I would never give up on Pancake, I'm the one who hasn't been putting the effort into training. We used to play fetch all the time (it was my fav. game), but now she won't play fetch at all. All she wants is for me to chase her when she has a toy in her mouth . But chasing is fun too. I feel guilty because the first few weeks after I got her I was spending 15-30 mins a day with her (and a bag of treats). I was so surprised at how well she was doing (with "sit", "up", "fetch" and "drop it"). Now she won't fetch, or drop anything. I feel better knowing it's not too late, but now it is even harder to keep her attention. If I try to play fetch, it ends up a tug of war game that I am not willing to play (I've heard it makes pups aggressive?). She has never seemed too eager to please anyone and has always been defiant, but now that she is getting older it is only getting worse. She used to listen to "no" at least some of the time, but now "no" is a word she chooses not to acknowledge.
I will put her in the next class, but I guess I have one last question. Is this defiance a major problem? It seems to be getting worse, and I hear it's the worst during the "teen" years. I hear they usually outgrow this, but won't it be too late by then? Pancake certainly doesn't think of me as the alpha, my bf was lucky enough to nab that spot - but I'm the one training her, not him! |