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Originally Posted by kikil  With Fancy she would like to be outside walking or riding in the car more then anything else. I know she can be werid at time. if she don't have to do work then she wont do it. But it is hard to find someone in this small of a town to train her. all we can find are petsmart and petco. when I did look online for others it said places where never around here or places I am not to sure where they are at. and if I did look it up on the mapquest to see how far they was from me it would say 8hrs and something or longer. I knew that was out and I tryed putting my town or few town near me to see what it would come up and it came up the same way. So I am not to sure if I am put it in wrong or the shear thing is reading it wrong or something.
She got to be a very slow leaner. there are somethings she will do every now and then like sit and stay but sometime not for that long either. I did do this when she tried to go after my feet today I did tell her don't think about it and she seem to stop and she start to try again I said it again and she stop and started to go other way. so that is something that we might have to use on her and see how long that stay with her. what do u think about that. it's something different to try on her since the others things not working right off hand. and I have did the samp if thats how it's spelled my finger together and she seem to work some but I am not to sure how long that will last with her. but do u think that she could be getting bored with the training and would like something new to do the doing the training that she learned in class. so what do u think of that. |
With training a dog, it is best to be alone with them when working. Have juicy treats in a bag at your waist and speak in an upbeat voice and lead the dog into the behavior you want, then mark that behavior with a "yes" and give a treat, praise her as she eats it. When praising, use a high-pitched voice to praise and caress her body. Eventually as she is doing the trick more and more from the leading into the behavior, add the command word you want to use as she starts to do it. As soon as she has done it, such as lie down, treat and praise her. Just keep repeating those steps over several times per session - I would say for her no more than 5 or 6 and stop. Kiss, love her and walk away.
As far as stopping behavior, it is your attitude of authority and the decision with which you speak, you eyes, your face and your body attitude that matters to a dog. That and follow-through. A dog knows when you mean to stop them and will usually back off from what they are doing from the messages you are sending them with your look, body attitude, low voice and your eyes. They know when you mean business. If they do not "read" you well or they sense insecurity in you, you must
then step in and physically stop the behavior with the words "uh oh" or "no". As long as they keep trying it, you physically stop the behavior each time. Eventually the dog will learn you are bigger and won't let them do it.
When they catch themselves and don't do the behavior and you see them catch themselves give the dog a treat and praise. Do not get angry during the time you are interfering or stopping bad behavior - just matter-of-factly say "oh oh", stop and block. Once you yell at some dogs, you'll likely lose its trust and they stop trusting you and don't care to do what you say. It takes months to get that trust back again - if ever.
If you have no authority or follow-through with your dog - or feel insecure when directing them what to do, they will ignore you and start to romp, mouth you and try to distract you with charm or bowling you over with play activity. Stop that behavior immediately with an "uh oh" as you physically stop them, backing them off and keep stopping it until the dog gives up and walks off. Don't stop until after your dog walks off.
Mind, without authority and the intent to follow-through, your dog will read your weakness or insecurity and keep on acting up and your dog won't learn from you
using the methods people have given you here and in the older threads. If that happens again, don't beat yourself up. Your dog is just sensing that you don't have the skills or mindset to actually stick with it and he'll keep on having his way. That is when you need a professional and with enough word of mouth and calling around to different facilities and dog breeders/show handlers, you will likely find a trainer, perhaps even a retired one, who lives near enough to you and will come and teach you.
Don't lose heart and expect to find what you need in a day and give up! Keep working at it - it can take weeks or months perhaps. But just because you couldn't find something quickly now or your last search, don't give up! You need to start calling and asking about trainers with the skills and history you need. Keep calling dog people all over and network. Work until you find one.
If you give up and or live in an area that does totally lack good trainers - pretty rare - and do not find a good, skilled trainer to work with you in the home and the dog keeps misbehaving and nipping and the nipping escalates to biting, you will have to consider a rehome if you have children or older people around or you fear getting bitten yourself. Or,if she turns into a biter, you have no people who need protection from biting and decide to keep her, be sure to crate her or put her in another room when strangers are visiting and muzzle her when you take her for walks or to the vet. A biter can lash out at unexpected times so beware. I am not saying she will escalate into a biter, just telling you she could if you can't control her and what to think about should that happen. Here's hoping you can find that trainer!