I'm new to the board here and I have a question about letting the dog go threw doors and up/dpwn stairs first. I had never thought about it until now and I do understand it. My question is if you don't have a dominant dog issue is it a problem? Also, if you have a dog in the house that you want it to be somewhat of a watch dog and train it to never go threw 1st what happens when you hear something at night and you want to "clear" the house but your dog has never been allowed to enter a room 1st?
Just a couple questions.
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There seems to be controversy over this subject and every dog & situation is different, but I would really take into consideration what these articles have to say. They were written with years of experience and following the advice given will probably save you alot of trouble later down the road.
In your question about clearing the house in an emergency, a dog would not be a robot and would most likely go into the room willingly given the tense emotion of the situation. Dog instincts probably know that this situation is different than he's ever perceived before.
I wouldn't discourage the training to avoid the unlikely situation you've mentioned.
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I think it depends on how the dog enters the door first.If you allow your dog to run over you to get out are can't control him off-leash. I'm wheelchair bound its easier for me to allow my dog to enter first but,what I do place my dog, open the door, send him thru and then place him outside the door so I can shut it.
I don't know if this is too complicated, but I have a wait command and a go ahead command. If I want sabian to go up, I tell him go ahead, then give the wait command on the first landing. He waits and I pass him, or he waits till I say ok or go on. Then I repeat the commands until I reach my bedroom, then I tell him wait, and I go through first. I like the go on command, it's like shooing him on. I use it when people are coming up the stairs and I want him to go and look down from the landing. It's consistantly done, so i am sure he gts what I'm saying.
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