Biggest advice is to realize it is
all on her time not yours...forcing training on a rescue is not going to work ...well it might...but you might just regress any little progress made
She probably does eat treats or will...but
is confused by what it is right now...mine did that...now I can't walk in the kitchen next to them on the sink without turning around and almost tripping over three furballs with wagging tails...
She needs space foremost to get her confidence up in your home, first she has to establish her safety then her place there...Scoobers was a shadow on the wall for 8 days, running under tables to behind the couch slinking here and then a flash of a dog from there to there!
Does she allow you to touch her, does she only snarl at the other dogs and try to get away or does she snarl and proceed forward?
What do you mean walking like she's been in a cage? Is she scared of open large areas, grass, ducks at normal sounds and potties herself...or she's really excited to be out and running ahead on the leash...
are you walking her separately? You should try, see if it changes her demeanor...is she running ahead like she's in a hurry to try and hide somewhere but bewildered where to go so she just go go goes? It's great to walk them all together, wish I could walk all mine together...but she might need her own walks to figure it out un-distracted and since you are not offering her a forever home she'll need to be confident walking on her own with a person...not used to walking with others dogs there.
Scoobers is my pup mill rescue he loved toys, well first week they were just on his bed, but tug of war was what got him unafraid of hands, being handles, built his confidence which was really important and later he learned to get a ball instead of excited nipping and to chew his rope to relax so I could slowly introduce grooming...
Elvis (I'm going with he is pretty much a rescue too) didn't play with toys until the last couple months! Had him a year and thought he was a funny lil lap dog who stuck his nose up at dog behavior...all of a sudden he chases a ball, pulls ropes and plays with the other dogs...it was always available, he was encouraged but
did it on his own time, not ours. When introducing toys, just leave them out there, not smelling like anyone else that's important and let her explore them on her own...
sleeping next to them etc and later when she shows interest slowly carefully make them interesting...even normal play is scary to many "rescues"
What's the problem with potty training? Just accidents...does she potty where she sleeps or does she try to do it away from her bed...on a pad already or you on house breaking?
Most of what you need to know is based on her & her responses, so learn to observe behavior in dogs-like you needed to know it yesterday, what their nonverbal responses mean and to adjust yourself to them, also again, it's all on their time not ours. Quote:
Originally Posted by Jennxling  Hey, as many of you may know, I had rescued a little yorkie recently. Well, I need help because she's my first rescue. How do you train a rescued dog??
What I need to teach:
-to play with toys
-potty training
-walking (she's walking like she's never been out and stuck in a cage for ages)
*this is a little funny because it's her in front of ALL of us (Carmel, Emma and me; Carmel does walk in front sometimes though)
-not to be so scared/snarling occasionally at my dogs (she's in her own area)
Here's the dilemma:
-she doesn't eat treats (is it possible to teach them what treats are?) as she's not interested AT ALL
For my babies, we trained by using treats...I really want to take her out when she goes potty in the right area, but she pees again outside (on the carpet) so I can't take her out until she's showing some progress on potty training.
Please help with your advices!! Thanks in advance!! |