There are alot of breeders on here that are just here to sell puppies. What she did is against the rules and Im reporting her. If she has puppies she should be listing them in the for sale forum and following those rules

LOL glad i inspired someone today! ahahha and definitely never thought of using a clicker... i may have to try this now...

oh ok, thanks! I'm new here, so I was a little confused and thought she posted in the wrong thread or something. Will the post be removed once it's reported?

advice!!! thank you! the clicker as mentioned before and a toy as you mentioned may work! i will try it most definitely. the toy first, and if that doesn't work i'll move on to the clicker. well where i live it seems as thought no one ever has anything nice to say about our local petsmart. lol. maybe its just our store then.

ohhhhh that person is in TROUBLE! lol, i didn't think they did anything wrong either. i thought they posted by mistake. *shrugs*

Yes they will remove it because the only place your supposed to sell puppies is in the for sale forum

[QUOTE=Hazelzmibaybee;3272232]i know she is a puppy, and i know dogs in general have short attention spans. i don't expect too much from her, especially since she is a puppy. i just wanted a little advice on things i could do to keep her from doing that so i could start practicing it now.[/QUOTE]

Hi again!

If your vet gave you the OK to start walking Hazel outside weeks ago, and she's only 13 weeks old now, I think I would look for a new vet. Not all vets are familiar or up to date on toy breeds.

Puppies should NOT be going on walks outside until 10 days after their final set of shots.

Your yard is only safe if no other dogs, cats or birds have access to it. That's why most people just keep their pups in until they're a bit older. They can catch so many things while out walking. They can sniff it or walk in it and you won't even know it.

Practicing all day might be boring her - try to limit how much time you spend training add in some playtime - it still trains them.

I think everyone has already tried to tell you that the best tip they can give you is patience. Be consistand and patient.

Your pup is very young - anything she learns is a plus. You are expecting too much if you think she's not going to get distracted. Please remember that she is a terrier - and that some have even a less attention span than other breeds. They are all about the chase/moving objects.

I know you love Hazel, that you're excited about training her, and only want to protect her but please remember that she is only a baby and that it will all take time.

Good Luck with her - she is a doll! :)

[quote=cj125;3272383]no other dogs, yes, birds.. no. i actually love my vet! i over exaggerated when i said ALL day long. lol. trust me, she gets in ample play time with my family when shes not sleeping. i never ever said i expected anything much from hazel. i just wanted advice as to how to get her attention back when she was running away, 2 members gave me advice on that. and thank you very much =]

when you use the clicker, you basically say a command and when Hazel does it right, you click and then treat. I just did a 10 min session with Paris and after a few clicks, she realized that a treat comes afterwards. We worked on sit and she sat before I even told her to and then looked at the clicker as if to say, can you click, please so i can get that treat. Also, my trainer advised to do 10-15 min sessions 3 times a day for a week on one command. But if she catches on before that one week, then move to another command or trick. Good luck to you!

I clicked on the link in her message, and there are no puppies for sale. It is an article about Maltese. There are pictures, under one it does say "adopt dogs" or something, but it isn't clickable.
She is also in the Phillipines.

I think she posted by mistake (although I could be mistaken) as this is her only post.

Another thing with the clicker is something called "loading". Basically, you click and treat over and over so she associates the sound of the click with something tasty. They catch on really fast :) In addition to training, I found that just by clicking, I can get the dogs to run to me no matter where I am in the house.

yes! My little Mason runs from wherever he is when i click. i've been teaching the come command, so i click and say the command as he's coming. Come command has been the hardest for me to teach. thank goddness for the clicker. it's a great tool.

so wait... i'm confused... i thought i'd call her, then click. is that the right method?

yes, that's correct, but Mason just wasn't understanding the COME command by just saying it, so as he's walking towards me, I say the command so he will know that it means to come to me. Otherwise, I really didn't know any other way to teach him. My trainer tried forever and he just didn't get it. She tried almost everything and he would just look at her. She's coming next week to my home to begin training Paris. Can't wait. I think Paris catches on quicker than Mason.

also, when i take them out to potty, i say potty as they are doing it. Mason now pottys on command.

Hazel understands come, except for when strangers are around and shes trying to play. as for the potty, sometimes she listens, sometimes she just does it in her own time.

how did you teach her come? i will take any advice i can get.

ummm idk. LOL. i call her, and make the "kiss kiss" noise. she comes 80% of the time if not more. she picked up on it very well.

lol...oh,my dogs do that, i mean the actual word 'come'.

well i use a mix of the kiss kiss and "hazel come on".

She will outgrow this and in a few months you'll notice a huge difference in her attention span (think 2 year old child).

Dogs respond best to short training intervals (5 mins at a time)
They respond to delicious food rewards and positive motivators
13 weeks is not too young to train. At that age Barney and Daisy were very reliable with all basic commands. Teddy is horrible and distracted at obedience, at at 22 mos old is in his 2nd time in advanced class learning to keep a stay for more than 2 seconds. Some dogs are better at obedience than others - it really depends on the dog. By comparison, Barney will remain in a down-stay on command with a young child riding a tricycle in circles around him and other dogs in the vicinity. It depends on the dog. Your goal at this age is to get her to pay attention to you and focus on you. The way to do that (at least what has always worked for me) is delicious food (I use tiny pieces of chicken breast). Remember that obedience is not about fun and tricks - it's a language and relationship of rules by which your dogs should live. If you choose to use a clicker, make sure to read about how to have your dog understand the clicker first otherwise it will not be useful.

I've done petsmart classes - I think they are fine for socialization of a young puppy. I think there are better training options than petsmart, but I live in an urban area with many options so it may be all you've got in more rural places. They do positive training methods there so I think it's a good start if there are no other options.
I did puppy classes before my dogs completed their shots - for me, the benefits of socialization outweighed the risks but it's not something everyone would be comfortable with. I do at least one training class a year with all three in a formal setting.

As much as I tend to do the commands like this at times, dogs do respond better to one command words. I use the dogs name + command.

BARNEY, SIT
BARNEY, COME
BARNEY, DOWN-STAY
BARNEY, GIVE

etc. etc.

I also tell them everything we are doing together only I ask it with a question mark:

DAISY, PICK UP?
DAISY, RIDE?
DAISY, BALL?


I find this works well!

This is exactly what u was taught to do. Great advice!

thank you sooo much. this is the type of advice i was looking for! it was very helpful adn i will let everyone know of any progress Hazel makes.

OOPPS. I meant this is exactly what I was taught to do.

Hmmmm... I was taught the opposite, to not use the name with the command because they tend to tune things out. Kind of like when your 3 year old says "mom, mom, mom,mom..." :rolleyes:

hahahhaha this is TRUE. i have heard both of these opinions though. i don't even remember what comes out of my mouth when i say it, but it works mostly.

They are still very much babies until about 2 years old. they will try to please you when it is just you, but when there are any distractions, forget it.

Although small breeds mature faster physically, I think they are much slower to mature mentally.

well thats fine by me! i love my baby! ahaha. i wish she could stay like this forever, although i will love her just as much or most likely more when shes gets bigger!