Connie Sutherland Moderator Reg: 07-13-2005
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.... 20 mins before his "bedtime" he gets a bully stick (aka beef pizzle) and he chews himself calm before bed. This really works to settle him down at the end of the day ....
I have never read/heard this. It sounds brilliant!
Mary McKeever Webboard User Reg: 02-19-2010
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I figured its a doggy "bath and bedtime story". If it works for my kids the bath and story, we wanted to find something that worked for him. That was what worked.
I'm not even joking. I put her in her crate, called my father and cried to him about the horrible mistake I made getting a puppy. I almost returned her!
Like your rottie she was just crazy for biting me. I had a hard time even playing with her because I was so sore and bruised! Around that time she also got very bossy on walks, plunking down and refusing to move if we didn't go in her intended direction, wich was usually up other peoples stairs.
Remember that the dog is a little baby. He's not trying to hurt you. It absolutely will get better over the next few months.
Don't even bother with trying to muzzle him and do the whole "no bite" thing. It will only get him more riled up. Same goes for making any noise like a yelp.
Be calm and redirect him, if that doesn't work gently hold him still. If you need to put him in his crate to take a break that is fine, too.
Whatever you do, don't walk around the house in flip flops!
She's a fighting breed. Dog fighting is what she does, just like police work is what a Czech GSD does and bird hunting is what a Lab does.
This statement is in my opinion very false and what leads to the spread of misinformation.
I have had people come to me with dogs like this. High drive and willful. The people that bring them to me see a problematic dog. I always ask the people after I take a look at the dog, "so whats wrong with the dog again?"
High drive dogs are often labeled as bad dogs. The trick is being able to redirect and harness that energy. Being able to read the dog and knowing what means it will take to do this is also something that is needed.
Highly driven working breed dogs are not always the best dogs to have in a house with small children, or old people. Or, even people that are not knowledgeable about the working breed dog they have. With a very selective bred, high drive dog, the margin for error is much lower. In my opinion.
It really comes down to being able to set aside a part of your live to train and work with a dog, like you would a young person, or child. In short it takes passion and dedication.
I would invest in some of Ed's DVD. He has one on about everything you can think of. I have had some of them for 5 or more years and still resource them all the time.
I would also look for a very good trainer in your area to work with, even if the trainer is 1, or 2 hours away.
Small prices to pay when you think of the very good(an amazing working dog), or the very bad(a kid that is missing a nose, or fingers). Both of these happen all the time and is usually the result of what happens with the dog at a very young age during the imprinting process.
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