hello you both,
the thing with equipment or vocals is that it functions when the owner is there. But what happens when the dog is alone? The regulating "object" is not there. So the dog has not really learnt anything and has no choice but to show the established behaviour. You always have to be there to say "stay" or something like that, or the dog needs to wear the harness for the decision you want the dog to show.
When you would like a dog which can regulate itself, you have to start next to her with the leash. Not that the dog needs the lead, but the holder because humans are too slow for the dog. (or the dogs are too fast)
The distance should be built up, to a point where the dog can regulate itself, until the dog cannot see the owner.
Then the dog can show new behaviour without taking any influence.
The dog shows us only the symptom, not the cause.
In our example we see that the dog only tries to jump over the wall to
"greet" the passers by --> this is the symptom
The cause is something we cannot see --> why does the dog try to jump over the wall?
Therefore you have to know that there is a difference between territory and district.
Territory is the survival space, and the dog will defend this, because in this space there are all the things he needs to stay alive.
The district is a space which can be shared with other rivals that does not neccessarily need to result in a serious fight situation.
The territory for your dog is the house and the garden. So when pedestrians walk by the survival is definitely threatend from your dog's point of view.
The reason why she climbes up and tries to say "hello" is to check up how much risk potential the people have and if your survival is in danger.
So she does a job which normally should belong to you.
To change the cause means to take the responsibility from her.
LG
gs
Sorry for my weird sentences
Bichon Frise Jumping Block Wall 
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