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05-18-2009, 07:32 AM | #1 |
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| I'm running out of patience... ...with Reese. She's 6 months old now, and we've worked VERY hard with her. She's a good dog. She knows the commands: Sit, stay, heel and speak. She knows not to jump onto the furniture. HOWEVER, once our doorbell rings and other people come to our home, all of the good behavior that's instilled in her goes out the window. She turns into a totally different dog. She hops onto her back legs and starts scratching our friends' legs, she jumps on the couch, she starts shaking and jumping like she's never been pet a day in her life. WE've tried everything from ignoring her behavior, to holding her and not letting her down until she calms down (she'd calm down but as soon as we put her down she'd do it all over again), we even brought her kennel into the living room and we'd wait for her to calm down, THEN let her out (which AGAIN resulted in the same obnoxious behavior as soon as we let her out). Last night our friends were over, and I held her until she was calm and when I put her down she jumped onto the couch and a friend of mine was eating... so dove right into the plate and the food went everywhere. I felt so embarrassed... UUGGHHHHHH. We don't know what else to do and my husband and I are really running out of patience. We can't let her out when other people come over. ANd it's sad! I seriously need help. I don't think obedience training would help Reese at all. And I'm not about to drop $100 on it for it not to work. Id' much rather teach her myself. HELP!!!!
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05-18-2009, 07:49 AM | #2 |
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| I would put her on a leash, make he sit when company comes in then reward her with a little piece of chicken. Again after everyone is seated leave her on the leash making her sit and reward again. Do not unleash her. Make her lie down next to you during visit's. Do this a couple of times and I think she will get the message. |
05-18-2009, 07:54 AM | #3 |
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| Oh my gosh. Why was I so blind to think of that myself?!?!!! You just totally saved my life with this! I never thought about the leash. I thought about the kennel, holding her, but not the leash. I DID notice last night, what I did was I took her directly outside to potty and played outside with her ALONE (just myself and her) and gave her a treat and it seemed to calm her down a bit, but once I let her inside again around everyone she was back to her misbehaving ways again. I will DEFINITELY try the leash trick today!
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05-18-2009, 07:59 AM | #4 |
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| Yorkies can be full of energy. Buddy is 5 and still can give me a run for my money at times. Your pup is only 5months old, still a baby. You have atleast another 6 months or so before she actually calms down some. Leash training is easy and works, remember to treat when she is good. Patience, patience and more patience is all you need with a Yorkie. One day you will be so proud of your accomplishments and her's too. I promise. |
05-18-2009, 08:01 AM | #5 |
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| Hmm... I'll see if I can help a bit. You say you've already tried the ignoring thing? Like, when your friends come over and she's jumping all over their legs, what do your friends do? ANY amount of attention that she's been given in the past for doing this sort of behavior has definitely made her think it's OK to do so. You say she knows sit, stay, etc. What I would first do if it's possible to get a friend or someone to ring the doorbell so you can practice with her. Let her sort of become "immune" to the doorbell. Ring it over and over and over again until it just doesn't phase her anymore or mean anything special. In a real situation, when someone rings the doorbell, put her in a STAY position in a certain place. Maybe have a little bed for her semi-far from the door but close enough where she can see the person. Put her in a stay position and do NOT open the door until she is staying. Go to open the door and the minute she jumps up out of her stay position, close the door. Let her know that nobody is going to enter your house with her acting that way. You're going to need a patient friend to help practice this with you. When she's not staying in one place, the door does not get opened. I'd say an hour of doing this over and over again will help tremendously. Also, holding her while she's in such a state of mind, you're actually probably encouraging the behavior. Without realizing it, you are probably petting her and soothing her while she's in your arms and that is NOT the correct state of mind for her to be receiving affection. I'm just taking a guess that may be what you do. Also, you're probably stressing out over the situation when she's acting like this but you are the key person here and must remain totally calm. Dogs definitely feed off of our energy and it definitely is a must to remain calm. So, even though she knows sit, stay, etc, that does not make her a trained dog. If you can't control such a situation, your little dog is definitely thinking she's in control and can do whatever she wants and if you don't nip it in the butt right now, it's going to cause major problems in the future. You don't want an uncontrollable dog when guests come over - it's not fun for you and it's not fun for your guests. I'm assuming she's still young? So, if she's still just a young pup, you definitely have loads of time and she will learn fast! It's all about patience and consistency. Give her RULES and BOUNDARIES before giving ANY affection. Practice the stay routine especially every day. She needs to learn when you open the door, she must stay back. No one give her eye contact or affection until she is completely and 100% calm. How many walks a day does she get? Walks would help greatly if not already getting them daily. She sounds like she has a ton of energy that needs to be released! I would recommend if you KNOW someone is going to be coming over your house, giving a nice 30-45 minute walk BEFORE they get to your house to tire her out a bit.
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05-18-2009, 08:02 AM | #6 | |
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05-18-2009, 08:15 AM | #7 |
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| The leash will only work for the symptom She will still likely pull on it and bark What you need to do is get someone patient to come over have them ring the bell Tell her to STAY YOU go to the door and start to open it As SOON as she starts jumping and barking The door gets closed and you walk away a minute later have your friend do it again tell her STAY and repeat and repeat until she gets the idea Hey.... they ain't coming in until I stop jumping You'll be surprised how quit they get the idea
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05-18-2009, 08:22 AM | #8 | |
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We DO notice that after about 15 minutes of being exposed to the new "visitors" she calms down and doesn't seem to be as interested in wanting their attention. I will try the doorbell/knocking trick though. Very good idea! I put her in the stay position when we have guests arrive but she inches closer and closer to the door no matter how many times I remind her to stay, until she's finally at their feet and then she's back to hopping and jumping. I can say "Stay" or "Sit" and she does it for a few seconds then is back into her old ways. I'll definitely try getting her immune to the doorbell and knocking. My 3 year odl would have a blast helping wit hthis. ALSO, we notice she even does this behavior when my husband gets home from work in the evenings. Same behavior! He completely ignores her until she calms down and it seems to work when he does it,but with new houseguests, and doesn't care. She'll literally jump totheir waist-level so they HAVE to say something. It's very frustrating but i'll use the advice and see what happens!
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05-18-2009, 08:42 AM | #9 | |
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The show "It's Me or the Dog" with Victoria Stillwell has loads of episodes on dogs that sound just yours. They're just SO excited! She actually had a Boxer on a few days ago when I watched and he acted exactly like your dog. Imagine a BOXER jumping up and down on your guests and couches all day! As well as the Dog Whisperer. I really like Cesar Millan and his philosophies on staying calm and assertive. Watch a few episodes of one of those shows and you will learn a lot!
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05-18-2009, 08:46 AM | #10 | |
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05-18-2009, 08:49 AM | #11 |
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| I didn't take your comment offensively I was just letting everyone know what she already knows so no one would say "Teach her to sit and stay" or something, because she understands those. As well as "down". she knows that "down" means to stop hopping on people's legs or to get off the couch. But "sit" means to put her butt on the floor. We made sure she understands there's a disctinctive reason for each command. I'm pretty proud of her concidering she's only 6 months. We also noticed a few times she got so excited she started to pee herself. Yikes! But like I said if the fresh ham isn't enough of a reward for her to stay in a "sit" or "stay" position when i have guests come over, I will try the leash! Then still reward her with something tasty. Right now she likes the milkbone treats. She inhales them. Is cheese a bad thing for your dog? i've heard mixed comments on it. I've heard it can constipate them. but in small amounts I wonder if it's a good reward?? Does anyone know? Do you give your dog small amounts of cheese? (a small cube or something?)
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05-18-2009, 10:07 AM | #12 |
Thor's Human Donating Member | I think very small bits of cheese is a great reward, and maybe that won't challenge you as much ethically. It doesn't sound to me like your pup is misbehaving so much as GETTING INCREDIBLY EXCITED THAT NEW PEOPLE ARE HERE!!!!!!! and forgetting her manners. You've already gotten a lot of good advice. Can you practice with small gatherings, maybe just one person to start so it's not such an overload with her? If she gets excited with your husband, he can practice with her. I saw on "It's Me or the Dog" that a dog can't pee if it's in Sit position, so if excitable peeing is a problem, make sure she's in a Sit. When I go to the park with Thor, I make him Sit and Stay to earn his time off-leash. If he disobeys me once he gets off leash (examples: bugging strangers with food and not returning when I call to him, or not obeying Drop It on some disgusting food he he found) I put him back on the leash in the same place as I did originally, and he has Sit and Stay again. Usually one correction will do it, but if there are multiple infractions, we leave the park. Maybe you can set up something similar with your pup. The main thing I would emphasize is to build up gradually so she can practice her impulse control. She's not a Bad Dog, she's just overly excited. =================== Cheese IS constipating, so you can also try little bits of buttery green beans. Yorkies love green beans for some reason.
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05-18-2009, 10:09 AM | #13 | |
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My dad's female Jack Russell mix did the exciting peeing thing too! It was awful! About two months after she was spayed and at about 1 year of age, it totally stopped though. I know it must be hard for you as a vegetarian but dogs are meat-eaters! They definitely LOVE meat! It gets them very motivated for future trick training and training in general I actually just posted a thread about cheese because I was unsure as well. Jackson LOVES loves loves cheese and will do anything for it. http://www.yorkietalk.com/forums/yor...69-cheese.html
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05-18-2009, 12:11 PM | #14 |
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| Archie: Thanks SO much for suggesting the "chicken" thing. We don't eat meat, but I hosted a luau last night and someone left some Ham at my house. So I grabbed it and started using it as a treat. I sent my 3 year old to the front door and had him ring the doorbell. Reese didn't even CARE! She was more concerned with the ham I had than the doorbell. So when my friend came over, I grabbed the ham again... let Reese smell it.. then told her to sit. She stayed put for the most part the whole time my friend was here! didn't jump up ONCE! She just waited and waited until I gave her some ham. YAY!!!!!! Thank God this is working! I'm going to try cheese later tonight when my husband gets home and see if she reacts the same way. they also make vegetarian versions of meat as well, im sure Reese would love (and they're made with soy and vegetables so it's fine for her health). Thanks sooo much for all of the advice! it's really showing great signs after just our first few hours!
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