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[Re: Cheryl Gee ]
#316059 - 02/10/2011 11:20 PM |
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Re: Prey driven fox terrier
[Re: Cheryl Gee ]
#316060 - 02/10/2011 11:48 PM |
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She does sound like a nudgey little one. Any chance you will end up keeping her? It sounds like she will need a lot of consistencey over the long haul.
For guarding the ball I taught my dog to pick it up and put it in my hand using marker training. I got the idea from the dominant dog video, only since I caught it early I could safely work up close.
I tossed the ball to her with the command "take it", let her have it for a millisecond and then rewarded her an awesome treat for giving it back on the command "hand", and then let her have the ball again. Then we progressed to her picking it up off of the ground and giving it to me. Its really worked for us.
Of course since she is with you, its up to you to figure out if the problem with guarding toys is too far gone to be approached safely. Some dogs shouldn't have toys.
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Re: Prey driven fox terrier
[Re: Jenny Arntzen ]
#316062 - 02/11/2011 02:41 AM |
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I'm working with a 10 year old fox terrier and he has super prey drive. He has some separation anxiety and a lot of ball crazy/field crazy (boing boing boing boing boing). I'm finding his biggest challenge is learning to Sit, Down, and Wait. It's so interesting, because when we exercise those commands (with clicker and treat) he is so pooped out after the session!
I practice them everywhere. For the first 6 months we thought he had a problem with his hips because he couldn't seem to sit. Now he offers sits all the time, hoping for a treat. It's amazing to see the difference. I can even get him to sit and wait for the ball throw out on the field, which is extremely difficult for him. I have to time my click to catch him when his entire body isn't quivering with excitement.
He has some crate issues, so for his new soft crate for car rides, I spent a couple of weeks with daily crate exercises - yup - Sit, Down, Wait in the Crate! Today we had our inaugural voyage in the car with dogs in their new soft crates. Skipper was awesome! Especially on the trip home, when I realized I had to leave the top flap zipped closed or he would ride with his head sticking out the top of the crate.
I guess what I am saying is that living with Skipper is like living with a 20 lb alligator crossed with a humming bird. But entirely trainable, his food drive almost matches his ball drive, and he loves to learn. And it turns out the commands he needs are not that hard to teach.
Who ever adopts your fox terrier, has to be committed to learning to train and play with this dog. As I said, Skipper is 10 years old and runs circles around every single dog we have met so far.
This sounds a lot like my Toy Fox Terrier, Gracie's grandsire, Beau who is also 10 years old and doing agility. Fox terriers of all types do seem to have an over abundance of energy and require ongoing training along with a firm hand at times.
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Re: Prey driven fox terrier
[Re: Elaine Haynes ]
#316066 - 02/11/2011 07:24 AM |
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No idea how to post a video on the board. Liaka is a wire fox terrier.I already have my dog limit of three and cannot keep her. The plan was to place her into a new home. I do a lot of fostering and try to keep my home open to other fosters by not having to many of my own.
I will try the clicker with the ball idea.I would like to see her response. I could see her playing flyball, but most people want a dog as a companion.
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Re: Prey driven fox terrier
[Re: Cheryl Gee ]
#316067 - 02/11/2011 07:37 AM |
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It is actually pretty easy! You would upload your video to a free site such as Photobucket and then post the direct link here in your thread. Trust me, if I can do it, anyone can!! 
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Re: Prey driven fox terrier
[Re: Cheryl Gee ]
#316071 - 02/11/2011 08:31 AM |
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how much exercise is this dog getting?
if the dog has no outlet for burning off energy, they will burn it off in other ways and it is often done by destructive/unacceptable behaviour.
im refering to the door issue...the ball guarding etc. is a whole other can of worms.
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[Re: Wendy Lefebvre ]
#316078 - 02/11/2011 10:17 AM |
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Later I will ask my husband to help me make a video and try to post it. I have taught her to walk on the treadmill and we do go for walks almost every day. But the weather has not been the best.
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Re: Prey driven fox terrier
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#316083 - 02/11/2011 11:22 AM |
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Skipper needs about 1/2 an hour of hard running ball play everyday. He loves his walks, but he needs to run hard to burn off his energy. With that amount of exercise, he is content to sleep around the house the rest of the day. It also cuts way down on his separation anxiety (to pretty much non-existent). When we play Fetch, I interrupt the play every ten throws to make him pause so he doesn't work himself into a frenzy. I watch how he is running, and when he is starting to lose his lightening speed, I know he is getting ready to call it quits. The game gives us a chance to practice Give, Wait, Sit, and Down.
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[Re: Jenny Arntzen ]
#316087 - 02/11/2011 11:34 AM |
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It's amazing how many behavioural problems can be solved with just some good old bone tiring exercise.
The problem with rescues is that you don't know what the people that had the dog before did with the dog.
They could've thought is little act at the door was cute and encouraged it. Thus teaching the dog that it was an accepted behaviour.
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[Re: Wendy Lefebvre ]
#316090 - 02/11/2011 11:52 AM |
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Using lures to teach Skipper to Sit.
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