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Originally Posted by xxmxaxrxyxx  i see both sides...yes i don't think she is a good trainer but i also feel you should toughen up a little...you are too leniant and maybe the is why pebbles is not listen...i have taught all my dogs to sit, lay down, paw, beg, roll over, high five and bang! bang! when they are at a young age they tend not to pay attention because they are still curious. so a i do push them down on but not hard...and say sit in either english or vietnamese and when they are in that position i give them tons of praises and treats...within 5 minutes if even they got it... |
I am unsure if I am too leniant. I havent seen many other people train their dogs and everyone was really nice to their dog in the class. I mean, there was little girl in the class with her old grandmother and they were very sweet. The little girl got her puppy to sit with the food treats--i helped her. I was not poo-pooing pebbles and letting her do what she wanted. I was really trying to get her attention at me and what we were doing. I had food AND treats. I had my foot down on her leash and she would just move around and look at everything but me. I had to literally hold her face in my hand and force her to look at me at one point. I was not mean though, just firm. I think it really does work a lot easier when they actually like "the reward/food" you give them.