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Chihuahua won't come
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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"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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"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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"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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"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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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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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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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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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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