That's good advice you got from Melissa..FYI...I do about 10-15 minutes of training and another 15 of ball chasing in the morning...that seems to get rid of most of his my GSD's energy til late afternoon when we chase a ball again.
If Buster is tired...he may not be as rambunctious...good luck with Buster.
Hi Mspindler,
I do only put the prong on Buster when I am there to watch him. Sorry for the confusion. I just thought that it should only be used for going on walks.
As far as the choker goes, maybe I'm not giving it a strong enough "pop". He really acts like he doesn't feel a thing when I correct him so maybe I am doing something wrong?????
Thanks again for all the advice. Pam
You aren't necessarily doing anything wrong. You have a pretty big dog who probably has a lot of skin and fur around his neck like mine, and may not feel too much with the choke collar. I can only walk mine with a prong collar. Sometimes when he's in the midst of an episode, he doesn't even feel the prong correction...at all. You shouldn't have that problem with Buster though. Just remember to make sure you always have a choke collar on him also when you're using a prong collar. I've had the darn prong collar open up on me a few times, and it could have turned into something really ugly had the dog not been wearing a choke collar too. Unfortunately, the prong collars do pop off sometimes.
And the prong can be great to teach a dog appropriate house manners. You just have to make sure that you correct him right when he does something undesireable, exactly as you would if training him outside.
The best advice for this dog is to get Ed's basic obedience tape and a prong collar and go to work. You need to start from the beginning with this dog then address other specific questions.
Chuck,
Does that mean you are closing this topic?
(...there aren't that many that I can see <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> )
No I did not close the topic. I'm just really not sure what more can be said than already was. The dog needs serious obedience training with a prong collar. It has to know who is boss. Now, I would start completely from scratch with the obedience. No corrections in the begining, just positive re-inforcement. Then move to a correction stage. The corrections as always need to be firm but fair and Ed's video will demonstrate the proper way. There was also good advice regarding excersise. A well excersized dog will be better behaved in the home. As far as you being the alpha, spend lots of time with the dog not onle training but playing as well. You need to develop a bond and this is how you do it.
Most people will not end up with a trained dog after group obedience lessons.
Whoa... I sense some sensitivity here. Please feel free to post on this topic. I certainly did not intend to rub anyone the wrong way. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" />
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