12/08/2026
Can anyone help this girl?
Hi! I am posting with a slightly odd request, if there was anyone around the Belfast area or close by who may be able to help.
I adopted my dog, Fergie, back in January and he has come on leaps and bounds. Very recently I have discovered that he is reactive to Bernese Mountain Dogs, I’m not sure if this is from a bad past experience etc. but I would like to try to safely help him if it’s possible.
We have worked on a lot of his excitement with other dogs over the past few months using long distance reactivity training. However, we don’t run into Bernese Mountain Dogs often at all so it’s rare that I have a chance to do this with him.
So, if there happened to be anyone in or around the Belfast area, who may be happy to have their dogs leashed in a safe area at a distance from my dog, also leashed, it would be a massive help.
Of course, this may not work but I think it’s worth a try. Obviously, I will go with a trainer in the long run if we can’t figure this out ourselves but it’s not really in my budget right now.
Photo of Fergie (Ferguson) below, he’s a gentle giant usually so I would really like to help him improve if I can.
If you think you could help, please shoot me a pm.
Thank you! x