April 19, 2011
My dog does not like being in the dog crate and he jumps and nips at people in the house. What can I do?
Full Question:
Dear Mr.Frawley,I'm very sorry to disturb you because I know you are a busy man. I have your basic obedience DVD but now I have other problems with my dog. First of all I would like to thank you for the great job you are doing helping us with our problem and also for your time in reading this. My dog doesn't like to be in his cage, we have to pull him in the cage but I don't like doing this because it looks like cruelty to animals. What can I do about this? We let the dog out at night. When he was a young pup we made a mistake by not socializing the pup. Another problem is he always jump on my family members but not snapping, he just jumps at you and runs away and then he come back and jumps at you again. I use the choke chain but it is still doing this (maybe it is not strong enough?). How to correct a dog the right way? My family members always push him away but he will come back again. Sometimes he would bite their leg. Is this a temperament problem or just being naughty? If he is out with me he won't do this stuff. How to solve this? We don't want to put the dog to sleep or give away the dog because I think the dog is not the problem just the owner is at fault. Thanks a million Mr. Frawley, please don't put my letter under LETTERS THAT ANNOYS ME section. Thank you.
Michael
Malaysia
Ed's Answer:
This is a handler problem not a dog problem.
I would make this dog live in this crate ALL THE TIME until he was used to the crate. The only time he would come out of the crate would be when he ate, went for a walk or went outside. If a dog is in the crate it is pretty hard to jump on people. Feed this dog in the crate. The fact that he does not like being in the crate is not an issue. He will learn to live with it.
You do not train dogs like this with a choke chain - you train them with a PRONG COLLAR. When the dog is in the house he drags a line in the house so you can quickly grab it and give him a level 10 correction. Always say NO !!! before you correct him. Even if he gets down off the person when you verbally correct him you need to go to the dog (even if he runs away) take the drag line and give him a hard correction. The dog needs to learn that he will be corrected if he jumps, he needs to learn that even if he gets off after jumping he will get corrected. This is called being consistent in your training.
I would make this dog live in this crate ALL THE TIME until he was used to the crate. The only time he would come out of the crate would be when he ate, went for a walk or went outside. If a dog is in the crate it is pretty hard to jump on people. Feed this dog in the crate. The fact that he does not like being in the crate is not an issue. He will learn to live with it.
You do not train dogs like this with a choke chain - you train them with a PRONG COLLAR. When the dog is in the house he drags a line in the house so you can quickly grab it and give him a level 10 correction. Always say NO !!! before you correct him. Even if he gets down off the person when you verbally correct him you need to go to the dog (even if he runs away) take the drag line and give him a hard correction. The dog needs to learn that he will be corrected if he jumps, he needs to learn that even if he gets off after jumping he will get corrected. This is called being consistent in your training.
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