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Originally Posted by Beer Belly  When he goes to the Vet every 6 months or so, he sits on my lap and behaves. When going to be boarded, he doesn't act out either, and his longest stay was 8 days.....only boarded 3 times. He is fixed, and does well with commands as long as he knows there is a treat involved....no treat, he gets stubborn. Today, we have a few errands to run, and we will take him with us to see how he reacts......one place we're stopping is Petco for a new leash, he's been there before and was fine......maybe Home Depot along the way, that should be interesting. He is smart, and will eventually get it.....we hope. What we started doing, is when the neighbor kids come out, and he starts barking from our deck, we try to sush him, and he runs past us barking his head off......if he continues (which he does), he goes in the house till he quiets down......then we let him out.....he barks, then he's back in the house. Also, he was fantastic with he's potty training, ringing the bells to go out, and since the last boarding, he no longer rings the bells to poop outside......very comfortable with pooping in the house.....no pee though, he rings to pee. At the boarding facility, he get the luxury suite, 14x14 room with a 14x14 fenced run available for him to go out.....he gets walked 3 times a day, a 15 minute group play with other pups.....the dogs last human contact is at 6pm, and the first contact is 6am.....not comfortable with the 12 hours gap, but it is what it is. |
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Toby poops on the pad, but wants to pee outside--exactly the reverse of my late senior. Our pup, baby girl Duchess/Dutch, doesn't have ground permission yet--so she poops and pees on the pad.
It's great that Toby is treat/food motivated--you have a good opportunity to teach him commands. Here's an article by Jenna Stregowski, RVT, from
TheSprucePets, "
How to train your dog to speak or be quiet" updated 11 March 2018.
The article referenced includes a link to another article, "
Getting started with clicker training for dogs"--by the same author.
School. We didn't really try to clicker train our late sweetie, but I'm determined to give it a real go with lil Duchy. When we find the right training program for her, we are also going to go to school. We had intended to school our late senior sweetie when she just a pup--but she was so small, and I wasn't comfortable putting her in a class with many very loud and supersized dogs when she was young.
Katy and "Look at me." We were rarely separated from our late senior girl. I can't tell you exactly how it happened, she took to looking at me for both direction (Is that thing friend or foe?) and as instruction (I need you!).
Nellie and her toys. When my niece's daughter brought home a large dog breed puppy. The poor pup came to bark at just about everything--and she grew and grew. I'm not a behavioralist, but suspect her barking started as a bit of anxiety and became instinctive. They didn't do training classes, but did try a lot of training techniques. None seemed to work. Nellie had a strong chewing instinct. The family bought her squeaky toys and started using them to distract her. So, when they sensed a trigger, one of them would hand Nellie a squeaky ball. IT WORKED. Rather than pace and bark, Nellie would put the toy in her mouth. She still paced, but she was pacing with the ball or toy in her mouth rather than barking. Now, when there is a trigger, someone just says, "Nellie, find your toy," and she does.
Hope these ideas are helpful. --KatysMom