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Originally Posted by Proud Mommy  Thank you... Good suggestion. And I am trying with my son, but I understand why he so upset. He just started telling me that I love the dogs more than him. So I need to reassure him that I love him just as much as I love my dogs  I didn't know he was feeling this way I spend a lot of time with my babies so now I need to find something to do with just him  |
There was a girl in several of my rally classes who was maybe 11 at the oldest and trained her big goofy lab all by herself (with her parent's supervision of course) Every week she came with the dog and did all of the tricks. Sometimes mom came, sometimes dad, sometimes both... but come the Rally trial she was the one in the ring with her dog. This girl is going to have be a champion handler one day, but it just showed me how kids can learn to respect dogs and dogs can listen to kids. Try letting him give her a special yummy treat for doing commands. My husband thought Loki was boring and then all of the sudden he started teaching him tricks. I'd come home from the grocery store and he will have taught Loki a new trick like crawl or wave. We are working on a local political campaign right now and he even taught Loki to wave his paw when we say "Vote for John!" and growl when we say "What do you think of Bill?" They had to bond in their own special way I guess. Maybe that's what you need to figure out?