Not right away, you dont want to ever hit a dog. So this allows the master and the dog to understand both sides of discipline.
Hmmm, some times you learn better when your irritated. you can focus more… unless a squirll goes by.
Must have been a lot of squirrels outside of your English classes.
Not if you staple it.
sorry about that…
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That is what crates are made for
If this is how some of you think about training a dog I’d hate to see you with your own kids.
Why? They fit in crates just as well as dogs. :Shrug:
hell a crib is pretty close to a cage?
Bump.
Any new updates on said info above? I’m finally done with school for now and want to take my dude to a trainer/classes. He’s really good around other dogs just needs some attention in certain areas. If he isn’t tired he pulls on the leash especially when we are in the pet store. At home when I am not there and he needs to go outside he goes on a lead, when I am there I let him out without it and he does good with staying by me or in the backyard. The other issue is when he’s excited and sees new people he likes to jump on them playfully but this is embarrassing and I’d like it to stop. To further the leash walking skills, it would be nice to have him sit or stop at the corner before crossing the street as well but that’s not a major concern. A dog down the street does it and seems like a good skill to learn.
Any useful info would be appreciated, thank you!
Our great dane friend has collars for their dogs that vibrate. They are just enough of a buzz to get the dogs attention, they ARE NOT shock collars. She has trained her three danes with them including her special needs dane who is deaf. That’s one option, it’s also expensive.
Not too sure on training classes, I’ll ask my dad thursday where he got his dog trained.
We also use a Gentle Leader for Bambi, she loves to sniff. The one we have has padding for around the nose.
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=search-alias%3Dpets&field-keywords=gentle+leader
We tried K9 connection, they train using shock collars. They are adjustable and you can barely feel them when they are set low. I still dont like the whole idea so I didnt continue the training.
We use this for the pulling issue.
http://www.lupinepet.com/no-pull/
I don’t like the nose leaders because they inhibit breathing and it’s REALLY hot here in the south, your mileage may vary.
The jumping can be trained out usually, but it takes a lot of work on you, the owner’s part. No magical class, you have to put in effort and get a friend to come help you out with it.
I need something for mine as well… She’s pretty great, but is sometimes randomly aggressive towards other dogs. She jumps on people too, but I’ve been working on that…
@FourEyed don’t think I forgot how your dog almost ate my face off over some brownies!
Solid bump GV. Our 1 year old terrier mix can be a real bundle of energy and a handful sometimes. Overall, she is really a well mannered mutt, but she is lacking in certain area’s.
-First and foremost, she has been doing this thing where she will get up between 12-1 am and be bat shit fucking crazy, even after a tiring day of exercise and attention. Barking, panting, just wanting attention. This shit is fucking with my sleep and needs to stop.
-She also tends to piss off other dogs in the sense that even though she is very playful and good around new dogs, other dogs sometimes dont like the fact that she always comes back in for more playing. It’s like she misses cues that certain dogs dont like her. She got bit at a couple times being overly playful.
-She can be frustrating at home. If she wants your attention, she is not afraid to bark. She doesn’t need anything… she just wants you to come to her and notice her… so she barks… this is pretty infrequent but when it does happen, I want to freacking muzzle her, but I could never.
we are research a trainer out here… we’ll see how it goes.
that’s all an age thing… our dogs were like that from age 1-2 and have really chilled out now.
They were “special” brownies… apparently she didn’t want to share.
She’s been great with people… Just not other dogs.
For sure, I totally get that. Both my girlfriend and I grew up with dogs, so we both feel pretty confident in how we train them ourselves, but sometimes it can be tough. She brought up the trainer idea, and I guess it couldn’t hurt to work on a few more things.
I think the biggest thing for me, being a caring owner, is having a full time job. I love that dog so much and it hurts a little bit every single day to be gone for work.
But let’s be honest, we house trained her right away and got her out of the crate, so she’s got full run of the place and all she does is sleep all day. We only had a couple minor incidents when she was 7-8 months old with her chewing on some moulding and a couch cushon. Par for the course though. (as I say this she is probably completely destroying something at home, lol)
yeah, our dogs are in their crates unless we are home and they like it that way (they’ll run to them if they think we are going to leave).
I’d wager you’ve just got a case of teenageritis and perhaps some boredom on your hands here.
I crate my dogs when im not home they actually hang out in them random when we are home and don’t mind at all.