Hi all, before I start; Wishing everyone a bless Christmas, and for those that Celebrate another name, I sincerily wish you the same also. Dan

My boy Chico, mines me, He does not runs out the crate, platz is platz. and other commands are good, not perfect, but we are working on those.

I think, he does not respect me, or maybe he does not fear me. Or maybe he is a playing mood, He tries to test the limits, as putting on the collar, his mouth is on my hands, ever so intense softly, but that should be a no, no. He has the ability to be out of hands,90 Plus lbs. and skinny, but I fight back and grab those collars and win, did I? Yes he complies.

We after go for a walk and he rest his head on my lap, he is my boy, very good protection. but that decoy moves I don't like. We are going to work it out, but any suggestion on the way. I started some basic watch me, platz, sitz, and praise with food. He is the dog that most people that see him at work wants,

Remember, we are working on Schutzhund, and we do exercise, and with my disability, I still dance. Dan

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Hi all, before I start; Wishing everyone a bless Christmas, and for those that Celebrate another name, I sincerily wish you the same also. Dan

My boy Chico, mines me, He does not runs out the crate, platz is platz. and other commands are good, not perfect, but we are working on those.

I think, he does not respect me, or maybe he does not fear me. Or maybe he is a playing mood, He tries to test the limits, as putting on the collar, his mouth is on my hands, ever so intense softly, but that should be a no, no. He has the ability to be out of hands,90 Plus lbs. and skinny, but I fight back and grab those collars and win, did I? Yes he complies.

We after go for a walk and he rest his head on my lap, he is my boy, very good protection. but that decoy moves I don't like. We are going to work it out, but any suggestion on the way. I started some basic watch me, platz, sitz, and praise with food. He is the dog that most people that see him at work wants,

Remember, we are working on Schutzhund, and we do exercise, and with my disability, I still dance. Dan

You do not want fear.

What else besides mouthing hands for collar-putting?

Merry Christmas to you!

I had a major problem with trying to get the prong on my dog.

Everytime I tried he would get so excited and worked up running around barking that it was like trying to catch a greased pig.
Then once I had him it was like trying to wrestle an octopus with sharp teeth he would start flopping around and mouthing me and screaming.
I would usually end up sitting on him with a knee on his head to get the leash and collar on. By the time we were done I was totally worn out...and we hadn't even made it out the door yet!!!

I solved it by putting the collar on and off throughout the day when I had no plans to go for a walk.

I would pick the collar up and ask him to sit then take a step towards him.

If he broke the sit I would back up a step and tell him to sit again, then move forward.

I continued this through the entire process of putting the leash on. Anytime he stopped sitting nicely, or screamed, or mouthed me, I would back up a step and be still until he was calm again.

Once the collar was on I would praise him and give him an extra good treat. Then take the collar right back off and go about my business.

It only took a couple of weeks of doing this several times a day to solve the problem.

Hi Connie, no I sure don't want fear, what else he does. Jump on me with my back turn, as I take him out the house and run, he heads to grab my hand, but I distract him with a toy, most I'd the collar, on and off. Others I chalk it up as playing. Dan

Jennifer I can see that picture, and you were right the way you approach that situation, I have a dominant collar, so I put the leash either on that or the flat collar, after that we go on the weelchair ramp were there is not much movement, then I can put on the prong collar with the dominant, and off we go. No hard feelings on either side, so we continue walk and train. Thanks Jennifer. Dan

How old is he now Dan?
I don't remember....

Oh Willie, so good to hear from you, Willie, Chico was eleven months on the seventh of Dec.

I have so much pleasure once I get control, and really no issues on the walks, or even on the Field.

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We after go for a walk and he rest his head on my lap,

Im not going to chime in on the other issues, because i think you've gotten good advice, but that sentence kind of stuck out to me.

You were talking about Chico not respecting you, so im going to ask what do you do when he lays his head in your lap and he is seeking attention? Do you give him what he wants???

Does Chico do other attention seeking behaviour? Does he shove his head under your hands or use his paws to get you to pet him?

I know that sometimes it's hard to resist giving a dog attention when they do those things, but if you are questioning wether or not he respects (sees you as leader) you then those attention tactics on his part should be ignored.

Are you doing any NILF with him? Making him work for any food or treats or attention?

Hi Wendy, you know I never looked at it like that. He usually puts his head on my lap as we are our walks and come to a stop. And that is usually around the two mile mark, just as we about to go over the other side.

No, no other attention getting gets any importance, like barking, cause he wants out of his run,

But that head in lap, is were I get and give some love, he also gets love as he does good on the field. Other than that is food and toy training as usual. Dan

Yes, but in the field you "love" him after he's done something you wanted him to do and he's done a good job.

If you do it at his bidding, head in lap means i want you to pet me, and you do it, means something totally different to him.

I know it's just a small trivial thing. But what might seem
small and irrelevant to us generally means something huge & relevant in the dogs eye.


If he does put his head in your lap and you do want to "love" on him, maybe try making him do something first. If he's standing make him sit, if he's sitting make him lie down or stand.

It's the respect thing that Im trying to work on. He is young and will just be coming into his own and possibly trying to test things out (11 months, right?). Im not saying he's trying to dominate you by resting his head in your lap. But in order to get him respecting you like you want, making him work for affection or other things might just be the key.
Especially with a young unaltered male.