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TPW, I like your style
Hello all,
Been lurking for four weeks, since I got my girl. She's half Aussie/black lab and just as cute as a bug. Haven't had a puppy in many years (+10), but my last attempt at dog training failed miserably. I had a dog who would not be housebroken with every method I could read or hear about (this was before the internet), and who ate holes in my waterbed, ripped up the carpets, etc. Thought it was the worst dog I have ever had, and that kept me from getting another for so long. However, situations change and I find myself with plenty of yard (will never have a dog in an apartment, methinks it's cruel) and longing for a canine friend. Hence, I got this puppy, Echo is her name. After reading this NG for a month now, I realized how the mistakes I made with training my other dog created the very behavior I didn't want. Looking for tips on training, I wandered in here for advice. I have an aversion to crating (same as raising a dog in an apartment if you ask me) or physical abuse to train this puppy. She's going to be a fairly big dog, and the last thing I want is to create distrust and anxiety, which will make her a "bad" dog in the coming years. Seems anyone should be able to figure it out, you beat a kid, the kid grows up to be a spouse abuser, you beat a dog, the dog grows up to be aggressive and a biter. Sounds plain simple to me. Jerry, I have been reading through your free manual and I like your ideas, they make perfect sense. I have not completely instituted your methods, yet, but just had to tell you that by using the can, I was able to get Echo to stay at the fence while I checked the mail. Usually I have to walk back and forth 10 times and lock the gate behind me so she will stay. IOW, Echo Stay....(walk five steps, turn and see Echo following me)....walk back inside gate and repeat Echo Stay...(and on and on x10). Today I used the can. Why she stayed this time I can't really say, perhaps it was the can, perhaps coincidence, but later when she was chewing on my shoe, I again used the can. She dropped the shoe and never went back to it, though she is laying only 3 feet from it sleeping at this very moment. Anyway, though Jerry seems a bit harsh to others on the NG who post questions, what he says is really in the dog's best interest. My guess is that he is so outspoken so he can get the message across. What's wrong with a system that uses intelligence and respect to train, rather than abuse and neglect? I shouldn't have to say this, but I know those other posters are going to accuse me of being Jerry himself and posting under a pseudonem, but I am me, alive and well here in SoCal, respecting my dog's intelligence. Best Wishes, Jerry, in your attempt to retrain the humans. Me Shell |
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