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Old November 26th 03, 01:52 AM
TibbySF
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I am thinking about adopting a 3-year-old male sheltie. He has no
training what so ever, and displays some behavior that needs to be
improved (jumping on kids, barking). He has not been trained by the
past owner, has not even been house broken. He was a yard dog without
much access to the house.
Should I try or is it too late?
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Old November 26th 03, 05:52 AM
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It's never too late. Sound like you have a good deed in mind. Start with
crate training inside. It will make your life easier. The dog will
probably resist at first so feed him in the crate, provide a nice bed, and
leave the door open at first. This will help with the house breaking. Don't
use the crate as punishment! Use it from time to time throughout the day as
his special place. Whenever you take him out of the crate walk him. Lotsa
praise and love and he'll soon be on his way. Neutering is strongly
suggested. Use food as a reward for not jumping. Teach him to sit, reward
with food, then have him sit whenever someone comes in the house. Good
Luck. David
"TibbySF" wrote in message
om...
I am thinking about adopting a 3-year-old male sheltie. He has no
training what so ever, and displays some behavior that needs to be
improved (jumping on kids, barking). He has not been trained by the
past owner, has not even been house broken. He was a yard dog without
much access to the house.
Should I try or is it too late?



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Old November 26th 03, 02:50 PM
Scott
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"D&LBusch" wrote in message
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It's never too late. Sound like you have a good deed in mind. Start with
crate training inside. It will make your life easier. The dog will
probably resist at first so feed him in the crate, provide a nice bed, and
leave the door open at first. This will help with the house breaking.

Don't
use the crate as punishment! Use it from time to time throughout the day

as
his special place. Whenever you take him out of the crate walk him.

Lotsa
praise and love and he'll soon be on his way. Neutering is strongly
suggested. Use food as a reward for not jumping. Teach him to sit,

reward
with food, then have him sit whenever someone comes in the house. Good
Luck. David
"TibbySF" wrote in message
om...
I am thinking about adopting a 3-year-old male sheltie. He has no
training what so ever, and displays some behavior that needs to be
improved (jumping on kids, barking). He has not been trained by the
past owner, has not even been house broken. He was a yard dog without
much access to the house.
Should I try or is it too late?




Once he is comfortable with his crate and happy with it you can use it for
punishment. Much like sending a child to his room. You simply take away
the freedom for a little while. As for the jumping, if it is an attention
getting thing, and the children are old enough, teach the children to ignore
the dog when he does this. Turn their backs, leave the room, but do NOT
provide anything positive for the jumping. If he sits properly to get his
attention reward profusely.

Barking is another thing to be very positive about. If he barks to go out,
do NOT let him out when he barks or you will be reinforcing the idea that to
go out he needs only to bark his fool head off. The same goes for coming
inside. If he sits properly at the door, reward with going out and lots of
praise. That will depend on what he is barking at. But be very careful not
to reinforce the barking behavior unintentionally.

Scott


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Old November 26th 03, 10:44 PM
Mike Bearden
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"Scott" wrote in message ...
"D&LBusch" wrote in message
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It's never too late. Sound like you have a good deed in mind. Start with
crate training inside. It will make your life easier. The dog will
probably resist at first so feed him in the crate, provide a nice bed, and
leave the door open at first. This will help with the house breaking.

Don't
use the crate as punishment! Use it from time to time throughout the day

as
his special place. Whenever you take him out of the crate walk him.

Lotsa
praise and love and he'll soon be on his way. Neutering is strongly
suggested. Use food as a reward for not jumping. Teach him to sit,

reward
with food, then have him sit whenever someone comes in the house. Good
Luck. David
"TibbySF" wrote in message
om...
I am thinking about adopting a 3-year-old male sheltie. He has no
training what so ever, and displays some behavior that needs to be
improved (jumping on kids, barking). He has not been trained by the
past owner, has not even been house broken. He was a yard dog without
much access to the house.
Should I try or is it too late?




Once he is comfortable with his crate and happy with it you can use it for
punishment. Much like sending a child to his room. You simply take away
the freedom for a little while. As for the jumping, if it is an attention
getting thing, and the children are old enough, teach the children to ignore
the dog when he does this. Turn their backs, leave the room, but do NOT
provide anything positive for the jumping. If he sits properly to get his
attention reward profusely.

Barking is another thing to be very positive about. If he barks to go out,
do NOT let him out when he barks or you will be reinforcing the idea that to
go out he needs only to bark his fool head off. The same goes for coming
inside. If he sits properly at the door, reward with going out and lots of
praise. That will depend on what he is barking at. But be very careful not
to reinforce the barking behavior unintentionally.

Scott


I agree 100% .. it's never to late for training. We have a Sheltie
that we adopted when she was 3 years old and she had some pretty bad
habits. She crate trained very quick and has the best manners I could
ever hope for. She is very out going and gets along with everyone and
everything no matter where we take her .. I take that back .. she does
not like SNAKES at all !!! Everytime she goes to the grommer she is
always praised about her behavior. And she's not a BARKAHOLIC either.
The only strange thing about her is that she won't play with toys
unless the other dogs are playing with them too.
Give the Sheltie chance and I think you'll be pleased.

Mike http://www.time2dig.com/myweb2/
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Old November 27th 03, 09:23 PM
Jo Wolf
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Shelties are normally very bright dogs with a great desire to please.
This little guy is just reaching mental maturity and is very trainable.
If you have not had a dog before, there will be obedience classes
starting right after the holidays to help you.... and a good book to get
you through until then might be _Dogs for Dummies_, or _Dog Training for
Dummies_ Both are easy to use and use current techniques that work
best.... written by Real training experts.

But do keep in mind that the potentially hardest part will be teaching
the rascal when it's okay to bark and when it's not. This is a
naturally barky breed, due to their herding style.

Jo Wolf
Martinez, Georgia

 




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