| pea496 | 05-03-2007 02:32 PM |
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Originally Posted by biewerlover
(Post 1099507)
Well, the biggest thing here is that he is the winner and he probably knows it. If he doesn't "come" then he knows you will sit in the recliner and he gets to jump on there with you. My only thought is to start over with the "come" command. Get a longer rope and put it on his collar (harness), get a special, special treat..maybe try gerber turkey or chicken baby hotdogs..something extra special. When he is on the rope walk away from him and then turn to face him and in a VERY excited Overly Excited voice say "Rusty, come" and start reeling him in (if he doesn't come on his own) then praise praise and give that treat. Do this for while until he does come on his own, then take the rope off and try it in a confined area and see if he will come. You will really have to be consistent and work on it..maybe take a whole weekend and dedicate some training time to this command..maybe at 5-10min intervals throughout the day. Work with different treats until you find the one that trips his trigger. Don't let him have the upper hand on this. You can do it, no reason for you to be late for work!
Kathy
| I am going to work with Conner starting this weekend. Conner is 14 months old and before I went to work I would tell him go get in his kennel (which is a super duper large cage with his bed, food, water, toys). I would put his "little man" treat in, and he would go in like a good boy. Starting last week, he would not get in the kennel. He would race around the house, and make me late for work. Finally I would catch him when he went into the bedroom. I hate catching him and putting him in. I would rather he go in on his own.
Today, I had to go to work early and my husband had to put Conner in the kennel. The time came for him to go to work, he put two "little men" in Conner's kennel, and told him to get in. Conner started racing around the dining room table. So my husband starting walking to the bedroom, asking Conner if he wanted to play (one of his favorite things to do with my husband is to play on the bed). While my husband was walking towards the bedroom, Conner ran into his kennel, took the two "little men", got out of the kennel and did not follow my husband into the bedroom! I don't know how he finally got him in, but he was late for work. Now he knows what I go through. | 