 accidental corrections on a softish dog???
#171615 - 12/29/2007 04:51 PM |
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I was out walking my gt. schnauzer mix, roxie with a prong(like i usually do) and a traffic leash.
Another dog who was loose in his yard left it, and proceeded to follow us. I Ignored him for about a block, until i realized he was about a foot away from my dog. I whipped around and told him to beat it, which he did, but in the process, i popped roxie's prong really hard, she yelped and jumped, and then layed down showing her belly.It took several seconds to get her to stand up.
With my other dogs, i would not really care, they are bull headed, but she is a rescue who was shot, beaten and who knows what else, and is really soft. If i yell to loudly or correct her to hard, she falls to pieces and almost won't finish walking.
in cases like this, how can i keep from accidentally correcting the dog, and what can i do to fix what i have done. I am trying to build her confidence, not make her think every time there is another dog i am going to strangle her.....
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Re: accidental corrections on a softish dog???
[Re: Mallory Kwiatkowski ]
#171616 - 12/29/2007 04:58 PM |
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The thing NOT to do is "make up for it."
She needs stability and fairness, and just moving ahead with confidence.
JMO.
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Re: accidental corrections on a softish dog???
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#171618 - 12/29/2007 05:01 PM |
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i can say that i didn't baby her, or really make a big deal out of it. I just don't need her several steps backward after i have moved so far ahead.
should i not have used the traffic lead? I just want to know for when this happens again, which it will.
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Re: accidental corrections on a softish dog???
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#171631 - 12/29/2007 06:43 PM |
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I would switch to a longer lead so that an accidental correction like that will not happen again. You can hold it in your left hand where you want it and keep the excess in your right. That way if you have to spin around or move quickly, you can drop the lead in your left and still have a hold of your dog with the right.
It is good that you did not make a big deal out of it, that would have just reinforced the behavior she was displaying.
Does she need a prong collar? Does she pull a lot or something?
Have you tried treats to teach her how to heel? Or at least keep slack in the lead?
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Re: accidental corrections on a softish dog???
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#171639 - 12/29/2007 07:47 PM |
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Does she really need a prong? Maybe try a Fursaver? My girl is still really responsive on the fursaver.
If it has to be a prong use the dead ring or maybe even add a link so it is not as snappy. I switch up the 2 different types of collars all the time and I feel that my dog for the most part complies the same with both.
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Re: accidental corrections on a softish dog???
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#171641 - 12/29/2007 08:00 PM |
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i don't know that she needs the prong, but i have used a fursaver, choke, gentle leader and just a regular collar,and she responds best to this. She doesn;t pull badly, but she is a squirrel/small dog/stray cat lunger, and only the prong keeps her from doing that. I will try the dead ring and see what happens.
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Re: accidental corrections on a softish dog???
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#171655 - 12/29/2007 08:47 PM |
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I never use the live ring anymore. Another thing I am thinking is using a traffic lead with the prong might not be the best combination especially if you forget in the heat of the moment that the prong is on your dog like when that dog had approached you 2 and caused you to by accident prong her.
I had a similar incident happen when I first started using the prong. We walked by a yard with a hedge in front of a fence and there was another dog that we didn't see behind it. Needless to say he barked like a banshee and made my dog jump and squirm (She was 6 mos at the time) so she got tagged really hard by her prong. I just carried on normally, but internally I felt like crap that I wasn't prepared for her reaction to the unseen dog and the quick accidental action on her prong.
That little incident made me rethink to only use the the dead ring on walks and save the live ring for more pressing behaviour issue things like door charging, trying to rank other family members etc ..
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Re: accidental corrections on a softish dog???
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#171737 - 12/30/2007 09:08 AM |
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i could do that, she knows within seconds she is wearing it, so if i had to give a correction on a dead ring, she would still respond. stupid sissy dog.
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#171746 - 12/30/2007 10:03 AM |
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but she is a rescue who was shot, beaten and who knows what else,
Not a “stupid sissy dog”, only one that has first hand knowledge how cruel some humans can be and has good reason to fear
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Re: accidental corrections on a softish dog???
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#171773 - 12/30/2007 11:15 AM |
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ha, i know. she has reason to be, btu i can still call her that.
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