Dog training thread

[Squawkers]

One of them is plenty smart

Both are

 

[Squawkers]

I watched a video on some leash corrections today. I’m gonna take Thor on a walk and see if it helps

Yay!!

 

[OnlySympathy]

Both are

You are overestimating him

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Made it out to train today. She did so good, even on her few mess ups she corrected very easily. We did stays, recall, heel patterns, leave it, greeted a person, and also some random tricks and dpt and crowd buffering. I'm really proud of her today. We need to work on her keeping up with me though, she heels a bit more back than I'd prefer

WHat is dpt, please?

Her recall was great, I put her on a long line and went around a corner, she ignored people and came right to me

Blind stays are wonderful. Keep them very short to start and get back to her before she breaks to build confidencr. Keep her on leash so you can correct if necessary. Build length of time gradually and randomly.

I am scared to try it in public

Stand by, I can help.

My one dog is too stupid to be trained

Very few dogs are stupid. The handler has to figure out how to train each dog. They are all individuals. Are you having trouble getting him to focus? What's the challenge?

 

[Squawkers]

You are overestimating him

AM NOT

 

[Squawkers]

WHat is dpt, please?

Deep pressure therapy

Very few dogs are stupid.

Yeah what she said

 

[ShrekDawg]

Brew was good on his walk today except several bunnies got very close including one right under our deck and a stupid one on our walk that just kept moving inches away instead of running into the bush RIGHT THERE or across the street (it eventually ran across the street) and another in the front/side yard when we came home so Brew tried to lunge at/chase all of them LOL but I knew what he wanted to do thankfully and preemptively reeled him in and was like no no no LOL

 

[BigBlueHen53]

@Pampered chicken girl
To make the transition to off-leash work, get a 20-foot length of clothesline and put a buckle snap at one end. Be SURE it can't come loose. Attach it to her training collar along with your six-foot leash and run through your training routine in a busy environment with plenty of distractions (no cats, we don't want one to grab the end of the clothesline and play with it!). Let the clothesline drag along behind you. Work her until she ignores it. If she steps on it just keep going.

After ten minutes or so, do a Sit, reach down to pet her, and casually unhook the leash. Throw the leash over your shoulder, give a Heel command and move forward. If she's ready for off-leash work she should Heel as always. Continue your training routine. If anything distracts her and she starts to charge, STEP ON THE CLOTHESLINE. Do not attempt to grab it with your hand until after you have stepped on it. For one thing, she's faster than you and you could miss. For another, if you grab it while she's going at speed you could get a nasty rope burn.

Chances are she will Heel beautifully. But if you find yourself having to make corrections, go home, you're done for the day. Take about a foot ling piece of clothesline and make yourself what's called a "tab." It's basically a length of rope, folded in half and tied in an overhand knot at one end. Then push the folded end through the ring in the training collar and thread the knot back through the loop, to form a very short leash, or handle hanging from her collar. I'll post a pic tomorrow. You'll grab the knot if you need to make a correction.

Tomorrow, repeat, only now if you need to give an off-leash correction, you have this little rope handle you can grab.

Every day repeat this exercise: start out on leash, remove the leash, let her drag the clothesline. Only make this change: every day, cut a foot or two off the end of the clothesline.

In a week or two you will realize you couldn't step on that clothesline if your life depended on it. And you'll also realize - you don't need to. You and your dog have gradually built confidence in each other. It's time to get rid of the clothesline. And you decide when you don't need the tab any more.

Congratulations. Your dog is now Heeling Free!

 

[OnlySympathy]

Very few dogs are stupid. The handler has to figure out how to train each dog. They are all individuals. Are you having trouble getting him to focus? What's the challenge?

Fully agree with that, but he easily falls into the few who are stupid. He is a very good boy but he is lacking a lot in the brain department.

 

[OnlySympathy]

Fully agree with that, but he easily falls into the few who are stupid. He is a very good boy but he is lacking a lot in the brain department.

This idiot would have made him look like a genius though

And I promise I am not just jumping to conclusions about how smart the dogs are we have just been blessed to have had 2 stupid dogs