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10-26-2011, 08:04 AM | #1 |
Yorkie Talker Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Raleigh
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| Doggie Day Camp (heavy sigh) Ok. My Reilly is 10 months old. We adopted him about a month and a half ago from a family that has a female Yorkie also. One of the reasons that they gave him up was because they had gotten him as a companian for her, but she wasn't very nice to him. She wouldn't let him play with toys, hogged all of the attention, etc. Well, since he's been with us, he barks and growls at other dogs, growls at people when we pass them walking and is just an all around meanie. So, I thought doggie day camp would help. I took him to PetSmart a few times to look at the dogs in doggie day camp through the window. (He wasn't having it). Finally, DH and I decided that he should go one day a week for socialization. Today is his first day. I called to check on him a minute ago and they say he is just sitting, staring out the window into the store. Did I do the right thing? |
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10-26-2011, 08:12 AM | #2 |
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| I enrolled Belle in basic obedience group class to help her socialize and gain confidence. She has really started to blossom and is more receptive to meeting new dogs and people. I don't think that daycare would have given us the same results. Maybe you could try a class with Reilly, too.
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10-26-2011, 09:56 AM | #3 |
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| Considering what you say about him since you got him ("he barks and growls at other dogs, growls at people when we pass them walking and is just an all around meanie"), I think it is quite significant that he is behaving himself, even if he isn't joining it. It will take him a while. I have a friend who had a border collie that didn't play nice, and she was told that he couldn't come back to Petsmarts' day care, so your pup is already a step above that! A class or a trainer could help. Trips to a good dog park (with a separate section for small dogs) could help, too. When I took Jezebel to puppy class, there was a 5 month old lab that was afraid of her own shadow. She was that way anywhere outside of her own home and with all strangers. In the first class, it was difficult to get her in the door and she tried to cower against the wall all the time. The second class, she was a little better. Not great, but better. The owners had been bringing her daily to the training center for just a short visit to say hello, walk around, and then go back home. The third week, her owner did not show up. They had to go out of town and had left her there for boarding, so that the trainer could work with her a little every day. About 30 minutes into the class, the trainer went and got her and brought her into the class to show her to everyone. She was like a totally different dog. She greeted all the humans, wagged her tail, was happy to see all of the other pups and play with them, her transformation was amazing. This was all accomplished just by bringing her for a few visits and then letting the trainer work with her for a short time per day for less than a week while they were out of town.
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10-26-2011, 01:36 PM | #4 |
Katie Scarlett's Mommy Donating Member | My husband and I are thinking about letting Katie Scarlett go to doggie day care or some type of obedience group class. We are having a hard time trying to train her. She is doing fabulous at potty training, but she won't sit still long enough for us to try basics like sit, stand, down, etc. We need help as this is our first puppy and are not sure how to do it the right way. I also would like her to have more socialization. I think we are going to look into it this weekend.
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10-26-2011, 04:41 PM | #5 |
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| HI It is titled Puppy training by ladybug. I just answered another post about training a young puppy I hope you read that. I am sure it is good advice for you too. Hugs Teresa
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10-26-2011, 05:28 PM | #6 | |
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10-26-2011, 06:01 PM | #7 |
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| Personally, I don't really think places like dog parks and doggie daycare are great places for improving dog socialization. It's a great additional source of socialization and good for dogs who have always gotten along well (or at least tolerated) other dogs. But for one with an already established behavioral problem, it's sort of equivalent to dropping off a child at Chuck E. Cheese who has never been around lots of other children at once before, or who is maybe shy and insecure, and fearful. I am not trying to make you feel worse, as I am sure he will be fine Maybe it will work for him... but in most cases, going slower is better. But maybe this daycare has a lot more structure and rules, etc. I'll use the comparision again that usually a parent would bring a fearful child to a more laid back, maybe less chaotic, more rules, structure, quiet time, over dropping them off at a place like Chuck E. Cheese where the kids are just run loose. I would first suggest a training class where you can work slowly, one-on-one, and work on improving his dog manners and then build up to dog parks and doggy daycare. But the good news is it sounds like he behaved himself!! That's awesome! If he was showing no aggression, then it's probably mostly leash reactivity that needs to be worked on and not true dog aggression.
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