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Originally Posted by Charlies Mamma  drum rolllllllllll.............................
CHARLIE!!!! LOL
#6. When you leave the house or the room, even for a minute, ignore the dog for a few minutes upon your return.
when I walk in the door Charlie is waitng on me at the top of a recliner that sits by the door and I grab him first thing and hug and love on him (even before hubby) LOL and when I leave he runs to the door fast as he can and I always bend down and love on him and tell him I will miss him.
#15. Any attention given to the dog, including petting, should be given when the human decides attention is to be given (absolutely no petting when the dog nudges or paws you or your hand. This would be letting the dog decide and reinforcing, in his mind, that he is higher on the scale than the human.)
Charlie paws on us all the time for petting and we do it like a game we will pet for a bit then stop so that he will paw on us some more.
that said, He is not a disobedient dog. he is very loving, and is treated like a child in our home. he has never "marked" in the house (to my knowledge anyway) and I assume I would know from the smell. as far as eating, in the morning I put Charlies food down and he will look at me and I will tell him go head and he will walk over and eat BUT we did not teach him this he has just done it from day one. at dinner, Charlie eats with us he eats on the floor and from his bowl but its at the same time and yes, we pull him up with us to the table to eat sometimes (he IS our baby)
If we are going by the list , Charlie IS the leader but we dont mind following him. LOL |
I have known people who are so very proud of how well trained their dogs are but the dogs have never seemed very relaxed or happy because they are always watching for the next command. I just do not feel comfortable with having that much control over humans or pets. I think it gets carried way too far. Gracie knows the commands that are pretty basic and enough so that she is happy to do what I ask her to do but she is not a trained machine like some dogs I have known.
It seems some dogs are given no boundaries at all and they are the ones that tend to take over the house.
I totally agree that training can be over done. Going too far the other way is bad too.