Kudoos to you for wanting to do this, it is great! Okay think of pet stores on busy weekend to get him used to strangers.
Or a busy park. Outside dog shows are also a great environment, as most exhibitors will "get" that you are training your dog. Trust me I take Razzle there and will more often, as most exhibitors just go a gaga over a Yorkie being obedience trained! And will be more than willing to work with you to help him be okay with strangers.
The greeting Sir when he comes home. Leash your dog; have treats in Your hand. Command sit. If no sit, place in sit. Say stay, if no stay, bring dog back to the very same spot they broke sit/stay from. Keep working this until your dog successfully sits while Sir comes home.
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Originally Posted by ancora_imparo  Jaeger is almost 7 months old and I would like to have him CGC tested when he is close to a year old. Our trainer recommended waiting that long because dog's temperament change enough from puppy to adulthood that some organizations require retesting CGC over 1 year of age if the dog passed CGC beforehand.
We do not have any decent pet training group classes nearby. Petco has them, but they just run the tests in the store with no designated training area and leave the dogs/owners to their own devices for most of the lesson as they walk between owners spaced through the store, doing things one on one.
Petsmart atleast has its own area, but it's a crapshoot whether they have a good trainer or not. They don't offer the direct CGC class anymore-if they did, I'd consider it.
We have a dog trainer we like who said to call her when he's a bit older and she'll help up with the training for the CGC. She always answers my emails promptly and is helpful with advice, but suggested we not meet with her for a few months because we were doing a good job on our own and didn't want to just string us along and take our money. She said if we had any problems, to call.
I figure I'd schedule some training with her when he is 9-10 months old but want to continue preparing him on my own.
He currently has trouble with:
Accepting a friendly stranger-he gets too excited, or doesn't pay attention at all (in the, i'm going over here to sniff this) kind of way
Sitting politely for petting-again, too excited. We practice this at home when Sir comes home from work-he either jumps up or won't sit, or won't hold the sit. The neighborhood kids help some, too.
Out for a walk on a loose lead-he'll do this SOME of the time, and if I keep the lead short (not tense) he'll do it most of the time, but i usually can't just let the leash hang without him getting in front of me
Reaction to another dog-if he sees one across the street or down the street, he goes nuts, wanting to meet them, let alone if the dog was right there next to him.
Supervised Separation-He always whines and is fixated on when I am coming back/if i am
Walking Through a Crowd-Im honestly not sure if we've done this. Any suggestions on where to practice?
Does anyone have suggestions on how to get him ready for CGC? |