 Training a Puppy to Stay Inside Baby Gates
#228797 - 02/23/2009 05:41 PM |
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Hi, everyone,
I have a three month old GSD who is gated in a certain area of the house while she is being house trained. She learned today how to jump over them after having lived with them for two weeks.
I know on one of Ed's DVDs he references how he trains his dogs to stay inside baby gates. He does not say how he does this. Any advice? I am guessing that any time I see her eyeing the gate, I should call her to me and give her a treat. Any other advice? Although the space she will be allowed to go into will grow slowly, she will nevertheless be confined with gates for several months because we have a large home. Thus, this will be a long term issue for us.
Thanks.
Stephanie Irwin
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Re: Training a Puppy to Stay Inside Baby Gates
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#228997 - 02/26/2009 08:03 AM |
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I don't have an answer or any help, but I would like to know the answer too, because Yote likes to jump the gate into the kitchen and eat the cat food 
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Re: Training a Puppy to Stay Inside Baby Gates
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#228999 - 02/26/2009 08:31 AM |
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In my opinion, if a dog or puppy is jumping baby gates then that dog is not ready for that type of freedom. Personally, I do not allow a puppy (especially a 3 month old) at my house to have this type of freedom EVER. they are either tethered to me or in their crate. Baby gates offer too many opportunities for behavior I'd prefer my dog doesn't get a chance to rehearse (like relieving himself in the house, chewing on woodwork, and a variety of other self reinforcing behaviors,etc..) I don't agree with using them for puppies unless the dog is 100% supervised while the gates are in use. Say I'm in the kitchen with my puppy and I use a gate to keep him right there with me. I would never leave the puppy there unattended.
For an adult dog, my feeling is pretty much the same... more groundwork needs to be done if the dog is blowing off the gate to get cat food.
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#229040 - 02/26/2009 01:29 PM |
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I agree, Cindy, but the puppy was not unattended when this has happened; we were right there, she just did it fast as lightening and it was unexpected at that point. Now that we know she is capable of doing it, any time we see her go near the only gate she has tried this on, we say "NO" loudly and call her to us and give her a treat. In the past three days, now, all we have to do is say "no" in a regular tone and she immediately comes to us without us recalling her and expects her treat. She has not jumped the gate since I first wrote, so I believe the plan is working. Of course, we would never leave her inside the gates with us on the other side. I follow Ed's rules to the "T" that if you have to go do something else in another part of the house and you can't take her with you, you crate her, which is what I do.
Jennifer, I don't know if this helps or not. But to both of you, thanks for responding. I appreciate it greatly.
Stephanie
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#229145 - 02/26/2009 10:02 PM |
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IMO, I'd get a crate and put the puppy in it. Or have the pup on a 20ft long line, like Cindy said. If you don't have eyes on the puppy at all times, even in a confined area(contained in baby gates), the pup has the chance(even if you're right there) to get into unnecessary trouble.
I got to learn this the hard way with my GSD, she was my first dog living on my own. She would be on her long line and be getting into things and that's when I knew I didn't have my eyes on her and she didn't have my full attention and I would crate her until I was able to pay better attention.
Are you tellin your pup "no" and she comes to you, or are you saying "no, come"? If your pup is coming to you when you say "no" alone, then it will be confused when you get further into obedience training. That's JMHO.
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#229195 - 02/27/2009 11:41 AM |
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I don't think a 12-week old needs this much freedom. Crate, or on-leash tied to your belt inside, or restricted to the same room you are in and are actively watching like a hawk.
The pup can graduate to baby gates and freedom in several rooms later.
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#229227 - 02/27/2009 02:28 PM |
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Stephanie, just to clarify...are you in the SAME room as the dog is gated in?
If she's gated in the living room, are you in the living room too or another room?
If you are in the same room, i don't see the need for the baby gate to be up if she's on a long line. That way you won't have to worry about her wandering out of eye site and getting into trouble or jumping the gate to get to something in the next room.
But if you are adamant about using the gate I would still put her on a line, that way you can redirect her immediately if she gets close enough to the gate to be able to jump. Give her boundaries so that she's not in the immediate area of the doorway you have the gate in.
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#229239 - 02/27/2009 03:50 PM |
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I don't think a 12-week old needs this much freedom. Crate, or on-leash tied to your belt inside, or restricted to the same room you are in and are actively watching like a hawk.
The pup can graduate to baby gates and freedom in several rooms later.
I agree! Exactly what I was saying.
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#229253 - 02/27/2009 05:07 PM |
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With a 12 week old pup, a long line is too much freedom in the house. Outside a long line is fine, but inside.... I cringe to think about all the things Rush could have done if he'd been 20 feet away from me!!! I use a 6 foot leash either attached to me (like Tracy said) or looped around the leg of the coffee table, desk or wherever I'm hanging out.
Even if you are with the pup inside the gated area, the pup should be on a leash (6 foot maximum) Why let puppies rehearse behaviors we don't want them to learn? Repetition is the key for learning, so set yourself up for success.
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