 New Dutch Shepherd Puppy/Young Adult-Now What????
#300445 - 10/25/2010 09:41 AM |
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Okay, So I posted last week about the Shy 6-8month old puppy my husband and I were considering adopting....WE DID!
She is beautiful, smart, and is becoming less shy with every passing day...now what do we do!?!?!? LOL
My question is this, what do we do now? I don't really want to start working on her obedience until she's had time to settle in. Are there games we can play? She still seems to be very satisfied with phrase. I keep her on a long line, she will pretty much stick by me. If she begins to wonder too far, I whistle she comes back to me, sits and waits for my phrase. There is only so much just walking around the pasture we can do.
I get the feeling she needs more stimulus, but I'm not sure what to give her?
We've just started working on being in the house this morning.
Any tips, idea's or help would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you
Andrea
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Re: New Dutch Shepherd Puppy/Young Adult-Now What????
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#300448 - 10/25/2010 09:53 AM |
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Two words: marker training!
This will do wonders for your bond with the new pup, and help to build her confidence as well. There are lots of good resources here about marker training, including free e-books and videos that you can purchase. If you need help locating anything, I can provide links.
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Re: New Dutch Shepherd Puppy/Young Adult-Now What????
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#300451 - 10/25/2010 10:06 AM |
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Congrats on your new dog! Personally, as I mentioned before, I would hike/walk with her on a daily basis - ideally a couple of times each day. That will accomplish many things - building a bond, exposure to your world, exercise, de-stressing.
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Re: New Dutch Shepherd Puppy/Young Adult-Now What????
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#300453 - 10/25/2010 10:20 AM |
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Konnie,
We own 60 acres, so I take her out in the pastures for our walks, usually 30minutes to an hour at a time. While she enjoys this, she seems to be board with it already. I didn't know if there were any games we could play? I have already taught her to sit for my attention/praise. I will run in small spurts, here and there, but lets face it, I can only do that so many times. LOL.
Should I maybe try throwing a tennis ball? She's shown some interest in those....
Andrea Murkin
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#300456 - 10/25/2010 10:57 AM |
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what now? post pictures!!!!!
other than that, I second (or third?) introducing marker training.
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#300462 - 10/25/2010 11:14 AM |
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I tried to post a picture of her to my signature, and I cannot for the life of me, figure out how to do it. Sad, yes I know.
Andrea Murkin
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#300466 - 10/25/2010 11:25 AM |
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Sure - throw a ball for her! If she's a natural retriever, that will be a great game. You can do focus work with it too if she's really interested.
I would recommend the ball have some sort of rope/string attached to prevent her from choking on the ball though.
Here are some ideas...
http://leerburg.com/toy.htm
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#300469 - 10/25/2010 11:46 AM |
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Thanks Konnie, I appreciate the advice. Of course it's still a bit early to tell of course, but I think she's going to be nice all around first working dog.
Andrea Murkin
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#300489 - 10/25/2010 01:01 PM |
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I'd see what dog sports are on the go in your area. rally obedience, agility, both sound like possible fits for this dog.
in the meantime do obedience through marker training. get a clicker. I find the clicker as the "mark" permits a whole new interaction with your dog. buy an agility foundation book.
for clicker try the "the thinking dog crossover to clicker training" or one of many others.
for agility try "agility right from the start".
buy some beef liver and chicken hearts and stewing steak cook it up and cube it in little bits and get your dogs attention like you've never imagined, and get her working!!! AM
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#300491 - 10/25/2010 01:12 PM |
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I tried to post a picture of her to my signature, and I cannot for the life of me, figure out how to do it. Sad, yes I know.
Upload your pic to a site like Photobucket (its free). They you will have a "direct link" series of numbers assigned to that photo which will then be cut/pasted either directly onto your post or you can go to My Stuff (in grey bar at top of page, then to My Profile, and put that info into the signature line box at the bottom of that page. I hope this helps!!
Congrats on your new dog!!
Markter training, marker training, marker training...  (I use "yes!" instead of a clicker since I always have my voice with me!)
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