@PoppyKenna I've actually been really wanting to get the book BAT 2.0, I'll look more into it if you think its something that will help for him. He is so oddly fearful with people in our house, but is okay with them outside the house as long as they ignore him. Our condo is so small that its hard to give him distance. I'll look into those both, thank you!
@Ursie - Right now his high value is some type of food that I can eat. If I'm eating it, it becomes higher value to him. So cheese, cooked ground beef, cooked turky. He just is not food motivated, I've tried everything hot dogs are meh, liver meh, salmon crack meh. He was free fed meatloaf, steak, casserole and pork roast for most of his life. So he doesn't have any food drive.
I've been trying to teach Kota his name for months. He still doesn't bother to look at me when I say it. Lots of just say his name and treat, for weeks and then I try to add a pause and he has made no connection between his name=treat. He isn't deaf, I know that for sure.
If I try to bring him to the place where he is supposed to pee he screams and thrashes. Yet he will go there on his own to eat dirt. Just doesn't want to pee there and if I try to take him there it is an extremely negative situation. I'm tempted to get a gate and make a little channel from the doggy door to the grass. I'm afraid he will just pee/poop in front of the doggy door, step in it then bring it back in our house. He is already outside when he is going, just not on the grass.
I've used every tone of voice, he only somewhat reacts sometimes to a baby talk, mellower voice than I would with most dogs.
He is reactive to a lot of things. He is slightly dog aggressive, so reactive on and off a leash. He is people reactive inside our house, men more so than women. He is very skittish of people he doesn't know VERY well even touching him. He lived with my BF's dad his entire life and still acts skittish though my BF swears his dad never even yelled at Kota. He barks at noises, people walking outside our house, shadows, noises and so on.
@Ursie - Right now his high value is some type of food that I can eat. If I'm eating it, it becomes higher value to him. So cheese, cooked ground beef, cooked turky. He just is not food motivated, I've tried everything hot dogs are meh, liver meh, salmon crack meh. He was free fed meatloaf, steak, casserole and pork roast for most of his life. So he doesn't have any food drive.
I've been trying to teach Kota his name for months. He still doesn't bother to look at me when I say it. Lots of just say his name and treat, for weeks and then I try to add a pause and he has made no connection between his name=treat. He isn't deaf, I know that for sure.
If I try to bring him to the place where he is supposed to pee he screams and thrashes. Yet he will go there on his own to eat dirt. Just doesn't want to pee there and if I try to take him there it is an extremely negative situation. I'm tempted to get a gate and make a little channel from the doggy door to the grass. I'm afraid he will just pee/poop in front of the doggy door, step in it then bring it back in our house. He is already outside when he is going, just not on the grass.
I've used every tone of voice, he only somewhat reacts sometimes to a baby talk, mellower voice than I would with most dogs.
He is reactive to a lot of things. He is slightly dog aggressive, so reactive on and off a leash. He is people reactive inside our house, men more so than women. He is very skittish of people he doesn't know VERY well even touching him. He lived with my BF's dad his entire life and still acts skittish though my BF swears his dad never even yelled at Kota. He barks at noises, people walking outside our house, shadows, noises and so on.
