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Originally Posted by jonathon087  That's a pretty amazing puppy you have there! I don't know... Our Daisy gets so out of hand sometimes. She loses interest really easily all the time. Especially when my wife is around. She adores my wife. She'll listen to every word I say until she comes around, then it's all energy. She's really intelligent, in my opinion. She practically learned fetch on her own. My wife just started tossing her toy across the room after a game of tug-o-war and she'd just bring it back like she wasn't done. Then she just got better and better. Eventually I got her to listen to 'drop it', and then she'll drop the toy. A little far away, but it's coming around. I've got some extra time on my hands here lately, so I'm going to be doubling down on her training. |
One thing that I have told my parents and siblings now that I live with them is never and I mean never give Kaji treats for nothing in return. It teaches them you're the source of free meals and they'll walk all over you. Kaji is on the "nothing in life is free" training program. He works for his meals similar to Capt Nooonie's dog. Plus, there is more than one way to teach a trick. Nothing worked with Kaji especially since he's not really food or toy motivated. I had to find another way to teach him. Down took us two whole months to learn. The way I did it was I started from the sit, I took a treat and placed it on the floor with one hand, with the other hand I grabbed his two front paws. I said the command, "DOWN", and then pulled his front legs forward (gently). This pulls his front paws out from under him giving him no choice but to go into a down position, as soon as his body was down it was "Good Boy!" and treat time. I didn't yank or pull his arms, I just placed him into the down position. Eventually, you phase out the help and they do it on their own. Now I can do either hand or vocal command and he obeys both. Just another method.
As for walking, that takes practice and consistency. If you don't want your baby bolting toward strangers, have her on a short leash. As soon as you see a potential distraction, stop put her in a "sit and stay." Treats work great here too. If she pulls as you are walking, stop! The leash must be slack before you can continue to walk. Kaji pulls out of fear. He tries to run away. So when I see a potential "scary" situation, I have him sit, stay, and focus on me. If he sits and behaves, his reward is walking away from the scary thing that just passed us. If he pulls, I stop. He must come back, sit right besides me and waits for the "Ok" command so we can start walking again. I'm pretty strict with this and he's getting much better.