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Originally Posted by YorkieMother  h dear oh dear.. walking out the door first is not going to do a thing...
Ok follow me a second...when you take them out in the car do you climb in the car door first and pull them in after??? yeah think not....
When you do this it is only for safety concerns so you can know what out there and what you are walking your dog into. Nothing is gained by you about being a dogs boss or not.
If they start pulling and barking shut the door.. no walks till you shhh.
If they pull stop no moving if you pull sorry.
No treats unless you are doing as I ask and I try doing this without any words. Words tend to mess you and the dog up and should come after teaching an action. Plus if your tense and chatting they will pick up and run with it.
I suggest not knowing what you have read and if you want to PM with the list I will have a look.
But your working with wolf and dog stuff and be the boss... yeah try learning theory stuff it different I look at Pat Millers book The Power of Positive Dog Training and On Talking Terms with Dogs by Tuird Rugass.
It ok dogs are works in progress and they are never going to be perfect, we need to allow them not perfect and decide what we are ok to live with. That is different for each of us.
JL |
the doorway thing was an example. I def. have tried to make them stop pulling or whining. In one of the book i read it says if they pull, pull the other direction and say 'lets go' and if he pulls again, do the same thing until he gets the point that he won't get anywhere by pulling. I have done this and it works but after a while he starts to pull again and it gets so tiring, idk how he doesn't get tired of pulling so much. He chokes himself even though he wears a harness. I rarely give treats unless they pay attention and are behaving. But it's not just the leash waking, it's also when im home and want to go somewhere they all go crazy and bark at each other, it makes it hard just to get out the door. And other little things, but other than that at home they are not bad at all, for the most part they are good.