Walks from hell with the kids.
The kids were off for 4 days from school, so they had to join us on a walk. He went psycho. With a prong he self steers, with a prong and kids, he pronged himself, and than he attacked me, the leash and the leash clip, because the kids went ahead. So I told them walk behind, to which he again attacked the leash. So I switched the prong to a gentle leader, so he couldn't bite, which helped, but his focus us so bad when the kids are outside, this includes the yard, that he will non stop bark, whine and lunge. I have zero issues in the house. He absolutely refuses play, and we do stop walking the minute he acts up, but we cannot separate our walk towhere the kids are having fun in the snow. He cannot be off leash, as we are in the midst of car chasing training. My son is not strong enough to handle a large pushy 4 month old pup. My daughter has corrected him for jumping. And when we are beside them he figures out they suck and I rock, but put a few feet btwn us and all bets are off. Taking him to town would be a disaster. As he acts like you are beating him if he sees someone walking and ignoring him. Yes I marker train. But I don't think shoveling treats in his face constantly will fix this. And the idiots in town that would help won't stop him from jumping or mouthing. Help me correct this the right way please! |
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| Nvmnd, got advice from Leerburg! |
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| Plain old distraction training companies with marker training. Changed the prong to a slip lead curbed the leash biting, tho he still chomps air! He is in the terrible toddler stage, needed earplugs for the car ride to town for his rabies shot. That was hell. Barking, whining and climbing the car, I had to sit in back and force him in a down. He was pissed at Jim, as he thinks he can climb on the driver. To tether him is to start the wrath of an angry pup! I will be using the truck as marker training. We will sit in it a few times a day until he gets used to sitting quiet. Those times I will have earplugs lol. My rule with him is we don't move until he is calm. Sometimes he gets it quick, other times he will spazz til he tires out. The force is strong with this one lol |
Sounds like you need tons of patience to teach this pup. Please keep us up to date as I find these type of emails a good "refresher" to remember not to allow bad habits. Good luck.     |
| I actually found the power of the tug! Matched with marker training for drop it, I am able to distract him from most things now. With only 3 days training. We train during our walks, and in the house, he has a very high drive, and I was able to have him ignore the moron following us with their car up until said idiot got out of their car, and approached us and started baby talking him. He lunged, broke the flat collar off, so I cursed at her and was able to grab him, attach a slip collar and re-direct him to the tug and walked off. With the tug, he is able to focus on me very well, be encouraged to out it with the marker training, and knows when I picked the tug, we move on. Now to throw the kids in the mix ! Just need a few more passing cars to proof him! So for his age I am super proud, and the play has really sealed our bond. He seems more happy, and independent. And the tug after grooming rather than a treated him looking forward to his brushing! Will update more this weekend! |
BeckyN wrote: I actually found the power of the tug! Matched with marker training for drop it, I am able to distract him from most things now. With only 3 days training. We train during our walks, and in the house, he has a very high drive, and I was able to have him ignore the moron following us with their car up until said idiot got out of their car, and approached us and started baby talking him. He lunged, broke the flat collar off, so I cursed at her and was able to grab him, attach a slip collar and re-direct him to the tug and walked off. With the tug, he is able to focus on me very well, be encouraged to out it with the marker training, and knows when I picked the tug, we move on. Now to throw the kids in the mix ! Just need a few more passing cars to proof him! So for his age I am super proud, and the play has really sealed our bond. He seems more happy, and independent. And the tug after grooming rather than a treated him looking forward to his brushing! Will update more this weekend! AWESOME!!! |
The tug being a tuggy toy? xx  |
The rope one, with the knots on either end  |
| Ah babies. I think it is like childbirth, one forgets how challenging puppies can be. One thing you can also do is to enlist the help of a friend in setting up situations. So, for example, if you want to train good behaviour when a car passes, get a friend to meet you in her car, maybe on a quiet street and set the pup up for success, get the car to pass a few times and work on that skill. Similarly with things like doorbell ringing at home. Or jumping (I worked hard on jumping as I cannot stand it when a dog jumps on me, it hurts!). Strangers are the worst! Squealing and baby talking when you are out walking your dog. We encounter that all the time, having a perfectly lovely walk with the dogs when some random stranger squeals in delight at the cute sheepdogs. Then my arm gets pulled. We are still working on that. I might just move to the country.... |
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