Taught the puppy (GSD) a command too well?

[Chicks R Friends NOT Food]

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Basset hounds are quite funny. My friend has a huge one (70 pounds- the poor thing). He gets out of the house if you're not careful to watch him. He walks very casually down the road. He loves taking the police car back home. They know him by now- he just hops right in.

 

[gritsar]

I need to check my email. DH said he sent me the pic that an officer took of Jax playing K9 the other night. It took nothing more than opening the back door to get Jax into that patrol car.
Now I have to keep Jax inside the yard when Dad goes to work or he gets automatic company.

 

[Chicks & Turks]

Perhaps you can teach him to sit before he loads? Like tell him load and he sits, then go or a hand signal to actually jump up?

 

[gritsar]

Chicks & Turks :

Perhaps you can teach him to sit before he loads? Like tell him load and he sits, then go or a hand signal to actually jump up?

He knows sit, wait, plotz (lay down), speak and a whole bunch of other commands. He's even been taught to search the outside of a vehicle for drugs (okay, its really his liver baits). He's just being a puppy and testing his boundaries right now. He'll get to go for a long bye bye come Friday. Maybe that'll satisfy him for awhile; especially if we stop at Sonic on the way home.

 

[Haviris]

If you aren't telling him to load up, then he's not following a command. You need to teach him to wait, and to only load up if/when you tell him.

My dogs will load up in the van if they can, because that is what they normally get to ride in (and they're always afraid they're going to be left home), two will load up in any vehicle they are invited into, and the other one will only load up if I get in. They will all three wait to be told before getting out.

 

[gritsar]

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Jax followed the commands that we gave him to a T. We told him to load up when we left to go on my errand and he unloaded when told to when we came back. Then he amused himself by loading and unloading a few times, as if he was practicing. My jeep is pretty high off the ground and he's still not 100% confident about his footing. We intend to install some type of non-slip strips to the back bumper to make it easier for him.
Each time he did it easily, we watched as his eyes lit up. He's a very smart puppy and is clearly delighted with himself each time he learns a new skill.
I'm sure we'll be able to teach him the difference between going bye bye with mom and/or dad and going bye bye with strangers, but he is still a young pup and he'll get there.

 

[Brindlebtch]

He was practicing for you.

 

[ChickenToes]

Try a bit of leash training. Leash him, and open the vehicle door. If he tries to jump in, tell him no. Only let him jump in when you give him the command, and praise him and give him treats when he does it perfectly.

 

[ducks4you]

My two dogs love to load up in our cars, too. Try using the leash and teaching your dog to sit/stay with you whenever he sees a car driving into your driveway or garage and driving away from your driveway, as when someone visits you. I do this with my dogs because they love to run and greet (or bark at) whoever drives in. My vet (ambulatory, so she comes to MY house) enjoys when they do this, because she is the LAST person that would want to run over any dogs!! If you cannot hold your dog, you might need to put him/her on a leash tied to a tree--never tie with a choke chain, however. It just takes repetition. I'm try to teach my dogs to stay while I walk away, because they come to a call very well, but I'm afraid of the possiblity of seeing my dog caught across a street when I am on the other side--like a vacation circumstance--and my dog running TO me and getting run over. The time spent is ALL WORTH IT. BTW, my dogs are 2 1/2 years old and almost 2 years old, 50 pounds and 70 pounds.

 

[gritsar]

We have a fenced yard. So Jax barks at the fence when someone pulls up. If it's someone he knows and recognizes, he stops barking and sits quietly in the yard until they come in the gate. Then he walks up to greet them. He's not an enthusiastic greeter, meaning he doesn't jump all over people. He just walks up to them (people he knows) and greets them, tail wagging.
If a stranger to Jax pulls up he doesn't quit barking until we tell him "enough!". He won't greet people he doesn't know when they come inside the fence. He just sits back and watches them.
In other words, he's showing that he's a german shepherd. Loving with people he knows, weary of strangers.
My DH will be on vacation for two weeks starting Friday and we'll be able to practice loading and unloading alot more.