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Originally Posted by yorkietalkjilly  It can't be "not working" yet as all you are supposed to be doing the first couple of weeks or so is sitting with your dog in your lap or in front or beside you, saying "Come" and feeding the dog chicken the moment you get the word out of your mouth! That's all you do for two weeks. There's nothing to "work" yet except your dog mentally learning to associate that word "come" with an instant, wonderful reward for the next two weeks of her life. After a couple of weeks of that over-and-over, repetitive training in short 10 - 15 episode sessions 2 or 3 times a day, only THEN do you move her a couple of feet away and repeat the training over and over and over until she's moving to you in order to get her treat every time you say "Come" - but that step is two weeks off.
Just slow down - you are rushing things way too fast and not giving her time to slowly absorb/associate things before you move move on, confusing her, expecting far too much. Just say "come" and feed her luscious, warm chicken x10 two or three times a day for the next two weeks while she's in your lap or right next to you.
Deep breath, back up, slow way, way down and just do the training as suggested and unless you are the least successful dog trainer on the planet, or your dog is ill/hurting, badly distracted with kids or other dogs playing in the room or scared/ distrustful of you from past experiences, I guarantee you she'll "get it" one day soon and begin to understand that "come" means chicken in her mouth. That's all you want to teach her for the next two weeks.
That's the beginning of training "come" for the very hard-to-train dog or someone with few dog-handling skills - a not uncommon situation now days with people with multiple jobs, busy families and homes to care for, hectic lives and everyone always on the go. It's a lot more common than most think - we're no longer raised on farms with many dogs, learning instinctively all about dogs as we grow up.
I'll bet you that once you learn to slow yourself down and really teach this dog how to associate "come" with a wonderful reward - an instant piece of warm chicken in her mouth - in the next two weeks, she'll finally be ready for the next step. Don't despair!  |
I know it should work. but at time it seem like it's not working. but she just does what she want and she think she is the boss not me. I am trying to take things slow. but sometime it's hard to wait since she been trying to learn this since we got her. and that's been over 3 years now. we got her in Oct. 2011 and she almost 4 year old. you would think that she would have learned it by now wouldn't you. but she is a very hard head little dog. but then again most of my family is hard head too. so she come by that.
But she will do some other things from time to time. she will do a site when she want to and a down. a down can be a little hard for her at time too. but I am not worried to much about that or even the site. just the come is what I am more worried about. I just don't want her to get hurt when she does things her way.
If I take her for her walk before we do the other training would that help out any. I was thinking of trying that and see what she would do. but I don't know if her been tired from a walk would help or not. some people say work with them when they are kind of tired and they work better I think I hear something like that. but I just don't know any more. but I will try to take it slow and see what happen. a few mines everyday close to me and see what happen. I just hope she will get it one of this days. she is so hard head. at time it seem she more into my dad and want to fall him around. but he not her mother just a grandparent to her. she need to listen to me first since I am with her more and them my mom and the last one she should listen to is my dad. but when he take her off the bed or anything she is sitting or laying on. she does look at me to see if I am ok with her getting down and going with him. since I did get on to her for getting down without asking me if it was ok. that's the only thing that I can think of her listening to me on that I can remember of. but there might be a little more she might do but I can't think of them right off hand.
I am just so scared something going to happen to her one of this day's from not coming to me. I got to not worry about it but I can't help it. she know it bother me and it getting to her. what do you think. just have to wait it out and see what happen after working with her for a few weeks.