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[Re: Jennifer Lee ]
#313744 - 01/27/2011 12:22 AM |
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I wish they had marker training 45-50 yrs ago.
After 15-20 personal dogs in my lifetime I think I'll get closer to being right in another dog or three.
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Re: what would you do different
[Re: Aaron Myracle ]
#313750 - 01/27/2011 12:49 AM |
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1- Focus on different attributes during puppy selection.
Can I ask what attributes you did look for, and which ones you would change/look for in the future?
As someone who has the "blank slate" right now... easier said than done! Once you get that new puppy, it's not a blank slate, it's a little monster with a whole personality of it's own, discovering the world for the first time... and it doesn't speak human!
But, I'm trying my best. I think the MOST important thing is to enjoy it.
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Re: what would you do different
[Re: phaedra rieff ]
#314347 - 01/31/2011 10:05 PM |
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1. I would do marker training from the get-go. Didn't know about it until I found this website.
2. Spend more time doing "fun" training. Only trained the basics; sit, down, come, stay etc.
3. Teach my dog to sit and wait for permission before she greets people. Previous dog would run up and lean on people's legs until they would almost fall over.
4. **Never* set foot in a leash-free park ever again. Previous dog was attacked by a small dog three different times in three different parks. Led to all kinds of aggressive issues to small white fluffy dogs.
I would like to train my next puppy towards a Therapy Dog if she has the temperment for it and just have more fun with the training and not be so serious about everything and expect perfection all the time.
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[Re: Debbie Martin ]
#314385 - 02/01/2011 10:07 AM |
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Like Bob said, it is an evolution for me to become a better handler and trainer. Next dog around I will be more consistent in my heeling training from an early age.
Each dog I get has the benefit of not having to go through the mistakes I made with previous dogs - or at least the mistakes that I am aware of at the time.... My "awareness" is getting more fine tuned and the more I learn, the more I realize how much I have still to learn :-)
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Re: what would you do different
[Re: Peter Cavallaro ]
#314430 - 02/01/2011 03:05 PM |
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Peter: you can always start fresh from scratch. I had to do this as my dogs are rescues that were already a year old. It takes time, but mistakes can be overcome.
If I had it to do over again, I would have done it Michael Ellis way with just letting the dog connect with me when I first got them. But I didn't know about that training at that time. and I would definately do clicker training right off the bat. I wouldn't focus on tricks at first but social issues, greeting people, jumping etc.
I get discouraged too. With Cody who is so hyper I can get very discouraged as it seems he makes progress and then wham! when he is very excited, he seems to loose all sense of anything but being hyper. I have had him for 3 years and it is a work I have to focus on every day! He is very smart too and will learn something so quickly that he can get bored easily so continual stimulation is the key.
Anyway, that is what i would do differently. Sharon
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[Re: Sharon Empson ]
#314443 - 02/01/2011 04:21 PM |
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When we adopted Jethro and Skipper they told us to get Jethro out to socialize with other dogs often and right away. We followed those instructions and now we have a dog that is very other-dog focused. I wish we had been given the instruction: go play with your dog, make yourself the centre of his universe. When he is well attached and bonded to you, here are instructions on how to help your dog build social skills.
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[Re: Jenny Arntzen ]
#314445 - 02/01/2011 05:00 PM |
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Training is an on going education.
Nothing lives or dies on any one mistake or technique.
Look to the dog.
If my dog isn't learning, I'm doing something wrong.
Randy
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Re: what would you do different
[Re: Peter Cavallaro ]
#314449 - 02/01/2011 05:24 PM |
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Good question. I'd relax and not sweat the small stuff.
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[Re: phaedra rieff ]
#314451 - 02/01/2011 05:40 PM |
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1- Focus on different attributes during puppy selection.
Can I ask what attributes you did look for, and which ones you would change/look for in the future?
As someone who has the "blank slate" right now... easier said than done! Once you get that new puppy, it's not a blank slate, it's a little monster with a whole personality of it's own, discovering the world for the first time... and it doesn't speak human!
But, I'm trying my best. I think the MOST important thing is to enjoy it.
I wasn't looking for a dog to do bitework with.
I didn't put as much emphasis on prey as I would have if I had been.
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Re: what would you do different
[Re: Sheila Buckley ]
#314452 - 02/01/2011 05:44 PM |
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What a topic to read as we are 9 days away from bringing home a new puppy! Giving me heartburn just thinking about starting all over! Even though this is going to be a family pet and not a working dog, there's a lot of resolutions to be made. I think I might print this thread out and hang it on the fridge.
My own goals:
- Don't be so serious all the time. Do 'fun' training sessions!
-Start imprinting recalls on day one
-Start focus training on day one
- Build confidence right away. Put puppy on rocks, on raised surfaces, upside-down, in water, in the car, anywhere I can put it, make it into a living land rover!
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