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I have taken everyone's advice and i am getting in a professional trainer this weekend. Thanks everyone, will let you know how she goes

I find your comment Nekbet very offending. On what grounds are you able to make judgements and critisim WITHOUT even knowing the background on which this is based. I feel belittled and challenged. Sounds like your trying to get across that i'm in no condition to keep a dog because i'm dumb and make silly deicsions to let my dog run wild and harass people. i hope you don't treat your clients like that, shouldn't you be giving them constructive critisim like 'instead of holding the treat in this hand, try holding it in the other' instead of, 'god! are you reatarded? hold it in the other hand!'. i'll tell you excatly what happened those three times. 1) Dog was at my grandparents farm while i was on holidays, she saw someone walking back from over the paddock so she jumped the house yard fence and ran over to this person and stopped 20m away barking. she then realised it was my grandad and so she ran up to greet him. 2) I was in my backyard hanging out washing and my neighbour helped herself in to ask for a lift to her work. The dog ran up to her barking. a bit closer this time then the first time. 3) i was running with her in an off leash park when she noticed a lady walking past so she ran up to her growling and barking. I'm not a moron Nekbet.

The weird thing is she is fine with kids off lead and when on lead no aggression at all. I was going to the Toowoomba Obedience club while she was a puppy for socialisation but to be honest they aren't very good, especially compared Australian Dog Training in Victoria. They don't really teach you anything or how to do anything. They jsut say sit your dog, now drop your dog and leave it at that. I will find a dog trainer to give me a hand though.

I'm in Toowoomba QLD 2hrs west from brisbane

Ok, one, i do not let her off the lead after she had done this for the third time. I suppose i worded myself incorrectly to let you guys think i just let her run wild. I am also in the middle of doing the NDTF course but I need direction on how to go about the problem, not comments saying ‘don’t let her off’ I know that. I’ve thought maybe if I had someone I could use as a target that I new but the dog didn’t and had her on the long line, but thought maybe she would think the punishment came from the target??? Professional dog trainers cost money….. I was hoping to get options.... She gets walked every day and goes out with me all weekend to run free on 60 arces with other dogs, whom she gets along with fine.

I have a GSD nearly two years old that will (when off lead) run up to someone and stand about 1/2 metre away with her bristles up, head down and barking with a little bit of growling. Each time this happens she's getting closer and closer to the poor random people. I'm worried that one day she may have a go at someone. After she has a couple of barks she will always come back when called with her tail wagging. I'm not sure how i would go about correcting this behaviour; obviously don’t let her of the lead but what if she gets out of the fence. I have been at my new rental property for 6 months now and this is when i have really started to notice this problem getting worse. All day she runs up and down the fence chasing people that are walking along the footpath. I'm thinking this is the problem, the people keep walking away so she thinks she has 'fought them off' thus rewarding the behaviour. Any ideas on how to fix this would be appreciated.