May 17, 2011
I think I have over corrected my 10 month old Rott because she is scared of me. Can I fix this?
Full Question:
I have disciplined my rott to the point that she is scared of me. When I walk towards her she turns the other direction, if she knows I'm after her she will pee. When she is next to me, any sudden moves by me causes her to jump. My cousin said I broke her spirit, is this true? And is it correctable? We also have a toy poodle/yorkie mixed and she likes to eat her pooh, how do you stop that? The main reason we got her was to protection. 
Ed's Answer:
A lot of people who don’t know much about dog training make this mistake.
You may be able to turn it around if you educate yourself and don’t screw up anymore.
I recommend that you visit my web site and read a training article I recently wrote titled THE THEORY OF CORRECTIONS IN DOG TRAINING.
The reason I wrote this article was to help people understand how to motivate their dogs in training. Most people either use the wrong kind of correction or over correct dogs in training. I am not a fan of “force training” (although I most defiantly believe that every dog needs to go through a correction phase). By exploring corrections in training you will become a better dog trainer.
I recommend that you get the 4 ½ hour DVD I did on my Basic Obedience program.
You will probably find that you have not had the full picture on the training steps for training your dog. A dog must go through training steps before it can be considered fully trained.
When you read the description of the DVD on my web site you will find out why I am not a fan of taking an untrained dog to obedience classes. No professional dog trainer would ever take his dog to an obedience class with 15 or 20 untrained dogs and try and train it there. Dogs cannot learn when faced with this kind of distraction.
If you read the testimonials on my DVD you will see that my customers feel the same way.
While obedience training is not the solution to all behavioral issues it most defiantly is part of the solution for every single behavioral problem.
You may be able to turn it around if you educate yourself and don’t screw up anymore.
I recommend that you visit my web site and read a training article I recently wrote titled THE THEORY OF CORRECTIONS IN DOG TRAINING.
The reason I wrote this article was to help people understand how to motivate their dogs in training. Most people either use the wrong kind of correction or over correct dogs in training. I am not a fan of “force training” (although I most defiantly believe that every dog needs to go through a correction phase). By exploring corrections in training you will become a better dog trainer.
I recommend that you get the 4 ½ hour DVD I did on my Basic Obedience program.
You will probably find that you have not had the full picture on the training steps for training your dog. A dog must go through training steps before it can be considered fully trained.
When you read the description of the DVD on my web site you will find out why I am not a fan of taking an untrained dog to obedience classes. No professional dog trainer would ever take his dog to an obedience class with 15 or 20 untrained dogs and try and train it there. Dogs cannot learn when faced with this kind of distraction.
If you read the testimonials on my DVD you will see that my customers feel the same way.
While obedience training is not the solution to all behavioral issues it most defiantly is part of the solution for every single behavioral problem.
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