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12-02-2015, 09:33 AM | #1 |
YT 2000 Club Donating Member | Finally speaking out for corrections Plan B - Kill the Dog! This is a hard read - and not specific to Yorkies. But as a large dog owner I am more than familiar with this problem. I read here all the time about never correcting a Yorkie - well guess what - sometimes they need a measured correction. Measured to their size and transgression and done safely for the dog. It is quite simply wrong to allow a Yorkie to snap snarl and then eventually bite some-one. On our last BRT walk I took aside two owners of Blackies and spoke with them pretty directly. Their breeders should have done this way earlier - actually before they placed this puppy with them. They needed to get themselves and their dogs into obedience training pronto! Two dog and people aggressive dogs - a heartache waiting to happen. And why? Because they did not know how to train this working breed. Did not recognize the seriousness of a problem waiting to happen. Only one to my knowledge took my advice. And then she spoke with me about not wanting to use the collar the trainer I referred her to recommended. I said talk to him - but really you should try it out - understand its uses. Here is my ideal for a trainer. Someone who actually has enough knowledge and the belief system that you need to train the dog and owner as a team! Each owner dog team has their strengths n weaknesses - and it is a superb trainer that recognizes this and caters the training to this. Oh and btw put your ego at the training door - be prepared to hear about your mistakes or flaws and openly be willing to improve on them. Sadly I can't make some one listen to me and to follow my advice. I am a novice trainer - and I say this having been involved with training dogs for 10yrs. It is only now I fly solo for the most part in training. But still I go to my professional trainer for review of our work and fine tunings. If I with 10yrs of experience still find the need to ask for help and advice - certainly new dog owners can do the same.
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12-02-2015, 11:00 AM | #2 |
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| Makes total sense to me. |
12-02-2015, 04:54 PM | #3 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Oct 2015 Location: New Braunfels
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| I'm going to jump in here and say, I absolutely agree with correction! I do not allow my dogs to behave badly, just as I would not allow my children to behave badly. Usually a very stern voice is good, but occasionally, I need to be firmer. My dogs are happy, healthy, loving dogs who know their place. It is important for a dog to know its place in the pack. I also make my dogs do things they do not want to do. When I am grooming, they must stand still and allow me to cut toe nails, brush teeth, etc. They don't like it, but it is for their safety and health, so I make them do it. They know if I say do it, then they will have to do it, like it or not. And they still love me to pieces!
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12-03-2015, 09:20 AM | #4 |
YT 2000 Club Donating Member | And another article
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12-03-2015, 10:00 AM | #5 | |
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| Quote: My dad had a lab that he trained with the rewards system. It worked for the lab because he was a pleaser. I had an 88 lb male greyhound I had to put on the floor a couple of times because he wanted to be the boss. I had to show him he wasn't.
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12-10-2015, 10:16 AM | #6 |
YT 500 Club Member Join Date: May 2015 Location: Texas
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| I use about 80-85% positive training. I use about 10-15%% harsh tone corrections when needed. And for the severe, repeated issues that he rarely does such as puppy style biting/scratching my kiddos hands or attempting to get at human foods (he knows better for both issues but gets excited), I use verbal correction with firm but gentle pats on the bottom and crating. Mario was beaten/abused before we got him, so I never want to hurt him, but I do want to convey my severe displeasure with behaviours that can harm him or others. Even play biting on my daughter's hands affects their relationship and ability to work as a team together, so it is not allowed, period. I suspect with time and maturity, this will no longer be an issue at all, but Mario is still very young (maybe 15-18 mo old). Not correcting certain behaviours can result in a dog's death from more than euthanasia such as digging in the trash, eating off the table, running off and not coming back to recall, fighting with other dogs, uncontrolled jumping out of the car in parking lots, etc...... Adopting a dog is a responsibility and a commitment. We are taking on the responsibility of another life and we are committed to doing everything we should do to protect that life and make it the best we can make it. Just like with a child, we are accepting responsibility for their safety and their happiness. Their happiness is not more important than their safety, nor is their safety more important than their happiness. When we got Mario, we completely revamped a piece of furniture to enclose our trash can so he has no chance to get to it. It took me almost two days to finish the project and included cutting up and rebuilding the piece then sanding and repainting it. I did not want to attempt training digging in our trash can out of Mario, since a single slip up on that training could result in his death, so I did the next best responsible thing and made it never accessible to him. I did this before he ever got into the trash can to begin with. For all I know, he may have never tried, but also he may have tried once and died.
__________________ Mario was adopted May 2015. Now he is a service dog and brother to Bailey the Airdale mix |
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