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For Pooter its definitely kennel now. He is quite scary with visitors... he is 98% bark and as soon as you reach down to pet him he runs. BUT he has nipped at our Gpa and a couple kids on walks once. When he came over Pooter what barking at the door and Gpa reached down to get him and NIP! right on the hand. So for the safety of visitors Pooters as soon as I say Kennel NOW. To go there and not come out until he is calm enough to handle the visitors. And when we are on walks he knows that a tug on the leash means to sit and wait for others to pass us. For Tikka... well it would definitely be Come! She is the ultimate Yorkie... loves chasing birds, squirrels, and sniffing around large parks... Although we are still working on it since I just got her and she knows nothing but sit. |
Drop it was the first thing I ever taught Harley. I neglected "come" and regret it now. One thing I did teach him was "go home" when we are walking, if I say that he goes straight up the stairs and waits at a door, I always say it at my door step, but I figure if he got lose I could yell that and he'd run up the first doorstep he finds and wait for me. There really are so many vital cues, that make life easy, a lot of people used to criticize me for doing so much training with my dog because he's a "pet" or my "baby" and I'm a "mean mommy", but he LOVES it, today we started shaping heel, and now he walks beside me looking at me almost the whole time. I look at it this way if I can teach my dog 20-30 vital cues I know he'll listen to me when there is an emergency. I think third place goes to "ici" I've taught him "ici" means come jump up my knee and into my arms. I've already used that in an emergency situation in puppy class where a large retriever thought Harley's toy was more interesting than his and raced Harley for it I was able to call him off the toy to me, where as "come" means come sit at my feet. |
"Stay" "Stop" "Wait" - I teach all 3 to stop him in his tracks or keep him in place. I use several words with Tibbe that mean "do not move" in case, in my excitement, I might use a word he's not trained to respond to. He's one who comes very naturally so I don't worry much about him coming when called in an emergency but I want him freezing when I use one of those 3 words. "Leave it" is the next most important. When I say "Leave it", he will drop his object and back far off. It's funny - like he doesn't want to be too close to what he's just dropped. He's so smart! |
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BTW, I haven't told you lately that I love and enjoy your videos, pictures and posts about Eddie, Jillie and Rusty. Thank you for that. I may not post much but I do try to keep up and read my friends updates, etc. ;) |
Stop! is a fantastic one, and I think #1 in my book, followed by come, drop it, sit, and down. Stop is great just in case they get off leash and run across the street. Rather than risking your pups life again, you tell them stop, Rizzo goes into down position and waits for me to come get him. So far Stop! works 99.9% whereas come only works about 85% of the time. |
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Come when called and drop it. uh uh is what I usually say when Troy has gotten into something he should have or doing what he isn't supposed to and he will immediately stop. I like to have him under control when we are out so a good "recall" is important. Which he has. He's good with down and "chill out" which are my commands for stop jumping/get out the way/go lay down somewhere. |
We all have our own values when it comes to commands for our loved one. Mine is the command "NO" as my cherub is just 10 weeks old and is in to everything including bighting my toe when I am asleep. She has now learned the command and will stop doing whatever it is as soon as I give the command "NO". |
"SIT" is my favorite command,next would be "come" and then "go sniff". I have had a dog or toddler in a run across the yard and yelled "sit" and they stop dead in their tracks,sit and look at me. From there I have their attention and can tell them to come. I use the word no instead of drop it,because sometimes I want them to stop before they get something in their mouth. |
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From Alaska Dog Sports: We teach the Distance Sit by first asking for random sits when the dog is a couple of feet away - step into the dog if he tries to move toward you, sit him and then step back to where you said Sit from. Step 2 - toss a treat a few feet away & let the dog go out and get it. Right after he eats the treat give the Sit cue - again step into him and sit him if he takes a step forward then move back to where you started. Count to 5 and release. Step 3 - using a target (plastic lid) place it 10 feet away. Put dog in a sit/wait, go put a treat on the target & return to the dog. Release dog to go to target. and cue the Sit right after he eats the treat. See if you can get him to sit right at the target. |
Come and stay I would say Come and Stay are the most important commands. example there are two dogs in our neighborhood Westie and Jack Russell terrier well the people have them outside off leash without an electric fence. Well there dogs always run out towards people and other dogs and normally get into fights. There jack russell terrier runs around the neighborhood in the street and I have almost run over her because she was in the middle of the road, I am very surprised that she has not gotten hit by a car. About a month ago she ran out and sniffed Polo and then crossed the street and then the school bus went roaring by I was so afraid that she was going to hit and she is not even my dog and the owner was at home calling here but of course the dog paid no attention to her. But there dogs are terribly behaved dogs they sometimes come to there owners when they WANT to. There owners are not very responsible and they have three crazy kids. But my point in all of this is if there dogs knew stay and come it could safe there lives. But since they are not trained they should not be aloud outside with out a leash since it is dangerous getting hit by a car or attacking someone. I just wish the owners would realize that. I know that my yorkies if they are off leash they might not always come back so I never take the chance of letting them off leash unless there are in an inclosed area or on a long leash 20ft or 50ft leash or like in the dog park and they listen when I call them there:) |
Drop it is a good one! My pup knows "leave it" but I dunno if she'd do it if she found something tasty on the floor! Thankfully I've trained her that she cannot eat ANYTHING off the floor. She's pretty good about that. I do believe come and stay are essential! |
Alaska...thanks for the detailed training tips. Dori and I will be using them soon. |
Case in point today: I had Jackson in a new just plain nylon step-in harness outside (in our 90 acres of land behind our house) but he was only on a 26ft flexi as we were about to go out to dinner... so quick potty break. He was about to roll in something and as I pulled the leash forward... off went the harness right over his head! He immediately realized he was no longer attached and I snapped my fingers and said "stop!" and he stayed put right where he was and I was able to leash him up again. Whew! Then we went inside and had a huge party that he obeyed properly, LOL. We played a game of "chase me around the house" and he got a piece of cheese. He's not really a darter anyways, but I wasn't in the mood since we were about to leave the house for him to decide it was time to have fun! |
I think there are three commands, and boy have they helped me with Teddie... Leave it--what they put in their mouths and bite is never ending. Come--obvious! I am having to work hard at this one as Teddie is a social butterfly. :rolleyes: Stay--Same as above!! |
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