Misunderstanding Commands
to her, "GET OFF THE _______" now means "GET OFF THE BED/COUCH/ETC. WHERE YOU SLEEP/REST/RELAX AND GET ON THE FLOOR WHERE WE RUN AND PLAY! WOOO! *leaps down most ungracefully and lands at a full run, grabbing whatever toy is in her path* IS THIS WHAT YOU MEANT?" It doesn't help that I find it hilarious and am encouraging it by laughing. Anyone else experience similar problems when training your dog? |
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I have somehow trained Mady that, if she is pulling me while on leash and I say 'slow down', it means slow down, and she does slow down, so no problem there. But then when I say 'good girl' for her slowing down, she somehow has translated that into 'oh, good, she caught up, now I can speed up and pull her again!'.  |
| It took us a while to realize what we'd done, but pretty early on our girls thought their name was TONKSANDLUNA. Neither one knew her specific name- they just responded to when we'd call both their names together, with an "And" in between. That took a while to undo.... |
Mady wrote: I have somehow trained Mady that, if she is pulling me while on leash and I say 'slow down', it means slow down, and she does slow down, so no problem there. But then when I say 'good girl' for her slowing down, she somehow has translated that into 'oh, good, she caught up, now I can speed up and pull her again!'. We have this too! Have you fixed it? Chowder is about the same age and a great dog but this is one of the things I can't stop! Our other mixed up command is "up". When we say "up" to get up from the sitting or laying down position somehow it means jump up, spin in one circle, and sit back down to get the treat. I'm not sure how but we laugh so hard because the spin is so funny and enthusiastic I'm not sure it will ever change. |
| I had 2 of them - both with his name. 1) out herding for our 1st leg of the HCT - I said "Chew" to get his attention. The judge (also the owner of the sheep) stopped the test and questioned what command I had just given my dog to HIS sheep!  ....when I realized how it must have sounded I laughed and said - "it's his NAME"....  and all was well, test resumed (and we passed).  2) Learning agility, at a seminar very early on. We were introducing the closed chute...so I gave the command "chute" like everyone else - and got my dog right back at me! The instructor looked concerned and said "you will need to work on that one, lead him up and make it fun, etc..."...But I realized it sounded just like "Chew" and told her what his name was...and we had a good laugh. So now we use "IN"...  |
Mady wrote: I have somehow trained Mady that, if she is pulling me while on leash and I say 'slow down', it means slow down, and she does slow down, so no problem there. But then when I say 'good girl' for her slowing down, she somehow has translated that into 'oh, good, she caught up, now I can speed up and pull her again!'. LOL, Nola does that too! Our command is "back" so she'll come back next to me, wait til I do my "good girl" thing and she's off again!!!!  |
New OES Mama wrote: Mady wrote: I have somehow trained Mady that, if she is pulling me while on leash and I say 'slow down', it means slow down, and she does slow down, so no problem there. But then when I say 'good girl' for her slowing down, she somehow has translated that into 'oh, good, she caught up, now I can speed up and pull her again!'. LOL, Nola does that too! Our command is "back" so she'll come back next to me, wait til I do my "good girl" thing and she's off again!!!! I've avoided that problem by teaching "thank you"..... I use a verbal marker "Yes!" for when they are learning something, but use "thank you" when they fix something they already knew and messed up. They know not to pull, but when they do and fix it, they get a "thank you" ...It sounds nice and they really get the difference.  |
| I have had some success by just not talking. The second she starts to pull, I stop. I point to the spot next to me, she comes back beside me, and we continue walking. I have learned, from Dawn I believe, way back when Mady was younger that what I did in the first part of our walk, even just leaving the house, would dictate how the walk went. Mady will take advantage if she thinks I am not paying attention, so I need to start the walk off properly. She does get concerned at times that I have forgotten my way to the dog park and I get the odd nose bump sending me in the right direction. |
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