I always let pisa win at tug, and on the frustrating outings to save being chewed on gave her a rag or toy to carry back to the house
Now when she wins she runs away from me and worse, when she grabs something off the ground, rocks, seed pods, whatever is exposed, her goal is to get away from me, so I pull her in, or go to her and take the object from her mouth(with a bit of a fight) but always trade for food and sometimes a toy.
how can I fix this ?
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How old is she? This sounds a lot like a problem I thought I had made with my dog, and then it went away. I probably had little to do with it coming, or going.
I would begin teaching the "yuck!" when she goes for rocks - these can be dangerous if she swallows one. She is on lead, you are walking with her, she goes for a rock and you give a light pop to the leash and say "YUCK!" (or whatever). When she stops or looks at you mark and reward. If she grabs it, take it out of her mouth. (I wore heavy gloves when my dog was this age...) It takes you being very proactive to catch her in the act of going for something, and yes, it is a bit of a pain. Falcon's nickname at this age was "Hoover" like the vacuum... It is a stage and does pass, but you have to work to keep her from scarfing dangerous items.
If she is on the lead, she can't run away with the tug. It is a process of teaching them you are more fun than playing alone. It is a p-r-o-c-e-s-s. The more you work with her, the more it will become ingrained.
OK, that makes sence, I was waiting for her to get something before yuck and not marking when she left it, thank you for that It seems so logical,
I just have to accept I need to learn more than my puppy right now .... lol
I just have to accept I need to learn more than my puppy right now .... lol
We all did at one time Dave. You are in great company.
Give yourself permission to just ENJOY the puppy stage right now (in between applying bandaids and Neosporin)
It really is okay to just play a lot of the time and shape behaviors - you don't have to TRAIN non-stop. I know the pressure is there; you watch all these videos of amazing pups at 4 weeks of age jumping hurdles and tracking (okay, that is an exageration)and want to make sure you are doing all you can do to train a great dog. But, relax. Just have fun and bond with her.
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Quote: barbara schuler
I would begin teaching the "yuck!" when she goes for rocks - these can be dangerous if she swallows one. She is on lead, you are walking with her, she goes for a rock and you give a light pop to the leash and say "YUCK!" (or whatever). When she stops or looks at you mark and reward. If she grabs it, take it out of her mouth. (I wore heavy gloves when my dog was this age...) It takes you being very proactive to catch her in the act of going for something, and yes, it is a bit of a pain. Falcon's nickname at this age was "Hoover" like the vacuum... It is a stage and does pass, but you have to work to keep her from scarfing dangerous items.
If she is on the lead, she can't run away with the tug. It is a process of teaching them you are more fun than playing alone. It is a p-r-o-c-e-s-s. The more you work with her, the more it will become ingrained.
My pup when he was younger did this too. This did work for us as well. As they say this too shall pass. With us it was middle summer and tree frogs. Blech.
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