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I'm allowed to get down about it though
Of course you are - sorry I didn't mean to sound critical. It just takes time, lots of it. Think in terms of months, not weeks.
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I'm allowed to get down about it though
It's OK, I could have taken him on his walk, I have weathered bad times with him and then we've continued to have a lovely walk, sometimes, it just gets to you. He's lovely in the house and we've been bonding well over the last month, that took a while, we could have such a good life together if he'd sort his brain out.Of course you are - sorry I didn't mean to sound critical. It just takes time, lots of it. Think in terms of months, not weeks.
Thanks, normally I'm very patient with him and carry on, but I'd just had enough this morning. Anyway, I've just been for a run and the course is clear, so I'm going on 'morning walk' mark 2. I hope he remembers that he was brought back, that's how I stopped him from going nuts on his lead at the start of a walk. He used to jump around and bite the lead, this could go on for 10 mins into the walk. He never does it now. YayI know the feeling, Doggie1 - when Jasper was young sometimes OH would come home from work, ask me how he'd been and I'd burst into tears It'll get so much better - if you can avoid the triggers as much as humanely possible.
Sometimes it helps if you can be a little more accepting of how your dog is - appreciate the good bits of the walk and just accept that when things do go wrong, then he's going to kick off and it's no big deal. Sometimes it can be better to have more walks but make them shorter, which increases the chance of having the occasional great walk
At one point I was trying to deal with the issue that if J found something edible, like a dead rabbit, on a walk, he would guard it intensely. Training involved rabbit skins... But after a bad day I just thought sod it, it's not as if I could ever train him with a real live dead bunny, and decided to stop worrying about him and start enjoying him. It did help - and we do now have a management strategy for the bunny situation so I don't panic if it crops up.
He's been on two walks since I posted the morning.Take him on a walk, let him burn his energy! please @doggie1 ?
Okay, has he stopped with the above behaviour?He's been on two walks since I posted the morning.
He gets two 50 minute walks every day minimum, sometimes one is longer. It is going to take more than a day to curb him of that.Okay, has he stopped with the above behaviour?
Have you not tried doing the 'watch me' cue with your dog?He gets two 50 minute walks every day minimum, sometimes one is longer. It is going to take more than a day to curb him of that.
I do everything with him and he's great when there is no stimuli, as soon as he sees dog and to a lesser extent picks up a scent, I don't exist. It takes time for all of this to become second nature to him. We've had him for five months and I only feel like we've bonded with him this last month or so.Have you not tried doing the 'watch me' cue with your dog?
I do enjoy him, but his bark is so loud and he is so frantic when he gets going. His trainer gave me some pointers which I use and she giving me some more at the weekend when we go to group and socialisation. I know what you mean about bursting into tears, when he started pulling badly I used to feel like that, the Halti is great, I feel I have full control of him when he pulls. I don't use it all the time, as he can't be off lead I put him on his Flexi lead so he can run around.I know the feeling, Doggie1 - when Jasper was young sometimes OH would come home from work, ask me how he'd been and I'd burst into tears It'll get so much better - if you can avoid the triggers as much as humanely possible.
Sometimes it helps if you can be a little more accepting of how your dog is - appreciate the good bits of the walk and just accept that when things do go wrong, then he's going to kick off and it's no big deal. Sometimes it can be better to have more walks but make them shorter, which increases the chance of having the occasional great walk
At one point I was trying to deal with the issue that if J found something edible, like a dead rabbit, on a walk, he would guard it intensely. Training involved rabbit skins... But after a bad day I just thought sod it, it's not as if I could ever train him with a real live dead bunny, and decided to stop worrying about him and start enjoying him. It did help - and we do now have a management strategy for the bunny situation so I don't panic if it crops up.
If Eddi chased a rabbit down a burrow, he'd just go down after it!Frequent short training sessions. Using gentle positive methods. I have found that Sight Hounds get bored eaisly, when we had Border Collies they would repeat one exercise time after time, but Folly will do it once sometimes twice but thats it. So its a case of one thing then a different one etc. Her recall is good, except if she sees a rabbit or squirrel, then she is off like a shot. Fortunately Rabbits go underground and Squirrels go up trees both after a short chase. I call it ocupational deafness.
Thanks Judy.You are right, I hope we can do it.You're doing just fine, doggie1 As you of course know, if he's too close to the trigger for toys, sausage and 'find it' to work, then things like 'watch' certainly aren't. This isn't about reinforcing responses to cues, it's about (very) gradually changing your dog's feelings about the triggers. It's nothing to do with suppressing an unwanted behaviour but all about the dog not feeling the need to do it.
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