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Originally Posted by Tessa327  No, you're not alone at all. I feel the same way with my 2 except I haven't successfully trained them to do so. Care to share how you manged to have them wait for your command?
Letting dogs do whatever they please isn't really loving them. They need protection and guidance from their owners as we should know what's best for them. That lady is crazy IMO. Nobody tells me how to train my girls, needless to raise my children. She's implorable and I find her ignorance laughable. |
To do the training I only give treats from my hand.
I set them up a few times (Elvis was the hardest actually he was older when I got him and he's a food sneaker) I would put treats on the floor and people foods, then I made them sit and see it look at it and had a treat in my hand.
If they moved toward the treat on the floor big bad mom voice stern No. of they sat and waited soft baby talk mom chatter and a treat from me-it took a lot of time.
Once they understand what you mean it's just a matter of repeat and treat, repeat and treat-practice btw treat is reward...make sure you can snatch the treat or food off floor before they can get it.
Again as with anything time is the big key-I'm retraining mine to sit and wait at the door to come in and go out-it is so stinking hard right now with three of them, baby and our crazy schedule etc. Time patients practice practice practice.
If you stick with anything eventually it will click for them and it's a matter of just encouraging it and reminding them.
Oh at one point Princess was leashed to me for this training she would just bulldoze to get the food on the floor-it;s especially hard right now to remind them no eating off floor since baby is getting Gerber graduate puff-they are like catnip to cats only for babies and dogs!
Oh and don't let anyone interrupt your training-having interference is the most unproductive. For some things I often have to train my dogs one at a time and then slowly trying bringing the two who get it them most together before adding the third...I still cannot walk all three of mine together at a time, they all just go naughty not listening wild dogs on me.
