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Originally Posted by JCarlson2004 Katie does not respond AT ALL when she's alone to my commands. The only command she knows is "give kisses" then she leaps over to me and starts kissing me. But that's it.
Codie will obey me when he's alone but once he's with Katie, it's a whole different story. When I say stop I want them to freeze and stop what they're doing, whether it's chewing on something they aren't supposed to or running away not on a leash. |
All right - you've answerd your own question then. Isolate Katie first and start really working on getting her to respond to ANY command you wish to make it. But have a clear picture in your mind of what the "end behavior" you want her to perform looks like. Are you teaching a "come"? A "stop?" There is no point in randomly yelling after your dog (imagine if you will someone running down the street and yelling at you in a language you don't know. Would you know how to respond?) She isn't necessarily being bad, she doesn't understand what you want from her. Make it so that she has no excuses not to listen to you - that you know and she knows the command you are asking for cold. This may take several weeks - or months but try it. Then refresh and reinforce your other dog's command. When you've got both dogs working well with thier commands, then start working with them together (it will be helpful if you can enlist a helper so that each person would be assigned a dog to monitor and work with during each training session).