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Puppy Training: Biting and Begging
Hello All,
I have yet another couple of questions for the collective. My little Rukka is going on 9 weeks old. She is starting to get quite active. I am currently having two problems with her. (1) Biting. I know puppies are teething at this age. Furthermore, she has not quite learned to use her voice. Much to my dismay, I have verbally scolded, her a couple of times only to find out she was trying to tell me that she needed to go out. My current plan of attack is a light verbally scold (i.e. "Rukka, you are not allowed to bite humans.") followed by giving her a toy and praising her after she begins chewing on this. This does not seem to be working. Her biting is getting harder, and more persistent. She is also very clever about it. I will hold a nylon bone, and her she will start biting at the farthest point away from my hand and work her way to my fingers. Anyone have any suggestions? I have heard everything from squeezing a dogs muzzle to putting soap on my fingers. I can not imagine that any of these are positive re-enforcement. (2) She is starting to beg as well. First it started off with whining while I was preparing her food. Now, she likes to jump up on my legs when I am sitting at the table eating. Right now, if it is her dinner time, I wait till I have eaten and than give her food afterwards. She seems to understand this with me, cause she generally will only paw at my legs once, and after a verbal scold ("Rukka, you are not allowed to bother me while I eat."), she sits patiently by my legs. The problem is more with my girlfriend. She is very persistent about bothering her. We have tried to work out rules so that we are consistent with Rukka, so I am operating up the assumption that she is more or less doing everything the way I am doing it. (***) Has anyone had any success with Paul Loebs training methods (specifically "Smarter than You Think.")? Rukka comes to me about 75% of the time. I have found since I have been bribing (only occasionally) her with a treat, she comes inside a lot easier. My neighbors were looking at me funny when I was tossing a sock at her after issuing a command that she did not listen to. Wow, there is a lot there. Thanks everyone. -Scotty |
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Scotty OpAmp wrote:
Hello All, I have yet another couple of questions for the collective. My little Rukka is going on 9 weeks old. She is starting to get quite active. I am currently having two problems with her. (1) Biting. I know puppies are teething at this age. Furthermore, she has not quite learned to use her voice. Much to my dismay, I have verbally scolded, her a couple of times only to find out she was trying to tell me that she needed to go out. My current plan of attack is a light verbally scold (i.e. "Rukka, you are not allowed to bite humans.") followed by giving her a toy and praising her after she begins chewin gonthis.Thisdoesnot seem to be working. Her biting is getting harder, and more persistent. hello scotty, here is a video which may be of heelp http://dogtv.com/kwame.rm -- this is michael reporting live... http://dogtv.com |
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Scotty OpAmp wrote:
Hello All, I have yet another couple of questions for the collective. My little Rukka is going on 9 weeks old. She is starting to get quite active. I am currently having two problems with her. (1) Biting. I know puppies are teething at this age. Furthermore, she has not quite learned to use her voice. Much to my dismay, I have verbally scolded, her a couple of times only to find out she was trying to tell me that she needed to go out. My current plan of attack is a light verbally scold (i.e. "Rukka, you are not allowed to bite humans.") followed by giving her a toy and praising her after she begins chewin gonthis.Thisdoesnot seem to be working. Her biting is getting harder, and more persistent. hello scotty, here is a video which may be of heelp http://dogtv.com/kwame.rm -- this is michael reporting live... http://dogtv.com |
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Scotty OpAmp wrote:
Hello All, I have yet another couple of questions for the collective. My little Rukka is going on 9 weeks old. She is starting to get quite active. I am currently having two problems with her. (1) Biting. I know puppies are teething at this age. Furthermore, she has not quite learned to use her voice. Much to my dismay, I have verbally scolded, her a couple of times only to find out she was trying to tell me that she needed to go out. My current plan of attack is a light verbally scold (i.e. "Rukka, you are not allowed to bite humans.") followed by giving her a toy and praising her after she begins chewin gonthis.Thisdoesnot seem to be working. Her biting is getting harder, and more persistent. hello scotty, here is a video which may be of heelp http://dogtv.com/kwame.rm -- this is michael reporting live... http://dogtv.com |
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Scotty OpAmp wrote:
Hello All, I have yet another couple of questions for the collective. My little Rukka is going on 9 weeks old. She is starting to get quite active. I am currently having two problems with her. (1) Biting. I know puppies are teething at this age. Furthermore, she has not quite learned to use her voice. Much to my dismay, I have verbally scolded, her a couple of times only to find out she was trying to tell me that she needed to go out. My current plan of attack is a light verbally scold (i.e. "Rukka, you are not allowed to bite humans.") followed by giving her a toy and praising her after she begins chewin gonthis.Thisdoesnot seem to be working. Her biting is getting harder, and more persistent. hello scotty, here is a video which may be of heelp http://dogtv.com/kwame.rm -- this is michael reporting live... http://dogtv.com |
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"Scotty OpAmp" wrote:
(1) Biting. I know puppies are teething at this age. Furthermore, she has not quite learned to use her voice. Much to my dismay, I have verbally scolded, her a couple of times only to find out she was trying to tell me that she needed to go out. My current plan of attack is a light verbally scold (i.e. "Rukka, you are not allowed to bite humans.") followed by giving her a toy and praising her after she begins chewing on this. This does not seem to be working. Her biting is getting harder, and more persistent. She is also very clever about it. I will hold a nylon bone, and her she will start biting at the farthest point away from my hand and work her way to my fingers. Anyone have any suggestions? I have heard everything from squeezing a dogs muzzle to putting soap on my fingers. I can not imagine that any of these are positive re-enforcement. (2) She is starting to beg as well. First it started off with whining while I was preparing her food. Now, she likes to jump up on my legs when I am sitting at the table eating. Right now, if it is her dinner time, I wait till I have eaten and than give her food afterwards. She seems to understand this with me, cause she generally will only paw at my legs once, and after a verbal scold ("Rukka, you are not allowed to bother me while I eat."), she sits patiently by my legs. The problem is more with my girlfriend. She is very persistent about bothering her. We have tried to work out rules so that we are consistent with Rukka, so I am operating up the assumption that she is more or less doing everything the way I am doing it. I'm addressing both of these concerns together, because they both require the same solution. When she engages in an inappropriate behavior for attention, you reward/reinforce the behavior when you give her the attention. When she nips, play ends. Period. You simply take all your attention away from her, immediately. When she begs, you do the same thing. There is no dog there. As soon as she's behaving, she's a good girl. Once she starts misbehaving, she becomes immediately invisible again. This is not going to resolve itself overnight. For one thing, she's trained to believe that these behaviors *get* your attention. They always have. Once you start withdrawing the attention, she's going to try harder to get it back. In other words, expect the biting and begging to get worse before it gets better. It's going to take her a while to realize that it No Longer Works for her. (***) Has anyone had any success with Paul Loebs training methods (specifically "Smarter than You Think.")? Rukka comes to me about 75% of the time. I have found since I have been bribing (only occasionally) her with a treat, she comes inside a lot easier. My neighbors were looking at me funny when I was tossing a sock at her after issuing a command that she did not listen to. Not familiar with Paul Loeb. But if you're thinking of the treat as a "bribe," you have the wrong mind-set. It's a reward. And actually, giving her a reward only occasionally is more motivating than giving her one every time. Why do you throw a sock at her? 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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"Scotty OpAmp" wrote:
(1) Biting. I know puppies are teething at this age. Furthermore, she has not quite learned to use her voice. Much to my dismay, I have verbally scolded, her a couple of times only to find out she was trying to tell me that she needed to go out. My current plan of attack is a light verbally scold (i.e. "Rukka, you are not allowed to bite humans.") followed by giving her a toy and praising her after she begins chewing on this. This does not seem to be working. Her biting is getting harder, and more persistent. She is also very clever about it. I will hold a nylon bone, and her she will start biting at the farthest point away from my hand and work her way to my fingers. Anyone have any suggestions? I have heard everything from squeezing a dogs muzzle to putting soap on my fingers. I can not imagine that any of these are positive re-enforcement. (2) She is starting to beg as well. First it started off with whining while I was preparing her food. Now, she likes to jump up on my legs when I am sitting at the table eating. Right now, if it is her dinner time, I wait till I have eaten and than give her food afterwards. She seems to understand this with me, cause she generally will only paw at my legs once, and after a verbal scold ("Rukka, you are not allowed to bother me while I eat."), she sits patiently by my legs. The problem is more with my girlfriend. She is very persistent about bothering her. We have tried to work out rules so that we are consistent with Rukka, so I am operating up the assumption that she is more or less doing everything the way I am doing it. I'm addressing both of these concerns together, because they both require the same solution. When she engages in an inappropriate behavior for attention, you reward/reinforce the behavior when you give her the attention. When she nips, play ends. Period. You simply take all your attention away from her, immediately. When she begs, you do the same thing. There is no dog there. As soon as she's behaving, she's a good girl. Once she starts misbehaving, she becomes immediately invisible again. This is not going to resolve itself overnight. For one thing, she's trained to believe that these behaviors *get* your attention. They always have. Once you start withdrawing the attention, she's going to try harder to get it back. In other words, expect the biting and begging to get worse before it gets better. It's going to take her a while to realize that it No Longer Works for her. (***) Has anyone had any success with Paul Loebs training methods (specifically "Smarter than You Think.")? Rukka comes to me about 75% of the time. I have found since I have been bribing (only occasionally) her with a treat, she comes inside a lot easier. My neighbors were looking at me funny when I was tossing a sock at her after issuing a command that she did not listen to. Not familiar with Paul Loeb. But if you're thinking of the treat as a "bribe," you have the wrong mind-set. It's a reward. And actually, giving her a reward only occasionally is more motivating than giving her one every time. Why do you throw a sock at her? 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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"Scotty OpAmp" wrote:
(1) Biting. I know puppies are teething at this age. Furthermore, she has not quite learned to use her voice. Much to my dismay, I have verbally scolded, her a couple of times only to find out she was trying to tell me that she needed to go out. My current plan of attack is a light verbally scold (i.e. "Rukka, you are not allowed to bite humans.") followed by giving her a toy and praising her after she begins chewing on this. This does not seem to be working. Her biting is getting harder, and more persistent. She is also very clever about it. I will hold a nylon bone, and her she will start biting at the farthest point away from my hand and work her way to my fingers. Anyone have any suggestions? I have heard everything from squeezing a dogs muzzle to putting soap on my fingers. I can not imagine that any of these are positive re-enforcement. (2) She is starting to beg as well. First it started off with whining while I was preparing her food. Now, she likes to jump up on my legs when I am sitting at the table eating. Right now, if it is her dinner time, I wait till I have eaten and than give her food afterwards. She seems to understand this with me, cause she generally will only paw at my legs once, and after a verbal scold ("Rukka, you are not allowed to bother me while I eat."), she sits patiently by my legs. The problem is more with my girlfriend. She is very persistent about bothering her. We have tried to work out rules so that we are consistent with Rukka, so I am operating up the assumption that she is more or less doing everything the way I am doing it. I'm addressing both of these concerns together, because they both require the same solution. When she engages in an inappropriate behavior for attention, you reward/reinforce the behavior when you give her the attention. When she nips, play ends. Period. You simply take all your attention away from her, immediately. When she begs, you do the same thing. There is no dog there. As soon as she's behaving, she's a good girl. Once she starts misbehaving, she becomes immediately invisible again. This is not going to resolve itself overnight. For one thing, she's trained to believe that these behaviors *get* your attention. They always have. Once you start withdrawing the attention, she's going to try harder to get it back. In other words, expect the biting and begging to get worse before it gets better. It's going to take her a while to realize that it No Longer Works for her. (***) Has anyone had any success with Paul Loebs training methods (specifically "Smarter than You Think.")? Rukka comes to me about 75% of the time. I have found since I have been bribing (only occasionally) her with a treat, she comes inside a lot easier. My neighbors were looking at me funny when I was tossing a sock at her after issuing a command that she did not listen to. Not familiar with Paul Loeb. But if you're thinking of the treat as a "bribe," you have the wrong mind-set. It's a reward. And actually, giving her a reward only occasionally is more motivating than giving her one every time. Why do you throw a sock at her? 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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"Leah" -OFF wrote in message ... Not familiar with Paul Loeb. But if you're thinking of the treat as a "bribe," you have the wrong mind-set. It's a reward. And actually, giving her a reward only occasionally is more motivating than giving her one every time. Luring her in the house with food is a bribe...giving her a treat for responding to the COME command is a reward. BD |
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