New Sheepdog Mom - Puppy Class Help
I want her to have manners and be the kind of girl I can take just about any where with me. Has anyone else had problems like this? I knew they could be stubborn and opinionated but HELP!!!!! |
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| I have a suggestion, I had this trouble with Penelope- all turns, she was miserable at the figure eight- I continue to have some trouble with Chelsea, I find that when turning is taught as a fluid extension of "heel" and is a part of a vigorous walk, they respond much better than indoors or on demand in a training room. I hold a treat down by my knee and try to get Chelsea's attention, or on the walk without treats I pat my knee to get her attention, then I push her nose with my knee in the direction I want her to turn- it sounds complex, but it's not, when she feels that contact she usually takes the cue. Sort of like a bridle on a horse. I know they are supposed to be watching and paying attention and just make the turns on command, but with the stubborn streak they all seem to have inherited from some long ago common ancestor, I think sometimes we have to accomodate this in our training and 'trick' them into obeying us.
That said- as if I am some wise old sage- as I am completely anxious 'cause we start obedience with Chalsea tonight- so plan on more deperate questions from me as we embark on this roller coaster ride! |
| Thanks so much...It worked. We had a much better class this Sunday. Still not great but a big improvement. The Teacher is also thinking we are having a lot of problems because of the amount she has grown in the past two week. We haven't really noticed a huge difference in her size because we spend so much time with her but whole class commented that she looks like a different puppy.
I hope your classes went well with Chalsea last week and thanks for the great advice. |
| This happened to us as well. Every week when we came into puppy class people really went crazy over how much Carl had grown. They thought it was a wind up, that we were putting one over on them. Like we had various sizes of sheepdogs at the house and just paraded a larger one in everytime.
On the training end of it; Carl took first place in his puppy kindergarten class. They said that he was the best puppy they had seen in a long time. In level one, he failed miserably. He always tried to herd me through the turns and the fast heels. I found that letting him know early that the turn was coming helped a lot. (If I had turn signals it would have worked perfectly.) He seemed to have a short attention span and we weren't supposed to be using food. We would pop the leash and say ready before the turn and then go into the turn. It would help him focus. I often wondered if food wouldn't have worked much better for him in this way. It seems to have worked well for others. |
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