 article on puppy and company
#117824 - 11/14/2006 11:56 AM |
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Could anybody give me a link to an article on how to teach a pup to behave when people come over or to not jump on people?
My 4 1/2 month old pup goes nuts when people come over and he also has trouble with submissive urination. I try to tell people to just ignore him like we do, but if they sit down, he'll jump on them and pee! I don't scold him for peeing but I just need some type of routine to do when people come over so he gets used to that...
Would kenneling him up put a bad vibe on his kennel? Also, I know as soon as I let him out of his kennel, he's just going to go nuts to see these new people that he hasn't had a chance to sniff and check out. Any advice would be much appreciated! <img src="http://www.leerburg.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />
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#117826 - 11/14/2006 12:44 PM |
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Amy I think what you need is a Video on obedience training. Obedience is the foundation to everything. You can not build a house without a foundation nor can you expect you dog to act right with company if it does not have obedience as the foundation.
Think all what obedience could be used in this case.
(Have him sit and wait/stay, lay down and stay, heel to the door and sit and be petted).
Barbara Earnhardt
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#117827 - 11/14/2006 01:18 PM |
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Does that DVD use a prong collar? I tried to read but still am not sure. I'm thinking of getting that but I already have some basic obedience with my pup, he can lay, sit, roll over, shake, and I've been working on stay, but he doesn't do any of those things when people come over. You think it would still be worth it?
Will that DVD address submissive urination and what to do when company comes over?
Or do you think if I just lay the ground work now, he'll listen better once he's a little older and maybe stop getting soooo "excited"?
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#117828 - 11/14/2006 01:21 PM |
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Amy I think what you need is a Video on obedience training. Obedience is the foundation to everything. You can not build a house without a foundation nor can you expect you dog to act right with company if it does not have obedience as the foundation. ... Think all what obedience could be used in this case. ... (Have him sit and wait/stay, lay down and stay, heel to the door and sit and be petted).
Exactly. Give the dog a trained command for these occasions. It is SO much easier and more pleasant to give the dog something to do (like "sit") rather than NOT to do. And I strongly recommend a drag line to be clipped on before the visitors arrive.
http://www.leerburg.com/ubbthreads/showf...rue#Post4179281
This video covers all this and much more:
http://www.leerburg.com/302.htm
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#117829 - 11/14/2006 01:24 PM |
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Does that DVD use a prong collar? I tried to read but still am not sure. I'm thinking of getting that but I already have some basic obedience with my pup, he can lay, sit, roll over, shake, and I've been working on stay, but he doesn't do any of those things when people come over. You think it would still be worth it?
Will that DVD address submissive urination and what to do when company comes over?
Or do you think if I just lay the ground work now, he'll listen better once he's a little older and maybe stop getting soooo "excited"?
I'd lower the excitement level a LOT when people come over. Drag line in advance, sit before the door is answered, no excited attention to unwanted behavior.
Submissive urination will almost certainly be outgrown, I believe, but that's from research and not personal puppy knowledge.
From your description, you've done the instruction phase of some basic ob, but no distraction phase. Yes, the video would help. JMO.
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#117830 - 11/14/2006 01:43 PM |
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P.S. I have zero problem with prong collars, but I suspect that indoors, at this age, and in this situation, your money would be better spent on the video. <img src="http://www.leerburg.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />
If you don't have a drag lead, I'd get (or make) one to be clipped on *in advance*:
http://www.leerburg.com/leashes.htm#drag
The excitement of visitors is something that fuels unwanted behavior even in adult dogs. It helps enormously to have a certain behavior perfectly trained in advance, then slowly and gradually proofed against distraction (a friend ringing the bell, etc.).
Training has to be proofed; it's a longer process than the instruction part, but it's the part that makes it reliable. <img src="http://www.leerburg.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />
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#117831 - 11/14/2006 02:39 PM |
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Thanks for the advice. I was asking about the prong collar b/c I don't really want to use one, not that I have a problem with them but I think my pup would respond to just a regular collar.
I think a drag leash on our pup is a good idea, it'll give him the freedom to get comfortable with our company but yet not the freedom to go jump up on them and get "too excited..." as he tends to do. He doesn't get "too excited" for us anymore, so I'm confident he'll grow out of that for other people too.
Plus a drag lead will be something to use while we're working on our obedience...and while I'm waiting for the ob. DVD.
One question though, is it okay to let the pup chew on his drag lead? I know he will want to...???
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#117832 - 11/14/2006 02:45 PM |
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.....One question though, is it okay to let the pup chew on his drag lead? I know he will want to...???
I don't know. <img src="http://www.leerburg.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/blush.gif" alt="" />
I guess it's OK if it's a leather one like Leerburg's.
I never thought of that. Anyone?
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#117833 - 11/14/2006 02:47 PM |
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<:-) Yep, after my Akita pup chewed through 3 nice leather leads (takes about 10 seconds, if that!) I just got a few CHAIN leads for indoor use -- "Work smarter NOT harder" LOL
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