Dog training thread

[ShrekDawg]

Brew did well on his walk LOL no doggies but lots of potential triggers and/or new to him things but he ignored all of it! LOL

 

[SunriseChickers]

See if this cuts your training time.

Interesting concept! I'd have to do it with an interesting treat - he knows to sit and make eye contact and not twitch a muscle when his regular meal is being brought out (he's fairly solid on that).

Id have him on a leash. Honestly id always have him on a leash. It’s a great way to teach puppies how to be calm in the house and to make sure they can’t get into anything. I would have all things as is (or maybe less if you think that would be too much) and just keep him leashed to you.

I agree. We never puppy proofed. They were leashed. If we couldnt be there they were put on rest time(crate or x pen) never really used the x pen. Because they caught on very quickly to what they should do.

He has a house line/leash on all the time when he's roaming inside. I had to use it a ton when he was little, but I only had to use it once the other day (he was just sniffing some coats, and didn't listen to the verbal warning. A couple of firm but light tugs on the line with my foot was all it took and he mostly left them alone).
I'll see if we can leave most of the stuff next time, as long as DH agrees to it (he's tired and often a bit stressed after work). Might leave out* just the worst things (hand towel and blanket) so it's less potentially stressful for us.

* Edit: I mean "leave out" as in still not including them.

 

[SunriseChickers]

aww you poor chicky, that first tri sounds like pure misery I hope it's a sign that your bub will be a really content one. The best part is, dogs don't care much for our sufferings, much less their own. He won't even view those forbidden things with the same eyes or attraction now that all his play time value is outside with the ball. I think it's a smart move to keep it this way - it gives him confidence to remain happy outside. I would probably go slow with having a free-raoming indoor dog .. at least until after the baby is a few months old. Some babies can be very hard on new parents in the first few weeks.

My son had two free-roaming dogs inside that would get very distressed when newborn Mia was crying. Mel also had an unexpected C-section which also added to their transition to parenthood, so having two dogs underfoot only added to the stress of both humans and dogs. The dogs remained inside until Mia started crawling and gathering unseen dog hair. Now both dogs are outside dogs. They still get their morning beach runs and some dog park days + my DIL has much less cleaning to do now that the little one just turned 12mths. Babies have toys that make sound etc, so that could also be something to concider with a free-roamer.

It was pretty rough! I was nauseous but thankfully never actually sick. It was just the exhaustion that was absolutely brutal. I really could barely even watch a video without feeling even sicker from overtiredness, and I was sleeping an insane amount. I am really grateful that I don't need to work a job!

We definitely plan on this being a slow process, and easing off if and/or when we need to for everyone's sake. And we will probably still put him out for a good chunk of the day even when we get to the point we want, especially since the weather is so nice here so much of the time. We don't need him to be a house-bound dog, I'd just like him to have calmer manners inside so that he *can* be around and relatively unsupervised.

My husband had dogs throughout his entire childhood - huge ones. Newfies and Pyrs. I didn't have them when I was little, but we got a dog by the time my little sister was a toddler. All of those dogs were free house roaming dogs. My family's dogs would also go freely in and out of the house, because they learned to open doors, and it's a 10 acre fenced property, so they just ran around as they pleased.

Anyways, no worries about juggling him with baby because we will adjust his schedules as needed. It's a good thing he loves snow and mud, too (it doesn't get or stay that cold here during the day, except for a few days, so he'll be inside for those). There will be stressors involved I'm sure, but we will adjust. Oh, and he has been around toddlers (not babies), and done really well! He didn't jump at them once, just ran around with them and looked curiously at what they were doing. It was pretty cute. I don't intend to intentionally have dog and baby free in the same spaces until baby is older and I feel I can trust Jäger to not be overly excited and accidentally whack into someone. Until then, we play by ear, it's not a big pressing thing that I'm desperate to attain quickly.