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05-19-2006, 12:53 PM | #16 |
Gina, (Lexi's Mommy) Donating Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: LONG ISLAND,NY
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| i think when i dont pay her tons and tons of attention to her she does this. cause it happens when im not there.. ya see what i mean..
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05-19-2006, 01:13 PM | #17 |
YT 2000 Club Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: scotland
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| Thats a difficult one, but she may still grow out of this and maybe when she gets used to your B/F she will stop, maybe she is jealous.. they say that if they crave attention , even negative attention counts so just ignore the mistakes, if you can.
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05-19-2006, 02:21 PM | #18 |
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05-19-2006, 02:46 PM | #19 |
Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Stockholm, Sweden
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| I strongly believe in positive reinforcement and if my dogs do something wrong, I tell them "no" in a sterner, deeper voice. I really don't believe in physical commands since it doesn't make the dog fully understand the fact that you do not wish for it to perform the unwanted action, it just doesn't always repeat the action usually out of fear (like the case mentioned earlier in this thread with the nose put in the dog's pee in order to housetrain it which stopped the dog from doing it again) and fear isn't a good base for a happy companionship. I use my voice as a guide therefor. My puppy is only 12 weeks so I still have a long way to go and years of work ahead of me with her, my older dog is already 13.5 years old though so they're at the opposite ends of the spectrum. She loves to chew on anything and everything etc, but at first when she didn't listen to the no command I'd turn away from her and ignore her for a short moment (we're talking seconds since she's a pup, which in itself is punishment for a dog since they want/need our attention), and turned back when she stopped doing it and praised her. So getting my attention back and encouragement works as the reward. Now I usually won't have to turn away etc., she understands that her not listening to the "no" = boring. Dogs usually get the hang of things in their own time, sometimes they get it fast and sometimes it takes a lot of hard work. Maybe reading some books about "positive" training could be helpful? A Swedish author called Anders Hallgren is an amazing trainer who can bring out the best of ANY dog, even abused/mentally fragile dogs. He's like a guru when it comes to dogtraining in Sweden and this method with positive training is what the Swedish Kennel Club recommends and advocates and therefor the method that almost everyone uses. There's atleast one book out in English that you can read more about here: http://k9joy.com/ABCsOfDogLanguage/index.php I really recommend you to read through the text on the site, it's pretty explanatory. Another try in English could be Victoria Stilwell's "It's me or the dog", I haven't read it yet (it's being shipped to me from www.Amazon.co.uk right now. It's not available at amazon.com yet but Brittish Amazon has it and you can order it through there), only watched her TV-show several times and she uses purely positive training methods. There was a show recently about a 1 year old minidachshund who also had a lot of problems in relieving himself in the house, as well as other beavioural problems such as barking and agressiveness, and they showed amazing results with him. I hope I don't offend you with my advice/book tips, just wanted to let you know there are other trainingmethods that might help you if you've tried everything else already, and at the same time strengthen the bond between you and your dog as well, since I can only imagine how difficult and heartbreaking it must be when your own dog is scared of you. I hope all goes well and that your baby and you find a way to get out of this soon.
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