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Old July 19th 04, 06:19 AM
juanita
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Hi' Everyone,
I have a 7 month old smooth coat Chihuahua. I also have a six year old long
coat both females. The puppy won't come to me when I call her, except if she
is in the backyard barking too much I call "come in here" and she races to
me. However, in the house if I say "come here" she just looks at me and at
first I thought she was intimidated by the older one who is now much smaller
than the pup. Could she still be intimidated by the older one even when she
is not near me. Also, how does one stop barking, I've never had a Chihuahua
that barks so much. I don't hit my dogs. I have taught the pup to stay, sit
(sometimes she will sit, we are working on that). She seems to understand
"No", get your ball and a few other things, but not "come here". Maybe she
is too young, your advice would be appreciated.
Thank you,
Juanita


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Old July 19th 04, 08:13 PM
Leah
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"juanita" wrote:
The puppy won't come to me when I call her, except if she
is in the backyard barking too much I call "come in here" and she races to
me. However, in the house if I say "come here" she just looks at me and at
first I thought she was intimidated by the older one who is now much smaller
than the pup. Could she still be intimidated by the older one even when she
is not near me.


More likely that she doesn't understand what "come here" means. Just because a
dog responds to a command once in a while does not mean they understand the
command. They may understand it in a very narrow context, since dogs don't
generalize well. We have to teach them how to generalize.

Here's an example. I met a 2 year old pug in the store aisles who I taught to
sit. He was on a mat while we were working on it.

On a hunch, I removed the mat and asked him to sit. He looked puzzled. I put
the mat back. He sat.

Little guy figured "sit means sit right here on this mat." Hadn't yet
generalized it into other contexts.

Or she does know what it means, but you may have inadvertently taught her that
responding to the command sometimes ends in punishment for her. No matter what
she is doing at the time, if you call her and she comes, you HAVE to praise and
reward her. If you call her and she comes, she has immediately forgotten what
it was she was doing before. She will associate the way you react to her
coming when you called. So, "Get over here, what did you do?" is a really bad
move. :}

She seems to understand
"No", get your ball and a few other things, but not "come here". Maybe she
is too young, your advice would be appreciated.


You said it right there. "She seems to understand." So you didn't purposely
train her to understand any of these commands? Some of it she just picked up
on her own? Smart pup she may be, but she still doesn't understand English.
:}

She is far from too young to understand. At 7 months, she's about 4 months
behind where she should be. I'd highly suggest taking her to a class where you
will learn how to train her to know basic commands.

Canine Action Dog Trainer
http://www.canineaction.com
My Kids, My Students, My Life:
http://hometown.aol.com/dfrntdrums/m...age/index.html


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Old July 19th 04, 08:13 PM
Leah
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"juanita" wrote:
The puppy won't come to me when I call her, except if she
is in the backyard barking too much I call "come in here" and she races to
me. However, in the house if I say "come here" she just looks at me and at
first I thought she was intimidated by the older one who is now much smaller
than the pup. Could she still be intimidated by the older one even when she
is not near me.


More likely that she doesn't understand what "come here" means. Just because a
dog responds to a command once in a while does not mean they understand the
command. They may understand it in a very narrow context, since dogs don't
generalize well. We have to teach them how to generalize.

Here's an example. I met a 2 year old pug in the store aisles who I taught to
sit. He was on a mat while we were working on it.

On a hunch, I removed the mat and asked him to sit. He looked puzzled. I put
the mat back. He sat.

Little guy figured "sit means sit right here on this mat." Hadn't yet
generalized it into other contexts.

Or she does know what it means, but you may have inadvertently taught her that
responding to the command sometimes ends in punishment for her. No matter what
she is doing at the time, if you call her and she comes, you HAVE to praise and
reward her. If you call her and she comes, she has immediately forgotten what
it was she was doing before. She will associate the way you react to her
coming when you called. So, "Get over here, what did you do?" is a really bad
move. :}

She seems to understand
"No", get your ball and a few other things, but not "come here". Maybe she
is too young, your advice would be appreciated.


You said it right there. "She seems to understand." So you didn't purposely
train her to understand any of these commands? Some of it she just picked up
on her own? Smart pup she may be, but she still doesn't understand English.
:}

She is far from too young to understand. At 7 months, she's about 4 months
behind where she should be. I'd highly suggest taking her to a class where you
will learn how to train her to know basic commands.

Canine Action Dog Trainer
http://www.canineaction.com
My Kids, My Students, My Life:
http://hometown.aol.com/dfrntdrums/m...age/index.html


  #4  
Old July 19th 04, 08:13 PM
Leah
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"juanita" wrote:
The puppy won't come to me when I call her, except if she
is in the backyard barking too much I call "come in here" and she races to
me. However, in the house if I say "come here" she just looks at me and at
first I thought she was intimidated by the older one who is now much smaller
than the pup. Could she still be intimidated by the older one even when she
is not near me.


More likely that she doesn't understand what "come here" means. Just because a
dog responds to a command once in a while does not mean they understand the
command. They may understand it in a very narrow context, since dogs don't
generalize well. We have to teach them how to generalize.

Here's an example. I met a 2 year old pug in the store aisles who I taught to
sit. He was on a mat while we were working on it.

On a hunch, I removed the mat and asked him to sit. He looked puzzled. I put
the mat back. He sat.

Little guy figured "sit means sit right here on this mat." Hadn't yet
generalized it into other contexts.

Or she does know what it means, but you may have inadvertently taught her that
responding to the command sometimes ends in punishment for her. No matter what
she is doing at the time, if you call her and she comes, you HAVE to praise and
reward her. If you call her and she comes, she has immediately forgotten what
it was she was doing before. She will associate the way you react to her
coming when you called. So, "Get over here, what did you do?" is a really bad
move. :}

She seems to understand
"No", get your ball and a few other things, but not "come here". Maybe she
is too young, your advice would be appreciated.


You said it right there. "She seems to understand." So you didn't purposely
train her to understand any of these commands? Some of it she just picked up
on her own? Smart pup she may be, but she still doesn't understand English.
:}

She is far from too young to understand. At 7 months, she's about 4 months
behind where she should be. I'd highly suggest taking her to a class where you
will learn how to train her to know basic commands.

Canine Action Dog Trainer
http://www.canineaction.com
My Kids, My Students, My Life:
http://hometown.aol.com/dfrntdrums/m...age/index.html


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Old July 19th 04, 08:13 PM
Leah
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"juanita" wrote:
The puppy won't come to me when I call her, except if she
is in the backyard barking too much I call "come in here" and she races to
me. However, in the house if I say "come here" she just looks at me and at
first I thought she was intimidated by the older one who is now much smaller
than the pup. Could she still be intimidated by the older one even when she
is not near me.


More likely that she doesn't understand what "come here" means. Just because a
dog responds to a command once in a while does not mean they understand the
command. They may understand it in a very narrow context, since dogs don't
generalize well. We have to teach them how to generalize.

Here's an example. I met a 2 year old pug in the store aisles who I taught to
sit. He was on a mat while we were working on it.

On a hunch, I removed the mat and asked him to sit. He looked puzzled. I put
the mat back. He sat.

Little guy figured "sit means sit right here on this mat." Hadn't yet
generalized it into other contexts.

Or she does know what it means, but you may have inadvertently taught her that
responding to the command sometimes ends in punishment for her. No matter what
she is doing at the time, if you call her and she comes, you HAVE to praise and
reward her. If you call her and she comes, she has immediately forgotten what
it was she was doing before. She will associate the way you react to her
coming when you called. So, "Get over here, what did you do?" is a really bad
move. :}

She seems to understand
"No", get your ball and a few other things, but not "come here". Maybe she
is too young, your advice would be appreciated.


You said it right there. "She seems to understand." So you didn't purposely
train her to understand any of these commands? Some of it she just picked up
on her own? Smart pup she may be, but she still doesn't understand English.
:}

She is far from too young to understand. At 7 months, she's about 4 months
behind where she should be. I'd highly suggest taking her to a class where you
will learn how to train her to know basic commands.

Canine Action Dog Trainer
http://www.canineaction.com
My Kids, My Students, My Life:
http://hometown.aol.com/dfrntdrums/m...age/index.html


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Old July 19th 04, 08:13 PM
Leah
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"juanita" wrote:
The puppy won't come to me when I call her, except if she
is in the backyard barking too much I call "come in here" and she races to
me. However, in the house if I say "come here" she just looks at me and at
first I thought she was intimidated by the older one who is now much smaller
than the pup. Could she still be intimidated by the older one even when she
is not near me.


More likely that she doesn't understand what "come here" means. Just because a
dog responds to a command once in a while does not mean they understand the
command. They may understand it in a very narrow context, since dogs don't
generalize well. We have to teach them how to generalize.

Here's an example. I met a 2 year old pug in the store aisles who I taught to
sit. He was on a mat while we were working on it.

On a hunch, I removed the mat and asked him to sit. He looked puzzled. I put
the mat back. He sat.

Little guy figured "sit means sit right here on this mat." Hadn't yet
generalized it into other contexts.

Or she does know what it means, but you may have inadvertently taught her that
responding to the command sometimes ends in punishment for her. No matter what
she is doing at the time, if you call her and she comes, you HAVE to praise and
reward her. If you call her and she comes, she has immediately forgotten what
it was she was doing before. She will associate the way you react to her
coming when you called. So, "Get over here, what did you do?" is a really bad
move. :}

She seems to understand
"No", get your ball and a few other things, but not "come here". Maybe she
is too young, your advice would be appreciated.


You said it right there. "She seems to understand." So you didn't purposely
train her to understand any of these commands? Some of it she just picked up
on her own? Smart pup she may be, but she still doesn't understand English.
:}

She is far from too young to understand. At 7 months, she's about 4 months
behind where she should be. I'd highly suggest taking her to a class where you
will learn how to train her to know basic commands.

Canine Action Dog Trainer
http://www.canineaction.com
My Kids, My Students, My Life:
http://hometown.aol.com/dfrntdrums/m...age/index.html


  #7  
Old July 20th 04, 08:32 AM
juanita
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Thank you so much for all that information, very helpful. I have never
growled at her or punished, but I admit that I do not praise her when she
rushes to me from outside.
I will look into taking her to puppy training. My 6 year old seems to know
everything I say.But with reagard to the "ball" and her other toys I show
them to her and say "Ball" and so on, she pricks her ears up as soon as I
say "where's Ball" and rushes around looking for it. I think she will learn
eventually, just could not understand why she would not come to me inside
the house. I praise her when she sits and stays too.
Thanks again,
Juanita.
"Leah" -OFF wrote in message
...
"juanita" wrote:
The puppy won't come to me when I call her, except if she
is in the backyard barking too much I call "come in here" and she races

to
me. However, in the house if I say "come here" she just looks at me and

at
first I thought she was intimidated by the older one who is now much

smaller
than the pup. Could she still be intimidated by the older one even when

she
is not near me.


More likely that she doesn't understand what "come here" means. Just

because a
dog responds to a command once in a while does not mean they understand

the
command. They may understand it in a very narrow context, since dogs

don't
generalize well. We have to teach them how to generalize.

Here's an example. I met a 2 year old pug in the store aisles who I

taught to
sit. He was on a mat while we were working on it.

On a hunch, I removed the mat and asked him to sit. He looked puzzled. I

put
the mat back. He sat.

Little guy figured "sit means sit right here on this mat." Hadn't yet
generalized it into other contexts.

Or she does know what it means, but you may have inadvertently taught her

that
responding to the command sometimes ends in punishment for her. No matter

what
she is doing at the time, if you call her and she comes, you HAVE to

praise and
reward her. If you call her and she comes, she has immediately forgotten

what
it was she was doing before. She will associate the way you react to her
coming when you called. So, "Get over here, what did you do?" is a really

bad
move. :}

She seems to understand
"No", get your ball and a few other things, but not "come here". Maybe

she
is too young, your advice would be appreciated.


You said it right there. "She seems to understand." So you didn't

purposely
train her to understand any of these commands? Some of it she just picked

up
on her own? Smart pup she may be, but she still doesn't understand

English.
:}

She is far from too young to understand. At 7 months, she's about 4

months
behind where she should be. I'd highly suggest taking her to a class

where you
will learn how to train her to know basic commands.

Canine Action Dog Trainer
http://www.canineaction.com
My Kids, My Students, My Life:
http://hometown.aol.com/dfrntdrums/m...age/index.html




  #8  
Old July 20th 04, 08:32 AM
juanita
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Thank you so much for all that information, very helpful. I have never
growled at her or punished, but I admit that I do not praise her when she
rushes to me from outside.
I will look into taking her to puppy training. My 6 year old seems to know
everything I say.But with reagard to the "ball" and her other toys I show
them to her and say "Ball" and so on, she pricks her ears up as soon as I
say "where's Ball" and rushes around looking for it. I think she will learn
eventually, just could not understand why she would not come to me inside
the house. I praise her when she sits and stays too.
Thanks again,
Juanita.
"Leah" -OFF wrote in message
...
"juanita" wrote:
The puppy won't come to me when I call her, except if she
is in the backyard barking too much I call "come in here" and she races

to
me. However, in the house if I say "come here" she just looks at me and

at
first I thought she was intimidated by the older one who is now much

smaller
than the pup. Could she still be intimidated by the older one even when

she
is not near me.


More likely that she doesn't understand what "come here" means. Just

because a
dog responds to a command once in a while does not mean they understand

the
command. They may understand it in a very narrow context, since dogs

don't
generalize well. We have to teach them how to generalize.

Here's an example. I met a 2 year old pug in the store aisles who I

taught to
sit. He was on a mat while we were working on it.

On a hunch, I removed the mat and asked him to sit. He looked puzzled. I

put
the mat back. He sat.

Little guy figured "sit means sit right here on this mat." Hadn't yet
generalized it into other contexts.

Or she does know what it means, but you may have inadvertently taught her

that
responding to the command sometimes ends in punishment for her. No matter

what
she is doing at the time, if you call her and she comes, you HAVE to

praise and
reward her. If you call her and she comes, she has immediately forgotten

what
it was she was doing before. She will associate the way you react to her
coming when you called. So, "Get over here, what did you do?" is a really

bad
move. :}

She seems to understand
"No", get your ball and a few other things, but not "come here". Maybe

she
is too young, your advice would be appreciated.


You said it right there. "She seems to understand." So you didn't

purposely
train her to understand any of these commands? Some of it she just picked

up
on her own? Smart pup she may be, but she still doesn't understand

English.
:}

She is far from too young to understand. At 7 months, she's about 4

months
behind where she should be. I'd highly suggest taking her to a class

where you
will learn how to train her to know basic commands.

Canine Action Dog Trainer
http://www.canineaction.com
My Kids, My Students, My Life:
http://hometown.aol.com/dfrntdrums/m...age/index.html




  #9  
Old July 20th 04, 08:32 AM
juanita
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Thank you so much for all that information, very helpful. I have never
growled at her or punished, but I admit that I do not praise her when she
rushes to me from outside.
I will look into taking her to puppy training. My 6 year old seems to know
everything I say.But with reagard to the "ball" and her other toys I show
them to her and say "Ball" and so on, she pricks her ears up as soon as I
say "where's Ball" and rushes around looking for it. I think she will learn
eventually, just could not understand why she would not come to me inside
the house. I praise her when she sits and stays too.
Thanks again,
Juanita.
"Leah" -OFF wrote in message
...
"juanita" wrote:
The puppy won't come to me when I call her, except if she
is in the backyard barking too much I call "come in here" and she races

to
me. However, in the house if I say "come here" she just looks at me and

at
first I thought she was intimidated by the older one who is now much

smaller
than the pup. Could she still be intimidated by the older one even when

she
is not near me.


More likely that she doesn't understand what "come here" means. Just

because a
dog responds to a command once in a while does not mean they understand

the
command. They may understand it in a very narrow context, since dogs

don't
generalize well. We have to teach them how to generalize.

Here's an example. I met a 2 year old pug in the store aisles who I

taught to
sit. He was on a mat while we were working on it.

On a hunch, I removed the mat and asked him to sit. He looked puzzled. I

put
the mat back. He sat.

Little guy figured "sit means sit right here on this mat." Hadn't yet
generalized it into other contexts.

Or she does know what it means, but you may have inadvertently taught her

that
responding to the command sometimes ends in punishment for her. No matter

what
she is doing at the time, if you call her and she comes, you HAVE to

praise and
reward her. If you call her and she comes, she has immediately forgotten

what
it was she was doing before. She will associate the way you react to her
coming when you called. So, "Get over here, what did you do?" is a really

bad
move. :}

She seems to understand
"No", get your ball and a few other things, but not "come here". Maybe

she
is too young, your advice would be appreciated.


You said it right there. "She seems to understand." So you didn't

purposely
train her to understand any of these commands? Some of it she just picked

up
on her own? Smart pup she may be, but she still doesn't understand

English.
:}

She is far from too young to understand. At 7 months, she's about 4

months
behind where she should be. I'd highly suggest taking her to a class

where you
will learn how to train her to know basic commands.

Canine Action Dog Trainer
http://www.canineaction.com
My Kids, My Students, My Life:
http://hometown.aol.com/dfrntdrums/m...age/index.html




  #10  
Old July 20th 04, 08:32 AM
juanita
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Posts: n/a
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Thank you so much for all that information, very helpful. I have never
growled at her or punished, but I admit that I do not praise her when she
rushes to me from outside.
I will look into taking her to puppy training. My 6 year old seems to know
everything I say.But with reagard to the "ball" and her other toys I show
them to her and say "Ball" and so on, she pricks her ears up as soon as I
say "where's Ball" and rushes around looking for it. I think she will learn
eventually, just could not understand why she would not come to me inside
the house. I praise her when she sits and stays too.
Thanks again,
Juanita.
"Leah" -OFF wrote in message
...
"juanita" wrote:
The puppy won't come to me when I call her, except if she
is in the backyard barking too much I call "come in here" and she races

to
me. However, in the house if I say "come here" she just looks at me and

at
first I thought she was intimidated by the older one who is now much

smaller
than the pup. Could she still be intimidated by the older one even when

she
is not near me.


More likely that she doesn't understand what "come here" means. Just

because a
dog responds to a command once in a while does not mean they understand

the
command. They may understand it in a very narrow context, since dogs

don't
generalize well. We have to teach them how to generalize.

Here's an example. I met a 2 year old pug in the store aisles who I

taught to
sit. He was on a mat while we were working on it.

On a hunch, I removed the mat and asked him to sit. He looked puzzled. I

put
the mat back. He sat.

Little guy figured "sit means sit right here on this mat." Hadn't yet
generalized it into other contexts.

Or she does know what it means, but you may have inadvertently taught her

that
responding to the command sometimes ends in punishment for her. No matter

what
she is doing at the time, if you call her and she comes, you HAVE to

praise and
reward her. If you call her and she comes, she has immediately forgotten

what
it was she was doing before. She will associate the way you react to her
coming when you called. So, "Get over here, what did you do?" is a really

bad
move. :}

She seems to understand
"No", get your ball and a few other things, but not "come here". Maybe

she
is too young, your advice would be appreciated.


You said it right there. "She seems to understand." So you didn't

purposely
train her to understand any of these commands? Some of it she just picked

up
on her own? Smart pup she may be, but she still doesn't understand

English.
:}

She is far from too young to understand. At 7 months, she's about 4

months
behind where she should be. I'd highly suggest taking her to a class

where you
will learn how to train her to know basic commands.

Canine Action Dog Trainer
http://www.canineaction.com
My Kids, My Students, My Life:
http://hometown.aol.com/dfrntdrums/m...age/index.html




 




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