Hello everyone. I am having noting but problems with my shepherd. He is 2yrs and ever since he was a puppy he can not focus. He is hyper, he can never just sit down, when every our golden retriever is around he looses it and will only focus on her. I have been training him with a prong collar, choke collar, I have used food nothing works when she is around. I guess I have two problems.
1. How do I get him to calm down. He is such a scatter brain. It is as if his mind is running a mile a minute and he can't calm down. And he has not grown out of it...
2. When ever our other dog is around he can't focus on my any more but it totally attentive to her.
Any advice?
Would probably do you good to read on Ed's foundations of leadership article on his website...not sure of the link though, but I'm sure you can easily find it there. I am thinking he does not recognize you as a 'leader' which is why he won't focus on you. It isn't really an issue of 'calming' down, I have a hyperactive 6-month old pup who'll knock everything off the shelves, but he'll listen to me if I tell him to stop and pay attention.
Seperate him from the other dog and make you the center of his life.
I agree with the above post. Your dog is not recognizing you as the pack leader. I adopted an untrained, neglected and hyperactive 10 month old GSD a couple of months ago. I adopted Ed's "Ground Work" and my dog's training has been better than expected.
BTW, how often do you walk your dog? They need a lot of excersise to burn off all that energy.
I strongly believe that genetics have a bit to do (sometimes) with dogs who can't focus. Equally important are two other things- puppy training, and socialization, and adult training/bonding. Some dogs have not been forced to use their brain, and their brain just becomes a bit soft. I have a dog who I would have characterized as a bit like you described. What worked with us, was having a set activity that we did, just US, with appropriate toys/rewards, and finite requirements for behaviour. We kept the sessions short, and as she grew, she became more focused in general, and able to "handle" herself without becoming un-glued. Two years is not very old, and I would start on a very very regimented schedule for this dog, and spend lots of time getting him to pay attention to just you. Work without the other dog near- teach him that life is MUCH more fun with you than with the dog. And yes, work can be (and should be) fun.
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Both Mike and Julie have valid posts on this topic. My first thought reading the original post was that dog had been allowed around the Golden WAY TO MUCH when it first came into the home. That created the obsessive nature towards the Golden.
If these were my dogs. They would be separated by using dog crates. Only one dog out at a time.
Then this dog needs serious dog training. If the handler followed some of Mikes advice he would see a difference. The issue is understaninf corrections. Read the article I wrote THE THEORY OF CORRECTIONS IN DOG TRAINING http://leerburg.com/corrections.htm
If this were my dong I would also run the dog through the work in my DVD Building Drive and Focus http://leerburg.com/101e.htm THis wo9rk can be done 3 or 4 times a day for 1 to 2 minutes at a time. Then throughout the day I would run the dog through the groundwork exercises. http://leerburg.com/groundwork.htm
So in closing, if you follow the various recommendations in this thread you will see advise. If you dont then its anowner problem and not a dog problem.
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