Ruff play gets him in a mood but he then jumps and bites hands and harm (boy friend game).
Ariane,
Reading your original posts; it sounds like Dexter is a low energy dog but your comment above and the gorgeous boys in your facebook picture make me think differently. How old is Dexter?
Of course you don't want him biting; but engaged and playing is GOOD! Could you have your boyfriend work with him? Sometimes dogs, especially young ones become so excited during training they present with the behavior you describe above, though this behavior is unacceptable don't correct it; ignore it. As he starts to "get it" the unacceptable behavior will fade as it is ignored and he will begin to choose the correct behavior for the reward.
Dexter is about 16 month. Can I over excercise him. I have to drag him out of his crate for his last pee before my sleep. Harley jumps to the door with just a lets go! They were both sleeping.
One thing; When I watch Dexter run in the wood he never seem to push very hard.
Ok I have to cut time short, must be used to play with my super high drive horses (30 to 75 mins work out for them)
No feed him, gee he just started to eat in november when we got Harley. Competition has one good thing for him. He is not fat BTW can see some ribs.
I really like the "The power of Training Dogs with Food" DVD, too. If you watch the Leerburg Youtube Videos you can see the basics of the Michael Ellis system and the basics of getting your dog to engage with you for food - very good, and I think you'll find it very helpful, Ariane.
Ok, so here is the dog I like. I may do a million mistake but today he was a lot of fun.
We just had 2 cold days so the boy had minimal excercise, has it was still cold we worked before going out to walk.
So for 21/2 days he had less the 50% of his usual walk/run time.
There are no treats that my pup loves more than her dinner (raw meat) so her dinner (and breakfast) is always her training session. She gets her meat cut into small bits for marker treats and her bones as a final reward at the end.
Training sessions are less than 5 min. long. The number of commands I get in varies as to how small I cut up the meat!
If she is not focused enough for a good session, I put her meal back in the fridge and try again 15-30 min. later. She always gets focused eventually
No usual clip today, it was rabbis shot day for Dexter.
The vet was impressed by how good he look and how laid back he was. Just laying down fully strecht out.
We talk food and she went crazy when told how much I was feeding him. His weight is perfect! But I feed him way too much, so we look at excercise. Vet told me to cut at lest 1/2 hour walk. She said that dog don't need to have 2 hours of action and that it is why he is so laid back and that the other one has digestive problemes.
I will try to do an other clip of Dexter tomorrow to show his normal self, obedient but slow.
Huh? cut out exercise? Never heard that one before.
IMO, exercise is very, very good for dogs as long as they have no physical limitations. Keeps them healthy, keeps them happy. And I'm quite puzzled why a vet would recommend changing the routine of an otherwise very healthy and fit dog just because he ate too much.
FWIW, my 2 y/o 33# Border Collie gets 3-4 cups of high quality kibble per day.
My point, Iam looking for a new vet.
I have a skinny and hyper boy and Dexter my slow (what's in it for me) boy. Not much drive unless I keep him quiet. Vet idea eat too much to keep weight up and not much energy in work. Cut food play less = energy in work.
Not my idea of a happy dog.
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