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Originally Posted by jp4m2  Thanks La P. I wondered how I could do that...I never scolded him when I did finally catch him, I had heard that when you do that they will never come because they will connect scolding with coming to you...  |
One day i called him, and i was sooo positive with him.. he was doing the stubborn thing, but then there was a glimmer of hope... he looked at me and I saw his tail wage lol i kept calling him with the highest happy voice i could and he came. It was when i saw that tail wag i knew i had him. And its very hard not to cold them but i try to stay positive and play at least for the first minute.
I apply the same concept to my son as well, because he got jealous of all the happy praise that Ryo would get. I saw a TV program that showed the technique that TJDmom was talking about. It worked great with a long lead
Another training example: my Ryo knows down. so then i read somewhere you could teach them to also put their heads down. So i would tell Ryo down, then take my finger and say "head down" while i gently pushed his head down when he was in the down position. when his head poked up i would gently push it down again. I did that only one time for 10 minutes.. the next day my son told him down, then said head down and BOOM! his lil head went down and i was amazed it only took one ten minute session the day before!. With repetition you can teach them anything