April 19, 2011
I have a 2 1/2 year old Rot that isn’t house broken. Do I train her like she is an 8 week old pup?
Full Question:
Hello! My name is Ray. I am in the U.S. Navy stationed in Spain. First let me say thank you for your web site and training articles, info, etc. that you provide. I am a constant visitor to your site as I have used your site for help in training my 2 yr old male Rott. This is the best site for dog training!My question has to deal with training a 2 1/2 year female Rott that I have just adopted from a family friend. Now my male Rott is completely obedience trained. But my female Rott has never had any type of formal training. She is not even house broken as she lived on a big farm and was not allowed inside the house. She has a wonderful temperament but she is very submissive in nature. My question is do I need to train her as if she is an 8 week old puppy or should I approach it a different way since she is older. Thank you for your time and assistance.
Raymond
Ed's Answer:
You need to read what I have said about Basic Dog Obedience. This is how you train an older dog.
The advantage of starting with an older dog is you can apply corrections quicker than you can with a puppy - this does not mean you don't take them through the learning phase - it just means that with pups you can not correct - after it - you just do repetitions and NO REWARD - where as with an adult you can add a correction. Even soft dogs learn to respond well to corrections - they are just not corrected as hard - they are actually very easy to train because they don't like being corrected.
The advantage of starting with an older dog is you can apply corrections quicker than you can with a puppy - this does not mean you don't take them through the learning phase - it just means that with pups you can not correct - after it - you just do repetitions and NO REWARD - where as with an adult you can add a correction. Even soft dogs learn to respond well to corrections - they are just not corrected as hard - they are actually very easy to train because they don't like being corrected.
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