Friday, August 16, 2013

Are You Able To Truly Teach An Old Dog New Tricks... Also, Dog Owner Invents Instruction Methods

By Venetta Grizzell


Adam,

I received a surprise Christmas present last year inside the form of a four year old female shepherd mix that my wife and daughter decided I necessary to replace my lengthy time pet who had to become place down last summer time. She actually is actually a lovely dog, but the shelter fibbed to us once they said she was good with other dogs and cats. She has been rather aggressive with them. We're six months into this relationship now and she is much much better. I guess she is far more secure now.

The a single issue I have not solved is her wish to run out the door and ignore our "come" commands. All this can be to ask you: Will the strategies in your book and video series perform on an older dog? I'd rather not invest the money inside a lost trigger. We live inside the Arizona desert and she won't last long this summer time if she gets out and runs off once more. I've looked by means of numerous of the newsletters, but didn't discover any mention of age.

Thanks for your support. Larry

Dear Larry:

Thank you for the e-mail.

Yes, the dog training techniques work on all dogs, so long as they may be healthy and do not have any mobility issues.

In numerous situations, education an older dog is less complicated than education a younger dog, regardless of the saying that "You can't teach an old dog new tricks," there is absolutely one thing to be mentioned about maturity.

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Dear Adam:

Please aid! I am prepared to give away my 6mo. old Maltese. I grew up with one of these dogs- one of the most gentle and affectionate dog I'd ever met so I purchased one for my household at fantastic expense. I tried to seek out a great breeder and had the dog shipped.

The problem is this - He growls and snaps at my 4 year old anytime he tries to pet him or pick him up, or if I'm watching saying, "Good dog, no growl, it's OK.. " he won't growl but struggle to acquire away and growl as quickly as he's down. He has bitten when I was not watching.

I attempted the suggestions within your book and that given by other folks on the discussion group. For a lengthy whilst my son was the only one particular to feed the dog, I kept him off the furniture and also the children owned the toys. Nothing at all seemed to help, so recently I've been grabbing him firmly by the scruff and growling "No" at him, then placing him in a little room by himself for several minutes. Nowadays when I went to right him he snapped and growled at me! He is now frightened of me and I'm angry at him.

One of the most upsetting point for me is the fact that I wanted this dog to be a friend for my son like mine was for me when I was young. My son can be a gentle, quiet boy who loves animals and is saddened my this. Is there any hope?

Signed, Stewart

Dear Stewart:

I never understand how to say this with no sounding like a complete jerk, but... Spend Attention AND Follow DIRECTIONS!

The 1 factor you apparently Haven't Completed is usually to Right THE DOG'S Unwanted BEHAVIOR!!! The 'pulling on the scruff from the neck' is only for young puppies, 8 to 10 weeks old. It really is ineffective for older dogs.

For correcting older dogs, I invest a lot in the book explaining the rewards in the pinch collar. Keep in mind the idea of motivation? Remember the notion of associating a negative/correction using the dogs undesirable behavior? Bear in mind how I teach you to look at the corrections you happen to be giving and decide if they are motivational or not? Remember page 23, page 38, web page 59, page 62, page 155, page 173, page 174, page 181, web page 226, page 241, and web page 260 ?

I will quote in the book, "After you right the dog, immediately tempt him to perform the behavior again. Supply him the selection: If he does the behavior once again then most likely your 1st correction wasn't motivational... If he refuses to do the behavior, then praise him - as he's just made the proper Decision." [Page 156.]

Now, in case you possess a particular query about the way to implement any of these tactics... then that's one more situation. But telling me that you are confining the dog in a bedroom as some sort of "Time Out" technique isn't something you have found in my book. And neither is, ""Good dog, NO growl, it really is OK..."

Again, I'll repeat: Praise the dog only when he makes the correct choice (staying calm). Usually do not inform him, "No growl," if he's currently getting quiet. That is SOOOO CONFUSING For the DOG.

It's quite straightforward:

The dog does some thing excellent = You say, "Good dog," and praise. The dog does one thing undesirable = You say, "No!" and administer a correction using the leash and collar.

I can only speculate why your query just isn't much more along the lines of, "This is what occurred when I corrected my dog employing the pinch collar and tab for this obnoxious behavior."

The only cause I am being so blunt about this situation is the fact that it's a central theme all through the book. I pressure over and more than once more the components of timing, consistency and motivation. In reality, numerous readers have commented that my repetition of this idea is at times tedious.

As soon as you are able to clarify to me how specifically you have used timing, consistency and motivation and applied these components to your dilemma, you may (perhaps surprisingly) discover your self within the position of explaining to ME how you may have fixed your dog's obnoxious behavior.

That's all for now, folks! Adam




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