Hillary Hamilton

So can anyone give any suggestions on working with my boy? Like I've said before he is very dependent on me. When I go out of sight, he searches for me. He's afraid of noises like cracking whips and gunshots but not fireworks or thunder. He goes crazy over the puppy burlap sack and tugs on it and did well but when we switched to a jute type or the puppy one with handles, he really liked to fight for it but once he got it, he just dropped it. So we've stopped protection work for a while and have just done obedience and tracking (which he is SUPER at so YAY!!!). But when he sees a car tire (we have a truck tire in the back), he goes CRAZY!!!! He picks it up, slings it around, carries it and tugs on it!! EVERYTHING!! So...can you build drive with a tire??? lol Hopefully!!! lol Also, when we go out, people usually can't pet him. I REALLY have to watch his body language as to when he doesn't like someone. So now I have people giving him treats when they come up, which is helping some.

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