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Originally Posted by Luvdogs2  Another excellent post. This is great stuff. I hadn't thought about the treat for calm behavior either.
Getting the dog to leave the toy/treat/chewy....I don't know where to start on this one... NOT FROM EXPERIENCE - but I think you could swing her around your head before she would break the death grip of the toy/treat while growling and showing teeth. |
Does she comes to you in a friendly matter if you call her name (which is what btw)? Or does she avoid you all together unless she has no choice?
Siting on the ground and throwing treats to her is a good idea to get her to come to you. She starts to associate you with food, which gives her happy feelings, and eventually she'll associate those happy feelings with you. If she is scared of you there are some things you can do to make you appear less threatening to her: Don't look her directly in the eye. sit cross legged on the floor and make yourself small and non threatening. having your body turned sideways toward her also makes you appear less threatening. just toss the treats to her and don't say anything or look at her. toss the treats closer and closer to yourself until she has to actually take it from your hand.
Teach her the Drop It command by making a game out of it. Here is a link to some training tips from Victoria Stilwell
Victoria's Tips A-Z : Videos : Animal Planet Scroll down to the bottom and count up to the 6th video. it shows the drop it/take it game. There are also 30 other video's there that might be of some help to you