 Re: How to know when a dog knows a command
[Re: Natalie Rynda ]
#384067 - 10/10/2013 03:37 PM |
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Tucker doesn't play with other dogs...EVER!
and he is one of the happiest go lucky dogs I have ever known!
he just has no interest in other dogs. I am all he needs and I am all he looks to for everything.
A dogs life is no less enjoyable if they don't play with other dogs. Some dogs just prefer the company of humans.
Theres no harm in starting over. People that rescue dogs have to do it all the time. You keep saying you're behind, but you're not. Don't feel that way and don't be stressed. Dogs pick up on the littlest ques from people that your stress is definately going down the leash to the dog.
Back up...waaaaaay back and start with your new found knowledge.
No prong...please. Remove it. If you have it on and the dog is lunging still it more than likely isn't positioned correctly which means it is useless and more aggrivating to the dog than anything.
and lastly Natalie....take a deep breath...and slowly exhale.
You can do this.
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Re: How to know when a dog knows a command
[Re: Connie Sutherland ]
#384068 - 10/10/2013 03:40 PM |
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" Will work on small things."
YES! 
Look at the results from just taking a couple of the simple suggestions given and having a short, upbeat training session. 
Definitely!!! I'm excited, uu should've seen me last night.
It's just I have so many different problems that I'm afraid to let them be and focus on one thing.
For example, him pulling. Do I let him pull for another month while i work on foundation and engagement? Do I let him chase the cats?
It seems like I'm all over the place but I'm not, these are issues I'm having
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Re: How to know when a dog knows a command
[Re: Natalie Rynda ]
#384069 - 10/10/2013 03:44 PM |
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Happy pet
But I want to add, he likes the toys. He can't contain himself when I first take them out.
I don't see that Natalie, but I'm looking from a different perspective. No big deal. Either way, happy pet isn't the result. But a happy pet should be easy enough for you. I'm not going to try and add anything else right now, but make sure you're enjoying what you do. Have fun.
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Re: How to know when a dog knows a command
[Re: Natalie Rynda ]
#384070 - 10/10/2013 03:47 PM |
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Wendy, your dog has no interest in other dogs and you are all he needs.
But that's what I was trying to accomplish with my 2 hour 'focus on me' project.
I was trying to make sure I'm more exciting than the dogs. And now I'm being told that it's impossible.
It doesn't matter at this point though, you're right, I have to start over.
Let's come back to this conversation later, I'm doing too many things at once.
I WOULD like to understand the prong though. I can't walk him without it. He will just pull like hell on a flat collar and that can't be healthy.
When he starts pulling like that I stop and hold his neck because I don't want him to hurt himself. And I won't be able to get him away from other dogs fast enough.
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Re: How to know when a dog knows a command
[Re: Natalie Rynda ]
#384071 - 10/10/2013 03:51 PM |
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Natalie...Ive had Tucker for probably 8 years now...lol.
Him looking to me for everything took alot of time and alot of patience. It wasn't something that was accomplished quickly or easily.
I am more telling you it can be done, even if you've started out training late.
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Re: How to know when a dog knows a command
[Re: Natalie Rynda ]
#384072 - 10/10/2013 03:53 PM |
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well i would have liked to have seen a video from the first session . . .
but that brings up the point ; if the session isn't building the relationship , there is very little value in it from a dog training perspective .
i'm lucky in that i can walk out my back door into the wilderness , but even when i go out for a three hour 12 km walk , there will be at least half a dozen opportunities to directly engage the dog : jump / sit on that stump , walk along the elevated log , crawl under that fence , leap over the park bench , go through the culvert , speak to me on that rock . . . every one presents the possibility of engagement by creating rewardable moments only limited by your imagination and the dogs' motivation level .
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Re: How to know when a dog knows a command
[Re: Natalie Rynda ]
#384073 - 10/10/2013 03:54 PM |
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Yeah I'm definitely all over the place. I see that.
But that's because it seems like all these things are urgent enough.
Like how do I choose what to address first, pulling, cats, come, engagement...
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Re: How to know when a dog knows a command
[Re: Natalie Rynda ]
#384074 - 10/10/2013 03:59 PM |
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When the dog pulls (regardless of the collar he's wearing) turn and walk the other direction.
You may not get very far, but at least you'll be leading rather than following.
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Re: How to know when a dog knows a command
[Re: Natalie Rynda ]
#384075 - 10/10/2013 04:05 PM |
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Not pulling can't be fixed overnight. It takes many reps of doing it the right way before it becomes conditioned. It has to be taught in a calm environment where he can get it right enough to know what is expected, THEN you take the show on the road.
Leash pressure works, but it takes repetitons to learn. Three or four lessons are just scratching the surface. It doesn't mean that, when the dog understands leash pressure, he won't react if he sees a trigger. Leash pressure is for guiding the dog. Desensitizing is what teaches him not to react.
You actually have to do all of these things for a while before you start to see them work. Then one day, you look back on it and you realize how far you've come.
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Re: How to know when a dog knows a command
[Re: Natalie Rynda ]
#384076 - 10/10/2013 04:03 PM |
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you are working on all those things all the time , in different ways and at different levels . . . but with engagement all the other things can start to fall into place .
if he is not engaged with you , those other things are going to be that much more difficult to deal with .
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