Quote: ingrid rosenquist

I can relate:

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This photo was taken a little over 2 years ago when he was a about 15 months old. Needless to say, Sinjin and I had a "come to Jesus" discussion regarding this behavior and it no longer occurs ;-)

That is a failure of the handler's control of the dog's environment. (Not at all to pick on you, Ingrid. )

As Cindy said: " Why let puppies rehearse behaviors we don't want them to learn? Repetition is the key for learning, so set yourself up for success" .

Thanks for everyone's advice. To clarify, she is on a six foot lead when she is in the kitchen area confined in baby gates. She has not exhibited this behavior since I wrote several days ago, and she has not indicated any interest in doing it since two days after she did it. In his DVD, Ed describes that it is okay to have a dog confined by baby gates with a lead on, which is what I am doing. She is very well behaved, presently lying on her "bed" chewing on a squeaky toy, which she has been doing for the past 20 minutes. I think I actually solved the problem by not taking her through one of the gated areas to go on a lead to another part of the house. I have several gates up, and the only one she jumped was the one we normally open slightly to walk through to go with her on a lead to other parts of the house. I am now taking her through a door that leads to that part of the house, a door that remains closed at all times so she cannot get through that one. What do you think? I probably taught her to try to jump that gate by pushing it slightly ajar to walk through it.

Stephanie

 Quote: stephanie irwin

Thanks for everyone's advice. To clarify, she is on a six foot lead when she is in the kitchen area confined in baby gates. She has not exhibited this behavior since I wrote several days ago, and she has not indicated any interest in doing it since two days after she did it. In his DVD, Ed describes that it is okay to have a dog confined by baby gates with a lead on, which is what I am doing. She is very well behaved, presently lying on her "bed" chewing on a squeaky toy, which she has been doing for the past 20 minutes. I think I actually solved the problem by not taking her through one of the gated areas to go on a lead to another part of the house. I have several gates up, and the only one she jumped was the one we normally open slightly to walk through to go with her on a lead to other parts of the house. I am now taking her through a door that leads to that part of the house, a door that remains closed at all times so she cannot get through that one. What do you think? I probably taught her to try to jump that gate by pushing it slightly ajar to walk through it.

Stephanie

I guess confusion arose because I can't see how the dog was able to jump a fence on a six-foot lead with me on the other end.

She is not tied off to me. She is on a loose lead behind baby gates, which is what Ed promotes in his 8 Weeks to 8 Months DVD. He says that if you are walking with her in the house, she should be on a lead that you are holding or tied off to. If she is confined in an area, always have a lead on her so she thinks she is under your control, but you do not need to be holding the lead. That is the point of the gates.

 Quote: stephanie irwin

She is not tied off to me. She is on a loose lead behind baby gates, which is what Ed promotes in his 8 Weeks to 8 Months DVD. He says that if you are walking with her in the house, she should be on a lead that you are holding or tied off to. If she is confined in an area, always have a lead on her so she thinks she is under your control, but you do not need to be holding the lead. That is the point of the gates.

Yes, I've watched all but maybe two of the DVDs. I see what your interpretation was, but in my mind, a dog who can and did jump the gate is not confined. "Confined" = not free to leave the area.

Doesn't Ed have the pup confined to the kitchen and only while he's present and able to watch it?

I will be the first to admit that when we brought home our lab, that we didn't have him contained as much and didn't have him on a leash or long line(we were in a 16'x80' manufatured home at the time). He had more freedom right away then our GSD (our first dog). She was always on a leash with me in the room. I had the hallway gated off and she never once tried to jump it. I'll admit this, once she knew not to jump over, I taught her to I wanted to start agility with her But she never once jumped over to chase a cat, go after a ball or just because, all because I watched her constantly and if I couldn't she went in her crate.

Can I remove the topic now? I am learning that there is no way to fully explain one's situation and now the circumstances assumed by the reader are not what they were or are.

Thanks all.

Stephanie

I'm sorry, that was just my experience, I wasn't trying to put you down. It's good you follow Ed's videos-if I hadn't had them I probably would have left my hubby, because he didn't like our GSD from day one-if he wouldn't have found leerburg.com, I would have moved back home with my dog and that would have been that.

 Quote: stephanie irwin

Can I remove the topic now? I am learning that there is no way to fully explain one's situation and now the circumstances assumed by the reader are not what they were or are.

Thanks all.

Stephanie

Certainly! IMHO, you have received top-notch advice about managing a pup's environment, and the reader can only "assume" what the o.p. tells him/her.

This would be the ideal on the subject of managing the environment:
But she never once jumped over to chase a cat, go after a ball or just because, all because I watched her constantly and if I couldn't she went in her crate.

But I am happy to close your thread if you like. And we will also be happy to help with any other questions, DVD-related or not. Kudos to you for watching Ed's videos and working carefully with your pup.