Hello,
my two dogs are hairless due to severe health issues in the family. Because of no hair and extremely sensitive skin it is very easy for them to get hurt and they constantly have some scratches on them even from just itching themselves. Well sometimes when I walk them they get under my feet and I end up tripping over them. They always look at me like:" What are you doing? You just hurt me!" and sometimes they yelp. Of course they end up with some scratches from the incident. I always feel so guilty about that! How should I react when this happens without humanizing them? I don't feel like ignoring them is the right approach but then again they do not understand the word "sorry" either so what should I do?
Teach them to heel nicely, loosely at your side so they don't have the opportunity to get under your feet while taking a walk. Use Marker Training - it is fun and easy and works perfectly. Basic obedience works wonders!
First I have to learn how to teach heeling. So I will look around the website and see if it's in any of the videos that I got. Then, I would still like people's opinions on what to do when they accidentally get hurt by an interaction with a human because they ARE extremely sensitive. One little scratch and they are bleeding.
Teach them to heel nicely, loosely at your side so they don't have the opportunity to get under your feet
So agree....
Could they wear some kind of t-shirt to prevent these scratches? That's not going to help their feet if they are stepped on or help you if you fall and injure yourself.
With an assumed minor injury, I just call them to me with my regular tone, put in sit or down and look/touch around, clean it or whatever, release them and then move on. If it was more of a startle yelp, I just ignore it or maybe depending I might say knock it off. A lot of variables here to consider....
I think I would go with a lightweight t-shirt too and keeping their nails as short as possible.
If I step on one of mine, or do something else clumsy, I usually just give them a short happy pet to let them know they aren't in trouble or something and if need be check them over.
thanks guys,
yes, they do wear shirts but now in the summer I let them be without one. They actually sweat and regulate heat through their skin unlike other dogs so they do better without covering in the summer. Unless they need protection from the sun etc. Thanks for all the ideas, it's kind of hard with all these little things where you think am I doing the right thing? I did start marker training but we just started and the DVD says to stay on "yes" until they absolutely know that they are getting a treat with each "yes" so that's where we are.
Lenka
Edited by Linda West (07/29/2010 07:22 AM)
Edit reason: grammar
Lenke, I think you will love the marker training! The "yes" training phase should easily be done in one or two sessions of "yessing" and treating - they catch on to that VERY fast! I just didn't want you thinking this was a week long process.
I don't feel like ignoring them is the right approach but then again they do not understand the word "sorry" either so what should I do?
Dogs understand tone of voice very well. If you always say, "I'm sorry!" with the same tone of voice (like you mean it), and use it when you make those little mistakes, they'll come to understand it.
Of course, I agree with others about teaching the heeling .
Thanks for letting me know, I really did thing I have to stay on this step for a week or so! Thank we are ready to move on because they did do very well.
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