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Originally Posted by Erin  There's no way that is a last resort. My trainer would NEVER advise anyone do that. I've trained with her from puppy all the way through advanced with Loki and I'm starting over again with Sammy. Did you find a positive reinforcement trainer or a trained animal behaviorist?
It's basic conditioning. You teach the dog that taking something away from him is a GOOD thing, not a bad thing. You can phase out the reward if you want. There is science behind it.
Of course Yorkies aren't stupid. Loki will "fetch" socks and bring them to me and spit them out thinking he will get a treat for it. Who cares? I don't leave anything dangerous around and if you just ignore them they will stop doing it because it's no fun anymore. |
As a matter of fact we did get a personal behaviorist trainer for Bruin during the first few weeks of correction. She didn't really help at all (she did everything right too as you explain it, Bruin just wanted it his way). Sometimes the unconventional works. Like Erin said, some dogs do this other do not. It's not a matter of a bad owner or trainer. And i agree with Erin about sometimes needing to treat them like the dogs they are. All my intention was to share what i did and its unconventional correction.