Thanks Judy, this is really helpful -- she's quite excitable when the doorbell goes, but othewrise it's just the harness/lead! I think I'll try a combination of what you said and perhaps taking the harness/lead out sometimes and then NOT taking her out -- in an attempt to break the association...
Hi there,
I have a 4 year old Whippet mix who I adopted from a shelter about 2 years ago. For about 9 months now, whenever I take her lead and harness out to go for a walk (which we do for an hour daily), she gets consumed with overexcitement: she yips (high pitched), jumps up and down, shakes...
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