steve strom Webboard User Reg: 03-17-2006
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I am completely into physical correction, getting worried I'm overdoing it. Making a habit at this point to keep the E-collar on most of the time. I express that I'm worried I'm going to ruin his drive by over-reacting or over-correcting.
See what I mean? His drive is one thing, you're going to ruin his trust in you.
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Steve, please educate me on how I can tell what's avoidance and what's plain out ignoring me? I am feeling some avoidance on the walk, but if I get him excited he seems then to be ok with the walk - so is this bad and should we be avoiding walk, with me, as an exercise for him?
Once again, since instituting tug in play with him, he's gotten to the point where he obeys vocal corrections from me very quickly. Nothing changed in the realm of me correcting him, it was me playing with him that changed his compliance level. I see that as a plus and a sign to me that it changed something in our relationship. As he brings me toys to play with and obeys me pretty readily at the moment, I don't see that he sees me as an evil monster, which is what I was trying to avoid.
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Sitting here now trying to figure out what I'm doing wrong in explaining myself versus what I'm not seeing I am doing wrong from my own perspective.
Short time outs in the crate have been in place since we got him. He gets a chance to take the pressure off him to behave, I get to take focus off him.
No more physical domination (standing over him) when he misbehaves and no collar corrections (side-pops) when on a walk? What about body blocking? Physically standing in his way?
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In real simple terms, mostly because the big words confuse me, he'll avoid something unpleasant to make it stop. It can be just walking with you unless you have a toy your engaging him with. Think of what you described as compliance as him wanting to interact with you. You want to create that with everything, the toy is just the tool.
He may not want to just walk with you, because the tool you've used, the ecollar, is telling him interaction with you is bad. Does that make sense?
If you truly want this pup to succeed and be a valued member of your family, I would suggest you send it out to a professional trainer for a short period of time. There are several great ones out there who will train the foundations correctly. The programs can run a couple of weeks to a couple of months.
In the time that the pup is gone, you should spend every spare moment you have to educate yourself (and the rest of your family) on how to properly handle and raise a pup. Even when you get him back, he will still be a pup for a long time to come.
I highly suggest the DVD's and training articles from this site. They are worth the investment 100x over.
Educating yourself is the best possible thing you can do for your pup right now as well as sending him out to someone who knows how to properly begin his training and socialization.
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