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Overloading training demands?

  • 10-01-2011 10:46am
    #1
    DeadlyByDesign
    Registered Users Posts: 853 ✭✭✭


    So my lad(4 months), so far has sit and paw down to a T. Stay is good and lie down is getting there. Have been teaching lie down for the past 2 weeks as it seems to be coming on slower than the others. My worry is that I might be pushing too hard and am not sure how much new info he can take in, so I am a bit cautious to move on to something new?

    Does anyone know what is the right pace to be training a pup so that their head does not explode!:)


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  • #2
    homerhop
    Registered Users Posts: 1,953 ✭✭✭homerhop


    How much each time do you spend a night training the dog?
    I have let the pup burn off the excitment and then spend 10 minutes training one command at a time till it has them perfected before moving to the next.
    At 4months he is still very young and you have plenty of time still.


  • #3
    DeadlyByDesign
    Registered Users Posts: 853 ✭✭✭DeadlyByDesign


    Usually about 15 mins a night. After that he just gets bored and switches off.


  • #4
    Cherry Blossom
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,949 ✭✭✭Cherry Blossom


    I would say if he is getting bored after 15 minutes then shorten it to 10, that way the session is ending when you say so not him ;) Start with short periods and build it up very slowly as you are also inadvertantly training the dog as to when you want his attention and you don't want to give him too much option of deciding himself if he wants to give it or not.


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