I am beginning to have a problem with my GSD Luke, he has figured out how to open every door in the house. He, naturally has a problem if the door opens inward towards him, BUT he is figuring this out too. He turns the knobs, and even has the sliding glass door down too. Locks help, but if it isn't locked, and he wants outside to where the kids are, then he will just open the door and go, if you are not watching him. I have gotten onto him, catching him "in the act" , telling him NO, and putting him into a down/stay.
I sort of created this monster last summer during BBQs, I taught him how to get me a beer out of the fridge, mainly to see if he could be taught the difference between a beer and a soda, it was pretty simple. But I stopped it when the wife caught him in the fridge, she was not happy to say the least. But since then he has taken this door opening to a new level, figuring out the knobs, etc. Someone please help!
If everyone is thinking alike, then someone isn't thinking.
Kevin, I've had this same problem with my GSD. He can open the sliding glass door, but his biggest problem has been the way he launches hinself against it to get our attention. Verbal corrections aren't worth a damn if your not right there before/when he hits the door. Today was his first day with the ecollar. He slammed into it while I was in the other room. I was ready with my finger on the button. Normally he will do this till I yell at him to quit. He only did a second launch, then sat there with his head cocked and looked at the door. Dern smart dog <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" /> ...cept he screams like a wusy with the collar only on 20. :rolleyes: The collar will stay on whenever he's out of his kennel and in the yard.
It can be a bit amusing, like when you are taking a shower and you are seeing the doorknob turn because he wants to know what you are doing. And when I'm working in the garage and he gives the short, gruff bark that he "is coming out there regardless". Just the whole idea of it is funny, but the whole "I'm leaving the house to go where the kids are playing" isn't too good.
It started with a curiousity between myself and one of our K9 folks, could he (Luke)learn to know the difference between a can of something, and a can of something else, and could he be told to go and get something specific. Was he "that smart"? Well, he is, and like I'm learning with regards to GSDs, they are often too smart for their own good. He is not shy about taking things into his own paws and working them out on his own in my absence. I am thinking about installing latches that he can't open to stop the problem. I have a male Dobe pup coming into the home and this is one of the things that I'd rather him not pick up from watching Luke.
If everyone is thinking alike, then someone isn't thinking.
I know this thread is extremely old but I just couldn't laugh and smile. My GSD opens the back sliding door, figured out how to open a door in the basement and also the MOST annoying off all. He figured out how to open the bottom trash can pull out drawer in the kitchen. Darn smart dogs indeed! lol
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