Dennis Jones Webboard User Reg: 06-13-2004
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Max will do or try to do what I want unless my three year old son is in his sight. My ground work was compromized by my well intentioned better half. "But your son wanted to play with the puppy!" and my son loved to feed and play w/ Max. when I got home from work and started training I had to remove my son from his sight and I turned into the "ogre that must be obeyed" well, it's not that bad. My question is how do I keep Max's attention and focus without having to crate my three year old son?
I would try some "pay attention" drills. You need to train the dog to actually look at you on command. This should help some with the distractions. I did it with my pup by actually forcing her head to face me by grabbing the collar. When she was looking at me after the command I praise lavishly and give a small treat. Give that a shot.
No way around it. You need to train new behaviors in a distraction free environment. Then as the proper foundation is layed you begin to introduce distractions and work in other places. Ed's basic obedience tape is very good at showing the progression. You will just have to crate your son while training. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />
You are lucky in having your own "distraction" on call whenever you want to test your training ! Its pays off in the end....I remember the gasps as I called my dog to heel whilst he was being mobbed by school children fussing him and then heeled him through a group of kids who were calling him and trying to fuss him....he never took his eyes off me,ignored the kids and gave me the opportunity to talk to them about
a) bite avoidence
b) why you should not distract a working dog.
Build the distraction up gradually and it will work - you can turn a "problem" into something positive.
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