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Is 3 year old Sheltie too old to train
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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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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"D&LBusch" wrote in message
... 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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"Scott" wrote in message ...
"D&LBusch" wrote in message ... 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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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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