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Originally Posted by Lovetodream88  Every thing is not always black and white. There are some dogs who train differently or can't be trained. You don't want to tire them out by making them train like a circus dog at the most you would do it two times a day for 15 minutes any more and its to much. You can also ad it in to daily routines. I have taken three different classes with Joey. The thing about trainers is they know more then one way to train a command encase one doesn't work. You have to be open with them. Most trainers don't offer your money back. Training is an awesome way to bond you and your dog. You can also find out what your dog is good at like Joey did basic OB but he is a bit hyper for that so we decided to try a tricks class and that is more his thing. A lot of places offer different types of fun classes so try to have fun also not just work. |
Lol I was going to get a little sand box (the ones that are made by little tykes that has a lid on it- its shaped like a turtle) and put clean sand in there, and in the sand I could add big treats or toys so that she has an energy outlet(asides from the walks, and other forms of play). Since she's part doxxie, and part chi (Both of which have tendencies to dig-- mostly the doxxie as thats what they were bred for) I was thinking of using those to my advantage. She sometimes tries to dig in certain areas in the garden. I feel like she probably finds nests of voles, or moles, or other little critters hidden in the dirt and somehow she finds them(it's what I think) because the places she tries to dig at, are places where we have found little critters in the past years (we re-mulch I think once a year, or twice-- not sure and sometimes we find nests- which we don't bother to trap/kill the mice, moles, etc as we generally don't care-- as long as its not inside our house lil "mickey" can keep his home).
She also has what I believe to be a high prey drive as whenever she sees small animals scampering she sometimes tries to chase after them-- and doesn't stop. Thankfully she's always on leash out doors. I've seen her try to climb chain link fences... she's fast at it... So we're going to change the fences over there to something that doesn't allow climbing.
We were also thinking of making a kennel run so that in winter we could have a place to take her out and not be piled up with snow, or when it rains. We were thinking of adding a big roof to the kennel run to keep the snow from falling in. Though perhaps that wont do much if the snow/rain is falling sideways a bit. The floor could be cemented and on top of that added some sort of pet safe turf(you know to prevent actual digging). It's not to be used to leave the dogs alone in there; it's just a kind of shelter for them to do their business.
Would love to teach her funny little tricks. She definitely needs to learn to not jump off or onto things, maybe climb but not jump off because I am not so sure her back is able to handle that much strain constantly.