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01-01-2012, 04:25 PM | #1 |
Inactive Account Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Missouri, but will always be a Montana girl.
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| Need help with the come and leave it commands please. Hi all, Bella has mastered sit, stay, and lay down. I'm happy about that, but I am really struggling with the 'come' and 'leave it' commands...which are the two most important ones, and she isn't getting either one. I'm extremely patient with her, so I know she's not feeding anything off of me, but I think maybe I'm not using a strong enough tone? I have no idea. She thinks I'm playing with her when I say leave it. I say leave it and she drops it...runs around the livingroom growling (playing)...runs back to it and picks it up again. I say leave it, she drops it..but then runs around and grabs it again. =/ It's actually very funny to watch and unfortunately I DO laugh (I'm trying very hard not to). What are some tricks I can use to teach her to leave it and LEAVE it, instead of it leaving it and coming back for it like a Boomerang? Coming she hates. I've googled, and I've tried a bunch of different things, but she doesn't understand any of them. It's not her...she's a VERY bright puppy. Maybe I'm confusing her with trying different things instead of just one? I'd like to have the peace of mind knowing that if something were to happen, I can say "come" and she'll stop whatever she's doing and come to me. She loves racing to me and waiting for me to pick her up...that's not a problem when she's doing it on her own, she does it all the time. But..I can't seem to figure out a way to get her to stop and come to me regardless of what she's doing. Right now we're working on "sit pretty" and she's already done it a few times, so I think she'll learn that one easily too. It's the important ones that she's not getting, and those are the two I'm really wanting her to learn. Thanks! |
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01-01-2012, 05:26 PM | #2 |
Action Jackson ♥ Donating Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Maryland
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| I have posted this a few times recently so I'll just copy/paste my post Recall is sooo important. I practice with Jackson a few times a week still at 3yrs old -- I went and bought a light 50 foot line, let him go out exploring, and use "here" or "Jackson, here" as our command and always treat him. I also randomly give him a treat if he chooses by himself to come up to me, or walks near me, or checks in, etc. You can also begin when in the house or in a secure fenced in area. Sit on the ground with her as if you are doing a training session. Reach over her head, grab hold of her harness, let go, and treat. De-sensitize her to the motion of your hand reaching for her so she does not run. In the beginning stages, NEVER say "come" or "here" or whatever your command is and then immediately pick her up and bring her away from the fun. Let her come to you, get a treat, and then go run off again. If they learn coming when called always = something unpleasant (such as a bath, leaving a fun place, getting brushed, etc) they will learn to ignore it. I notice a lot of people don't even realize they are doing it: "Rover, come here" *grabs for bath* "Come on, Rover" *starts cutting nails*, LOL. you get the gist. Always make your command word a positive one. Also, don't over-use the phrase. A lot of people will say "Come!... come. Come! come come come!" Dogs don't understand English in the way we do obviously. And "comecomecomecomecome!" means something completely different than just "come". Set them up for success! - try not to let them fail. Try only saying your command when you KNOW they are going to come, in the beginning, so that the word doesn't become useless. In an emergency situation, you could always get down on the ground yourself. Usually dogs will think you found something interesting and come over to check you out (as we are not usually on the ground on their level). Check out YouTube channel zakgeorge21 and kikopup for two really informative training channels.
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01-01-2012, 10:00 PM | #3 |
Inactive Account Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Missouri, but will always be a Montana girl.
Posts: 472
| Wow..lots of great info you've given, and I thank you. I see now, right away, where I've been messing up. I do exactly what you said not to do. IE: baths, IE: earhair trimming, etc. I'd have treats and kisses for her also, but the main thing is that I was taking her away from her monkey, teddy, chewy, and other toys at the time. NOT purposely of course, that bit didn't occur to me until you outlined it. ....no wonder she didn't want to come to me when I called her over. I admit I have a lot to learn in training a puppy (I could use a training class myself). I do have patience going for me in volumes, so I guess that's a good start. lol Thank you for the tips and the link. I'll put them to good use. :] |
01-05-2012, 10:38 AM | #4 |
Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Katy, Texas USA
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| Brit is an excellent trainer but I'll throw out what my trainer taught us. When wanting them to come, we are supposed to put our left hand down and say "touch". The dog should touch it with their nose, then you give him a treat. This has worked for mine. We don't use the word "come" or "here". They have no idea what that means. They do know "touch". For "leave it", when they are in a sitting position, I put a treat (or something they really want) in front of them and tell them to leave it. As soon as they leave for just a second or two, they get a treat. Not the treat that you have put down for them to leave. I gradually increased the time to where when I say "leave it" they will. Leave it really helps when they find something on the floor. Hope this helps.
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01-05-2012, 10:53 AM | #5 |
YT 2000 Club Donating Member | All great advice. Come is very difficult and will take a long time before you have a reliable come. Razzle is still on a long training lead. And he is 3yrs old. He is only 70% or so reliable on a leash free come. And that in only specific circumstances like dock diving which he loves. When walking on lead you can practice come (on the halter) let her walk out ahead of you, with a happy lilt call Come (only once). If she comes - treat or give a toy play a bit with her.
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