and she was fantastic.

Then we went inside, and she stood like a statue until I removed it. Pretty funny - but she got lots of treats as a reward.

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