Dog training

Imelda R.

Got a new Dog , he is 5 months. Would like advice on how to train him' He has no manners!:)

KAGY

Check your local area papers for dog training classes.
The current methods of teaching are based more on reward than fear. Food or petting works.
You could check the local library to see if there are any books if you want to do it your self.

peasant

What works most of all is clarity, consistency and repetition.

Make sure you always use the same commands / key words for the same action, make sure that no always means no and repeat things over and over.

Amimad

peasant wrote: »

What works most of all is clarity, consistency and repetition.

Well said Peasant

luckat

Basics of clicker training:

http://www.clickertraining.tv/

and here's Karen Pryor clicker training a fish:

http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=STLgWyXGUMg

and a formerly abused mule learning with clicks:

http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=HCtrtbdXkVw

What manners do you want to train, by the way? No begging at table? No jumping up on visitors? Giving the paw? Peeing and pooing when you ask?

summer_ina_bowl

peasant wrote: »

Make sure you always use the same commands / key words for the same action, make sure that no always means no and repeat things over and over.

thats good advice.

also, if you live with other people, then teach them the exact commands / keywords you want the dog to respond to - never underestimate consistency with a dog! for example, dogs notice really subtle changes, my friend is from antrim, her dog is really well trained but no matter what he only responds to commands spoken with a northern accent!

Carroll_DTI

Socialisation to other dogs is also important, especially at a young age.

Back Stabbath

Go to leerburg.com, they have a great obedience training dvd. This guy is the only trainer I would buy a DVD from, he really knows what he's doing.


I would train him for you if you were in Gorey.

kerrysgold

You can train some thing's yourself, I've trained dogs to sit/stay/lie down/roll over and to walk on a lead and jump etc before. if you want to train him to walk off-lead and come back when you call him you could practise by letting him walk on a long rope/lead and get him to come back closer to you when you call him etc.

peasant

Back Stabbath wrote: »

Go to leerburg.com, they have a great obedience training dvd. This guy is the only trainer I would buy a DVD from, he really knows what he's doing.

quoted from their website:

15 years ago when I was breeding some very hard puppies I wrote an article titled “Teaching Your Puppy the Meaning of the Word NO.” In it I recommended grabbing the pup (when it was biting you or a family member) by the nap of the neck and shaking until it squealed like a pig. Well that advice was wrong. It worked for my pups because they were hard pups and recovered quickly from a correction (and handler mistakes). Soft puppies could have some serious problems with this treatment.

Today I recommend that we can get the point across with most (not all) pups by simply grabbing a pup firmly by the scruff of both cheeks and firmly holding them as we stare into their eyes and firmly warn them to “KNOCK IT OFF.” You could even growl at them until they submit (just as their mother did).

Shaking them until they squeal like a pig only scares them and does nothing to build the relationship.

Yepp ...sounds like a guy who knows what he's doing ... NOT

He also uses prong collars and electric collars in "correction" ...I'd stay away from those kind of "training" methods

Arcadian

Back Stabbath wrote: »

I would train him for you if you were in Gorey.

What methods do you use?

sebastianv

:eek:just browsed through that site leerburg.com, back stabbath don't won't to sound confrontational but if that is you you train dogs i would shake you by the scruff of your neck (theoretically). Do you have a qualification? and if so who gave it to you :eek:. I agree with peasant clarity, consistency and repetition, it's boring it's frustrating and not much fun for us owners but it GETS RESULTS without resorting to the archaic bullying methods mentioned in that site.
I was informed on another site once, that peeing on the dominat dog shows him who is boss.:eek: I chose not to try that method either.
seb

peasant

sebastianv wrote: »

I was informed on another site once, that peeing on the dominat dog shows him who is boss.:eek: I chose not to try that method either.
seb

What actually does work (for those who have a private garden or choose secluded walks) is to pee right over the spot your dog just put its marker on ...and then give the dog a (verbal) bollocking if he tries to mark over it again.

A pi$$ing contest in the true sense of the word.

But that's only necessary when you have a true "revolutionary" on your hands

deaddonkey

peasant wrote: »

What works most of all is clarity, consistency and repetition.

add calmness and firmness to the list and you'll win.

if a dog is properly out of order, don't be afraid to tell it off properly though, they do need it sometimes.