Problem with my Emily?! Yep, she's TOO spoiled! Hey everyone. I need some tips on how to train and make Emily listen to me, I was away for a little, and I had my parents watch her, so the grandparents let her get away with mostly everything, so now she thinks it's okay with me. *She learned how to pee on her Wee-Wee pads, but still does accidents around the house, but she doesn't do poo poo on it. *Once she see's human food (i.e McDonalds, Pizza etc) she wants to go and jump at it. *When I call her name she looks at me and then runs, then starts walking behind me. *She has a bitting problem, but playful way, she'll just run up to your hand and start playing. *nibbles and barks at you when you play with another animal besides her, and sometimes starts jumping on the animal you're playing with (i.e my parents Bichon Frise' Francine). I need her to break out of these habits asap. Any tips? Advice? Thanks so much! -Jen |
Potty training on the pads I can't really help ya with, but I've had success outside training. And I just placed him outside every hour and whenever he went, I would praise and treat him. He's basically got it 98% down and he's 5 months old. It was a lot of consistency and schedule in the beginning. And constant watching him, never taking your eyes off of him. Keep him in a small confined area - don't give free run of the house. When you catch them peeing/pooping where they're not supposed to, quickly get up and say "NO" firmly and put them where you want them to go. Only discipline if you catch them in action. Jackson was the same way with begging, he would jump on you and he would sit at your feet and just bark. And then he learned how to jump on the couch. But once I taught Jackson obedience tricks, the begging is better. He still begs but he will go lay down and then stare at you and stay away, lol. Does she know any obedience in that sense? Because that's very important to break them of habits so they know what you want them to do. I taught Jackson sit, stay, come, down, shake and high-five. The sit, stay and down have helped tremedously in the begging department. As for coming to you when called, I used treats. If she's treat motivated, whenever you call her name, have a treat in hand. Then she will associate coming to you as a good thing because she gets a reward. Biting - I never had a big biter. But I heard you're supposed to make a yelping sound and pull your hand away because that's what their littermates would do. Whenever Jackson WOULD bite, I would just pull away and face my back towards him and let him know I didn't want to play if he was biting. He learned real quick. |
My vet told me a trick for the play biting that works. She said the mother dog does this to teach the puppies so its effective. The minute she bites - very gently hold her mouth closed for a second and say "No".... (The mother dog uses her mouth to close the puppy's mouth when they bite her too hard).... I found the trick was to make sure she was paying attention to me... she would stop and look at me and I would immediately release her mouth.. this has worked amazingly well. Now I say "No biting" - and she immediately stops (I no longer have to close her mouth) She only does it when she gets extremely exciting when playing not being malicious at all ... Good luck - I think its important to stop this behavior before it gets out of hand. Cindy (& Lily) |
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