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Originally Posted by Dolcesmommie  Ok, so when do they come when you call them? Sometimes Dolce acts like Im speaking another language when I call him, sometime he looks up, but he never comes. I can be laying on the floor right across from him and be like "Dolce come here baby" and he'll look at me and he would sit there and stare.  .lol It's been so long since I had a puppy in the house. I mean he loves to play with my hands,so when i go to reach for them he automatically thinks I'm playing, and sometimes I REALLY be wanting him to come here, and he no LIE, looks at me like english isn't his first language .lol.. So when do they learn their name, and learn to come when you call them? |
Forgive me, but I had to laugh at this...
1 - you are speaking another language as far as Dolce is concerned and
2 - english is not his first language, dog is.
Just laughing out loud when I read this.
Training is hard. During our obedience training, our trainer told us that we should not keep repeating the command. This only reinforces to them that they can decide to listen to you at the 10th time you give the command. Hot Rod is infamous for taking his sweet time when I tell him to "come". He and I will have staring contests for 5 minutes. lol I will only say the comand 2x at the most. After the 2nd time I will just hold my ground and he will do everything he can think of to take his sweet time. He will take a step, stretch and sit, then look at me. Then he will move his head side to side as to look around but I see him sneak a peak at me, lol, then eventually he will come within a step or 2 away and I will still hold my ground and then he will give in and come right up to me. I praise him up and down once he has come over to me.
There is an occasion that I can't wait him out and after the 2nd time, I will go and get him. And even though I do this, I will praise. This gives him the reinforcement that is is a good thing he is in my arms. I know it may sound confusing but it doesn't help to make him feel it's not a good thing to be in your arms so that is why I never scold him when I want him to come.
Our trainer also recommended that you use a word for come other than "come". The reason for this is that we tend use "come on", "come here", etc. It kinda confuses them to here it different ways. She recommended using "front". I still come though as that's what we started with for both.
As for getting them used to their names, you just have to keep repeating it over and over to them and acknowledge them once they seem to respond to it. It will happen.
Good luck