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Train Your Dog With Respect
Proper training of your dog should begin when he is a puppy. The
first four months of a dog's life are very important in the training of your dog. This is when they learn behaviors that they will practice in the future. Socializing your dog is one of the most important things you can do to influence your dog's future behavior. As soon as you bring your new puppy home, you should start letting him interact with other puppies, dogs and humans. Take your dog to parks where there will be other pets and people. Ask your friends if it is okay for your dog to visit their dog at their home or yours. Puppies will learn how to get along with other puppies and dogs if they are allowed to play with them when they are young. Introduce your dog to new experiences. Give him rides in the car, walk him on a leash around the park, let him hear the vacuum cleaner running. Help your puppy get used to a regular routine of baths, brushing , and healthy meals. Housebreaking your puppy takes a lot of patience. Fix up a nice little space or room for your puppy. Place his food and water bowl there along with some favorite toys. Be sure to put newspapers all over the floor and replace them often. When you are at home with the puppy, let him out of his room for a short period of time to roam around and play. Return your puppy to his room and the newspapers after about 30-45 minutes to help with his housebreaking. Do not punish your puppy for having an accident. It could take up to six months before he is fully housebroken. Remember, most puppies can't control their bladder overnight until they are about four months old. Your puppy will undoubtedly want to chew on things he shouldn't. Train him to leave your things alone by keeping them out of reach and by providing him with a variety of doggy chew toys. If he chews on your favorite slipper, don't punish him. Simply replace the slipper with one of his own chew toys. Praise him for playing with his own toys. Sometimes, you will have to leave your dog home alone. Help him to feel comfortable alone by leaving on the television or radio for company. Leave an adequate amount of food and water. Don't forget to leave lots of doggy toys for him to play with. You may be having trouble training your dog. Maybe he's not responding to your commands or seems to be ignoring you. Or maybe the housebreaking is backfiring and your dog is having accidents all over the house. These may be signs of a medical condition. Be sure to visit the vet regularly to rule out things like loss of hearing or bladder infections. Always be sure your dog is healthy, happy and well cared for. If you feel this job is too big for you or you just want some additional instruction or behavioral training for your dog,, there are many reputable professional dog trainers and obedience schools. Do some research and ask questions to find the right school for your dog. Most importantly, you must be a responsible owner in order to train them properly. If you want your dog to trust and respect you, you must do the same in return. Never hit, kick, or slap your dog. Include your dog in family outings and games and general family life. Do not play aggressive games with them as this can cause them to behave aggressively. Reward good behavior and yet do not spoil your dog. Remember, if you practice lots of patience, love and respect for your dog, you will receive the same from him. Published by: Wendy Yeager http://www.wenmarcorp.com/dogs-go2 |
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On 27 Sep 2004 12:00:40 -0700 John whittled these words:
Ahhhh...finally someone in this group who knows how to treat a dog/puppy properly. I have no idea why some of you insist on buying sticks to train your dogs...only $39.95... Who does that? Be specific. Reference the original post(s) to support your reaction so that we can put it into context. What kind of stick, and how is the stick used? And why is a stick necessarily a bad thing? I use a target stick. Do you know what that is, and how it is used? If you search google for "target stick" (include the quotes) you can get an idea. But I've never bought one. be the first on your street to have yours. Perhaps you can get a discount if you buy a shocker and choker as well. Another good one is hitting your puppy for chewing on their leash. They are puppies, they are doing what puppies are Who here has ever suggested hitting a puppy for anything at all? Be specific. Provide a reference for the orignal post(s) to show the basis of your reaction. Don't rely on someone's claims that something was posted. I want to see the original posting, and so should you. supposed to do, play. Well yes. Many of us encourage leash tugging as a reward. It seems to me that many of you treat your dogs like possessions. I'm sure there are people like that. I can't think of people I would put in that category. Possessions you feel the need to CONTROL. If you have kids, raising dogs is like raising kids, its common sense. Dogs need a balance of fun, and structure. They need the security of knowing what is expected of them, and the freedom to explore and learn. I wouldn't call it a matter of "common sense" since understanding the needs of others is not exactly common. The specific advice you are responding to, however, has a lot of information that I suggest is counter-productive. It tends to be confusing and lead to greater puppy-human conflict when a dog is first taught it is OK to relieve itself indoors, and then later expected to never do so. Housetraining can be accomplished far more quickly and with less conflict with newer methods than offered by the person you are responding to. The OP is correct that socialization is critical. However, in my experience the advice to use a dog park to accomplish that socialization often backfires. Too many clueless people at the dog park. It is far safer and more effective to socialize puppies with people who are known to you, known to be repsonsible, and who will comply with your requests to not allow obsessive harassment etc that will result in a fearful rather than confident puppy. Overall the information in the post seems to have been derived from training books in the 1960's - much has changed since then. -- Diane Blackman http://dog-play.com/ http://dogplay.com/Shop/ |
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John Fisher is one of the best dog training authors I've ever read.
He uses no force......just pure dog psychology. |
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