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9 Feb 2012, 15:25

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    The puppies first practice

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    9 31 May 2011, 13:21
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    Lisa..we will have to be there…I live in Waller-ish...about 10 minutes or so away..too cool.
  • B

    Nipping - help!

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    9 25 Oct 2010, 23:51
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    As they say, "nothing in life is free"… works most everytime when they get it in their heads that they are "leader" and not you....
  • N

    Nipping…why?

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    9 24 Feb 2010, 18:49
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    @Nilo: Thank you for the link. No wonder he was so confident and proud of getting up onto the couch, he had done for his entire previous life! And honestly, I did not know what you mentioned. One question: what if I teach him to go to his own little couch? Would he respect ours? I'm not sure if "respect" is the appropriate word. It's more if he is allowed or not allowed, and you have to be very consistent. If you teach the dog that it can not be on the furniture, but he jumps up and someone lets him on it one time or two, then you may have to start over again. He will test you to see what his limits are. And if you aren't in the room, all bets are off, lol.
  • K

    Puppy class fun

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    9 2 May 2009, 13:16
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    @bernicem77: I took Luke to his first puppy class tonight, and WOW. He would not listen to me at all. He was more concerned with what the other dogs were doing than what we were supposed to be doing. What kind of treats did you guys use when trainning your B's? Like I said in my previous post, this is similar to what happened with me. Zoni had to get comfortable in the room, sometimes took her about 10 minutes or so. After a while she got used to it but was still very interested in everyone else, particularly if we were moving around the room. Really practice on attention exercises at home and that will help. I went through a range of different treats, and I think I found for class the smellier was better for getting her attention. Although not smelly, beef lung worked really well for me too and it is easy to use and break up into little pieces. Little biscuit-type treats weren't high value enough for her in class.
  • N

    Puppy Nipping

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    9 13 Feb 2008, 20:26
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    @JazzysMom: With Keoki we have to firmly say, "NO" and if he doesn't stop, we hold him under the neck – not tightly, just enough so he can't grab -- and make him sit. Then we look him in the eye and say, "NO! Enough!". That usually does it for him, and he's getting better and better at either not biting and/or listening the first time. He usually does stop the first time w/me, and in fact seldom does bite at me in play, but not as well with Dh and the kids . One of my dd's says it's because he's afraid of me, but that is not the case. He never cringes, he just listens to the Mama! I think he sees the other dogs and the kids listening to me, and the fact that I don't ask or beg him to stop doing things. I TELL him. I am working to get the family to see the difference, and to stop bouncing around while saying, NO. LOL Same for me- that is exactly what I do! When he was younger we tried the yelp, and we tried ignoring him….neither seemed to work very well for us. This seems to work very well, at least in our case.
  • J

    Puppy crate question

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    9 18 Apr 2007, 13:16
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    Sounds like progress! I am sure he will adust perfectly!