Chickentrain's Dog Q&A

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What order do you normally teach commands in? Most likely not for any kind of competition (possibly just Obedience, depends on how successful I am with training) but just for everyday life.
 
What order do you normally teach commands in? Most likely not for any kind of competition (possibly just Obedience, depends on how successful I am with training) but just for everyday life.
There are only a few commands where the order matters. For example, you probably want to teach Sit or Down before you teach the dog to Stay in either of those positions.

I would start with the ones you need most (for my dog, one of the first was waiting at a door instead of running through), or start with the ones that seem easy or fun for you to teach.
 
What order do you normally teach commands in? Most likely not for any kind of competition (possibly just Obedience, depends on how successful I am with training) but just for everyday life.

I teach follow me please , haha!

when I work with a new dog, I feed the dog treats, I act exited, I bounce around, I am trying to get the dogs engagement and focus. That's the foundation to all other things you teach.
 
Here’s an old video from evening feeding time with everyone. This was about two years ago.


I believe that raising a puppy WITH you and teaching recall RIGHT AWAY is most important. Puppies shouldn’t have the desire to run away and should always follow.

All of mine were crated when not supervised. They came to work with me, crate and all. The crate was their safe, comfortable place. Stayed in my vehicle (absolutely 100% weather permitting). I timed getting a puppy in late fall when the weather never got above 65 degrees here in Western Washington. That would give 4 to 5 months of one on one morning, morning break, lunch and afternoon break. Normally the breaks were just for letting the pup go potty. Lunch was bonding and teaching commands.

Here is the benefit of teaching good recall right away. We go on long hikes without leashes. Secluded road with no one else.

Also raised a German Shepherd, who is now my oldest daughters dog and is her best friend in the world. I would have to say out of the four most recent pups I’ve raised, he was the toughest. Pushed boundaries and required constant commands. Luckily he is a ball dog, so at minimum could tire him out.
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Old man photo of Jack now.
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Second toughest was the male Corso. The breeder clearly said he was a stubborn pup. Still raised him with me and crated. From day one he had the guarding instinct. Here he is at 8 weeks and he meant business. He’s still a natural guardian and will not let a single person on our property.
 
yep! I agree

when your dog is on the leash, your dog is close enough to you that you can poke it to get its attention, communicate through the leash, or wave a treat in front of their face

when they are off leash running away from you, the e-collar acts as all of the above while you can't physcially reach your dog
My dog will ignore treats and poking if she see some thing she really wants to hunt then no command or punishment does anything

I know I'm pages and pages behind, but I just want to say that the smartest dog is not necessarily the easiest to train. In fact, unless you are a very experienced trainer, the opposite will be the case, because if you make a mistake in training a very smart dog, you will probably discover you have accidentally taught him to do the very opposite of what you intended. Also, smart dogs tend to discover very quickly that they can train you. Get an average to dumb dog and take classes.
I love intelligent dogs :love I gave up training my dog to do tricks, because she used them to steal food then look at my as if to say “you can’t punish me because thats what you wanted me to do”
 
Can you start recall early by just doing '[Puppy's Name], c'mere/come/c'mon!' and acting all excited and patting your thighs and stuff, then being super happy if they come?
That's what we did, and it seems to work for the most part, but our dog is broken (not literally, but she isn't socialised properly so we're her only safe place When she gets scared of something)
 

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