Chickentrain's Dog Q&A

[berryncherry]

Read up on "clicker training," because that's where I stole the idea from

You have to start by teaching the dog what the click is for-- click and give a treat, and repeat quite a few times.

Once the dog knows that click means "a treat is coming," you can click when the dog does the right thing, and then he knows which thing earned the treat (so it doesn't matter if he moves while you're grabbing the treat.)

Some people use clickers, some click their tongue, some use a "marker word" instead (yes or good or some other word that is short and easy to recognize. It's probably best if the word doesn't get used too often in normal conversation.)

Ooooh, yes! The clicker is so helpful in capturing those fleeting moments. You can also download a free clicker app if you don't have one already.

 

[black_cat]

Read up on "clicker training," because that's where I stole the idea from

You have to start by teaching the dog what the click is for-- click and give a treat, and repeat quite a few times.

Once the dog knows that click means "a treat is coming," you can click when the dog does the right thing, and then he knows which thing earned the treat (so it doesn't matter if he moves while you're grabbing the treat.)

Some people use clickers, some click their tongue, some use a "marker word" instead (yes or good or some other word that is short and easy to recognize. It's probably best if the word doesn't get used too often in normal conversation.)

I've been contemplating clicker training but I haven't started it yet
I tried to use 'yes!' as a marker word but then I would forget I think that that's part of the reason that I'm not sure about clicker training

 

[berryncherry]

I know exactly what I'm supposed to do, I just struggle doing it lol

Same!

 

[bhawk-23]

No actual answers, but a few thoughts:



I have read that some dogs eat poop when they are not getting enough of something in their diet. (I've also read that some dogs just do it anyway, and I have no idea how to tell the difference.)



Attaching her to you with a leash the entire time she is outdoors might make it easier to catch her in the act. (Of coruse I can think of many reasons this might not work-- if she drags you around, if she goes outside without you, if you want her to run but do not want yourself to run, and so forth. But leashing the dog to the person is often helpful when it is possible.)

Agree about the diet but vet says she is healthy and growing quite well.

I've done the leash training and it worked great with my last pup! But he is much more of an over active always must please mom type of mutt. When I tried the leash with Daisy anytime I stopped for more than a minute she laid down. So I spent more time getting her up than doing anything productive. Classic EM
I am hoping since we've made progress this far she will outgrow it as she matures and I keep at the training. Poop eating is a very difficult habit to break, but thought I'd still ask incase someone else had a poo eating puppy.
Thank you!!

 

[black_cat]

Presenting: bad dog drawings

 

[berryncherry]

Agree about the diet but vet says she is healthy and growing quite well.

I've done the leash training and it worked great with my last pup! But he is much more of an over active always must please mom type of mutt. When I tried the leash with Daisy anytime I stopped for more than a minute she laid down. So I spent more time getting her up than doing anything productive. Classic EM
I am hoping since we've made progress this far she will outgrow it as she matures and I keep at the training. Poop eating is a very difficult habit to break, but thought I'd still ask incase someone else had a poo eating puppy.
Thank you!!

My dog used to eat chicken poop, but he hasn't been doing it much ever since I started to interrupt the behavior right before he is about to eat it.

 

[berryncherry]

Presenting: bad dog drawings
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At least I can tell it's a dog growling!

 

[black_cat]

At least I can tell it's a dog growling!

I did it bad on purpose lol
he's not growling, I just smooshed his face so he looked like he was

 

[black_cat]

Here's today's stack
I need to make sure that his front legs and back legs are in line with each other- I think that that back left leg is too far out. I also think that the front legs need to come forward a bit, and the head needs to come back a bit.

 

[Jory]

I've got a good one for you.
I have a beautiful, loyal, in your face dog that is driving me nuts right now. That's not the problem, she's 6 months, she's going to drive anyone nuts.

The problem is that the veterinarian, the techs, and people who meet her treat her as if she is a German shepherd. She's not, and if you look closely you can see that she's not. She doesn't react like a shepherd breed at all and gets confused and scared.

How do I get these people to understand WHAT a Mexican street dog is and that they don't react like a normal purpose bred dog?