Connie Sutherland Moderator Reg: 07-13-2005
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Quote: elaine haynes
You can also use those times you see her doing a behavior to give the command and praise her. For example, if you see her going into a sit give the sit command just as she completes the action and immediately praise her.
Games such as follow the leader, hide and seek and find it are fun ways to incorporate training into games. And, since they are games, no corrections are used.
A big "ditto."
There are a zillion ways to enhance manners and basic ob training in upbeat ways.
A big one for me is to use the recall every time something good is about to happen. A ride in the car, a meal, a game, a treat, a brushing (one of my dogs loves that above everything, except food ) --- if all these things happen after I have called the dog, then the recall is constantly solidified.
As for "no" -- well, of course we need "no." We need "drop it" and other "no" commands. But life is so much easier for all concerned if we can substitute asking for and marking wanted behavior instead of saying no every time.
Training the action we want when someone comes to the door, for instance, and then rewarding it, is a lot more fun than "no" for jumping up or running around excitedly. It's more effective, too, IME.
I'm also going to suggest a -soft- toy; I don't know what you train with but anything hard might hurt her sore teeth/gums and be bothering her some. A plush toy would probably be much nicer than a tennis ball right about now. That could be a reason as to why she's apprehensive -- she wants to make you happy and wants her reward, but her reward sorta hurts, so now what is she supposed to do?
(This is coming from someone who just got a tooth pulled last night and can relate a little -too- well to teething puppies at the moment. )
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Re: I need some Dog/Puppy advice....
[Re: Elaine Haynes ]
#142466 - 05/22/2007 12:07 PM 
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