Just wanted to get some feedback on a couple things I am pondering over....
1) Some believe that dogs are pack animals and therefore need to live as a unit and by keeping them separated you (d/t fighting), the person, will always have riffs within. I know this sentence kinda contradicts itself, but their meaning was to re-integrate the pack as a whole vs. separation and rotation.
2) A growl after a request to do a command should be ignored, best to work more on the OB with marker/clicker training to build confidence of the dog.
thanks in advance for feedback, still working toward resolving some inner pack issues.
It has been my experience to date with my current dogs that separation is the only answer. And you are so right about them living happier, the tension has lifted. Just trying to keep an open mind and set some goals.
RE: Growling. This dog is not grumbling, although I do know what you mean and do have some of those. At first I was leaning toward testing. But it seems to be more of an unease, lowers head, no eye contact after the 2nd or 3rd request he will do it but he is clearly displeased.
It might help to go back to the fundamentals with marker training, and teach some fun commands like the hand touch, to re-energize the training and connect with the positive.
That's what I've been saying about him..."hmmm". It is not with a specific command, any command will get that response with the exception of come. He is crazy for food, but with a command takes the food but with hesitancy.
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Do you use the same commands as the family before used?
Is it possible they did not use positive reinforcement training and he has associated those commands with something negative?
You could maybe try using completely new commands and start from the very beginning, as if he were a puppy, teaching him the behaviors but with new commands.
Do you use the same commands as the family before used?
Is it possible they did not use positive reinforcement training and he has associated those commands with something negative?
You could maybe try using completely new commands and start from the very beginning, as if he were a puppy, teaching him the behaviors but with new commands.
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