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Originally Posted by Lizzie07  I don't know if she actually sounds abused, but she really sounds like a kennel dog to me. Not like a dog who has lived day in and day out interacting with people in a home. A lot of times, if a dog isn't played with as a puppy or given toys when a puppy, they don't know how to play with you or toys.
Have you checked out clicker training? It does work best with a food motivated dog and if Gracie likes treats, she might enjoy it. It might take her a little longer to realize how to earn a click, but once she does, learning new things should come pretty fast.
One of the first dogs I ever clickered trained was eight years old. My timing was off one time when I told him to sit and he sat, barked and I clicked. From then on, he sat and barked everytime I told him to sit. I found it amusing. Oz was very food motivated and he took to clicker training like a duck to water! |
That is just it...She is NOT motivated by food. She will take the first bite then when she realizes what she has to do for another one she runs away. Praise doesn't work either and I can't think of anything to associate with the clicker. I make sure she sees the other dogs obeying commands and she is a smart little thing so I am hoping she will figure out that it is a good thing. I am thinking about letting a professional take over but I don't want her traumatized by being subjected to a stranger. It has taken our wonderful sweet groomer this whole past year to get Gracie to even look at her.
What do you think about me putting her harness so she can't run away? I hesitate to do that though since she loves to go for walks and rides in the care. She gets so excited when she sees the harnesses coming out. I don't want her to start shying away from that too!