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Originally Posted by Lil rascals mom  Oookkkk...lil rascal is nine monthes old. He's graduated from his puppy class, now he's in intermediate class. He will sit, down, stand, used to stay for a bit...now he won't and he won't let me train him to wait either. Where you make him sit wave ur hand and say wait walk away three feet (that's right, he won't give me three feet) and then call him to you. He shys away goes for the nearest door lays down and ignores me, even went to his crate once! Idk what to do with him, he's getting on my nerves with this...I have been patient, not yelled. The trainer said u have to battle it out he's a stubborn yorkie in his teenage years....is this true? I use pupparonies which he and my other dogs LOVE. But he's on lockdown with me...what else can I do, any advice? I've battled him for twenty min intervals at a time which just means I keep trying to get him to sit and wait over and over and over and ...well I'm sure u get the idea...no I never hit my babies and he is soooo not scared of me...as soon as I put the treat away and sit down he jumps up on my lap! |
Yes he is entering into his teen age years and just like humans, they can show attitude you have never seen before.
I agree shorter and more frequent training intervals, also end your training on a note of success.
Now by that I mean, success even if only for one second on the Stay command.
Start with the commands he knows well and obeys well. Then do your first Stay command. Also keep this indoors until he masters his stay.
I would stand beside him on his left, issue the Sit command, then the Verbal Stay command. Do not even attempt to walk away yet. Build the Sit Stay up to at least one full minute with your dog not moving. if YOUR DOG breaks the Sit/Stay command, immediately correct back into position with the correction immediately of NO. If he is sitting and staying reward with a treat. If he breaks the SIT after the treat which often happens, immediately correct, and place him back into sit. Sometimes what does work to break the habit of his releasing his sit after he gets a reward, is to multiple reward at the same time. Also make the treats very very small pea size, so you can multiple reward him as he is sitting.
When-ever a dog goes backwards in training of a command he was getting, you need to start right over at the most basic training for that command.
THis is a matter of your patience and he will try you over and over again.
Then the Step 2 in the Sit Stay once he has mastered the Sit Stay with you immediately by his side. Is to issue the commands, then step one step forward and turn to immediately face him as he is sitting. YOu still have your loose lead in hand. Then he sits for a minute with you standing in front of him. You can reward him intermittently with a treat.
Now ending on a good note. Might be as short as issuing a sit/stay that you know he can only keep for 5 seconds. That is fine, he has obeyed for 5 seconds!. THen if you like do the commands that he does just fine, and that make you happy too. For me and my dogs, it would be a nice shortish session of toy play!
Dogs read us all the time, and will read our frustrations with them, without one word of ours being spoken. So you want to end your training session with both you and him feeling good about the session.
I hope this helps, remember training should be fun for you and your dog.