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How To Stop your Dog from Begging (Video)
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I am getting two collie puppies in three days; I can’t wait to try these training techniques!!! I will let you all know how they work for me!
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@ February 14th, 2010 at 22:14I just watched this vidio. I have 4 Shelties at different ages and am very excited to see how they respond to this lesson. I will let you know. The ages of dogs are 3, 2, 9 months and 4 months .. Thanks
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Chet Reply:
February 14th, 2010 at 11:38 pm
Can’t wait to hear your report back after you’ve tried the training, Grandma Art. Let me know if you have any questions, or if you have any successes to, I’d love to hear about them.
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I am going to try this tomorrow morning. I am really hoping it works with my dog
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@ February 14th, 2010 at 22:42I am having difficulty understanding your video . It goes on and stops and on again .
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@ February 15th, 2010 at 00:36Hi Chet, I have a 4 mons. old Lab. He’s a stubborn little devil. He loves to chew on our slippers and our furnitures. Will try this forbidden fruit training on Him.
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@ February 15th, 2010 at 00:48it is working Chet. thanks.
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@ February 15th, 2010 at 01:20This is amazing. I can not wait to start training my dog with this. She is extremely hard headed (Siberian Husky)and would give you feedback on this.
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@ February 15th, 2010 at 01:46My mix-breed wire haired foxterrier forces himself through the pallisades (we have a front boundary fence here in South Africa) – even after I’ve covered the bottom half with chicken mesh.
He runs down the road with NO regard for traffic. the more I call (even click on my clicker), the further he runs away. I spend a lot of time with him and he is obedient inside our yard. somehow, when he manages to ‘escape’ from our yard he does not care and will not naturally try to please me by coming back.PLEASE HELP – he is going to get run over or stolen!!
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@ February 15th, 2010 at 03:47The hard part is training other humans (read close relatives) not to ruin your training by encouraging just the things you don’t want.
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@ February 15th, 2010 at 04:41loved the video!
Im sure it will work well I have Cavalier King Charles Spaniels (the dumbest dogs on earth or so I am told…. id like to argue the opposite! great at getting there own way!)
I have already trained them to stay away/be nice to my birds I actually had a cockatiel that would pick the burs off them when they came inside!(im not recommending this but i did trust them and they were supervised)
My problem is I had a neighbour that encouraged them to dig under the fence by putting her hand under to pat them
I never had a problem until then.
Now I have to use an electric fence to keep them in! the second its off they dig out.
They never dig when I am home they are only after company But Im not sure how to deal with the problem because i am never home when they do it (i tried setting up a sand pit and hiding treats to give them a spot they are allowed to dig in, but they dig tunnels the length of the shed if i am away!
By the way I lost that cockatiel and two bunnies to a housemates untrained dog whom actually broke the cages open to get them whilst they were home and I was out
so Its not just people who own small animals who should be doing this but all dog owners!
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@ February 15th, 2010 at 05:27Loved it!
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@ February 15th, 2010 at 05:34Love the video, but how do you get a dog to quit climbing a fence? I have 2 Great Dane puppies, age 9 months and Grace has gone over the fence twice now. Maxx puts is front paws on the fence and I am afraid that his weight is going to bring down the fence. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. As it is now, when we are not home they have to locked in the kennel.
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@ February 15th, 2010 at 06:05this is really awesome!
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@ February 15th, 2010 at 06:12Going to try this on my daughters dogs. They steal food everywhere. It drives me nuts. Wish me luck.
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@ February 15th, 2010 at 06:14In upcoming clips will you be showing how to apply this to leaving pet birds alone?
Thanks.
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@ February 15th, 2010 at 06:14great video! I’ll start right away
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@ February 15th, 2010 at 06:15Every other technique from you has worked so far, so can’t wait to get started on this one. I have three dogs a 13 year old westie, 7 year old cocker spaniel and 8 month german shepherd. As you can imagine we have quite an audience at meal times. Will keep you posted for progress.
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@ February 15th, 2010 at 06:31Have a 18 month old Blue Heeler Mix who loves company and other dogs too much (smile). Hope this will help. Sounds like it might.
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@ February 15th, 2010 at 06:35Video gives lots to think about and makes sense. Our dog is quite good around the home, but gets really over excited when she sees other dogs and if off the lead will run over to them and jump on them, which at 25kg isn’t always appreciated.
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@ February 15th, 2010 at 06:58I was eating breakfast while I watched your video, and just as it ended, in came one of my dogs. I figured what the heck, and tried it. All I can say is WOW. With multiple dogs, I can’t wait to see how to keep them from running to the door when company comes!
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@ February 15th, 2010 at 07:03Really looking forward to seeing more videos.
German Shepherd´s last blog ..My 8 month old German Shepherd puppy, Koko
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@ February 15th, 2010 at 07:03Awesome! Can’t wait to try this on Cassie, our 8 year old RIDGEBACK! I would have never believed that an 8 week old Ridgeback could learn to stop begging and start thinking in the short time this video shows. I found this video well explained and demonstrated.
Cassie is the most ill behaved dog I have ever had. She steels food from counters .. is in the trash, eats the cat food even if we put it up high .. she will find a way to eat it. We adopted Cassie as a 2 year old .. she came with her food obsession. We have never been able to break her or even slow it down. She begs and drools .. she will trip you in the kitchen, waiting for food to fall .. is always ALWAYS under foot … and that is just the beginning of her bad habbits. But one thing at a time.
She is a sweet and smart dog .. but over bareing in that she needs love and attention constantly .. she is pushy .. and even tho she was also obideiance trained when we got her .. she does not mind and ignores most of her comands .
Will show this video to my hubby asap.
Thanks for sharing Chet. Jonnie Mack
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@ February 15th, 2010 at 07:09Hey Chet! I adopted my pup 3 weeks ago and he’s doing really well. He has not gotten into any kind of trouble but I’m definitely anticipating. This video clip looks like it will come in hand when he grows up. Looking forward to next week.
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@ February 15th, 2010 at 07:13I really enjoyed the video. I am going to practice with my dog over
the next few days. Thank you so much.
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@ February 15th, 2010 at 07:21I can hardly wait to see how my rottweiler will respond to this. I am also looking forward to seeing how to get her to not be so excited when people come to the house or when I take her to someone elses home.
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@ February 15th, 2010 at 07:34Brilliant! Cant wait to see the rest. My boston terrier is pretty good at minding but jumps up on the very person who hates to be jumped on. Cant wait to hear what you have to say about this.
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@ February 15th, 2010 at 07:39This is a great video, I for one will be using this on our 12 week boxer, and if she is half as smart as the ridgeback I think that things will go well. Her mother already does this, but the dad is another story all together so I am looking forward to some “family lessons” so to speak. Thank you for sharing some of this information and I am looking forward to next Monday!
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@ February 15th, 2010 at 07:42great job! look forward to the next video!
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@ February 15th, 2010 at 08:17Liked your video, my 8month old Bichon Maltese is actually very good and does not steal but unfortunately tends to bark at stupid things like hedges and the waves when I take him to the beach.
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@ February 15th, 2010 at 09:02Fantastic! Now I am tempted to get a puppy knowing that I can properly
and successfully train it. Thanks for producing and sharing this excellent video! Looking forward to Feb.22.
Lynn
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@ February 15th, 2010 at 09:05This was a very good video and I am looking forward to seeing the followups. I have a ten year old King Charles Cavallier (adopted at 4 years) who has the most annoying habit of territory marking around the house. I have an african grey and our dog thinks the parrot’s food is fair game! He is going to get a nip one of these days so I am really interested in any help in helping him to work out for himself that putting his head near the parrot is not a great idea! Keep up the good work. Louise
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@ February 15th, 2010 at 09:07Hi Chet, I love the idea of getting the dog to think. I’ve used your clicker training and love how when they learn to think and figure it out, it ’sticks’. My 4 dogs (Bichon 5, Poodle 4, Golden 2, Golden 10 mths) are generally well behaved and enjoy training and practice, My only problem still is the door. When people come they turn into a pack of dogs and don’t hear or see anything but an intruder. Looking forward to getting this problem solved so that my company can actually see how great my dogs really are. My Golden’s are real gluttens too. They used to steal a lot of food. Once, a whole pound of butter. Craziest thing was when my Bichon (who is our stud dog) greeted a customer by peeing on her foot. How’s that for a ‘how do you do’????
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@ February 15th, 2010 at 09:14I have a 1 1/2 yr. old boxer. I have a big fenced in backyard. I have a side door, not a back door, so when i let her out we have to walk to the back gate to let her in. She does this well, but when I go to let her back in the house she is let out of the fenced in yard. I thought I had her trained to either walk beside me to the side door, or if i say go to the house she runs to the door. One day she decided she wanted to see what was on the other side of the house and she took off. And now that was way too much fun for her that I haven’t found a reward that she likes better than running free. So I started holding her collar to lead her in the house, but she has learned that and now wont come to me when i come to the gate to let her in. I am not rough about taking her in the house she just knows that i will take her collar so she can’t run the streets. I feel so stupid sometimes when she does get loose and im standing there calling her, sometimes she comes running to me but not close enough for me to touch her, then runs right past me down the street the other way. Also when I’m trying to get her to come to me so I can let her in the house, I am usually in a hurry to go somewhere or my baby is crying in the house and i need to take care of the baby, so it is hugely frustrating!!! I usually resort to kneeling in the snow with a treat in my hand and i have to pet her for awhile before taking her collar, it’s ridiculous!
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@ February 15th, 2010 at 09:44Hi Chet, this is just the type of aid I’ve been looking for to share with our puppy parents when we send a puppy home. Is there a way to purchase your videos? Since you change your videos how can we keep track of what you are teaching for future reference?
Very impressive and we have sat under the instruction of many trainers and have continued to learn each new “positive” method that we have been exposed to, but I have always preferred the methods that allow the dog to think and choose appropriately best as they are the lasting training methods and create the most bonding experience in the end.
Thank you Chet
Roger and Sherri
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@ February 15th, 2010 at 09:48This video was great. I have two 10 month old Labradoodles who are extremely well behaved for their age, but they continue to jump on people when they come in the front door. I can get them both to sit before I open the front door as I don’t open it until they are sitting down. I am still having difficulty getting them both to stay until the guests are all the way in the door. They will jump up for their attention, and two 75lb dogs jumping on guests is no fun to watch and try to control. I tell my guests to not pay attention to the dogs to not reward this behavior, but it’s hard as they are so big, and I ultimately don’t want my guests to have to worry about this. I really want to see what you suggest to stop this specific behavior.
Thanks!
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@ February 15th, 2010 at 09:56Very thought provoking and outside the box – I LOVE the depth of your bird and now dog training!!
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@ February 15th, 2010 at 10:02Hi, I am going to try this out on all my dogs. I have 3 of them and they all have different problems. I can’t wait to try out. Wish me luck
. Thanks for all your help. Lisa
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@ February 15th, 2010 at 10:22I foster so I have multiple dogs at one time and they all have some issues or behaviors that need to be altered. I will start this with the Husky mix pups, who are big enough to steal food and run over my kids.
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@ February 15th, 2010 at 10:23I just watched your video. It was very interesting. I will try it with my dachshund. My question is how do I get her to not eat cat poop? We don’t have a cat, but there are a lot of cats in my neighborhood that poop in our yard. It is always well hidden, so it is not like I can scoop it up before she finds it. She is pretty good with “leave it”, but not when it comes to cat poop. It is my biggest problem. My vet is not concerned about it. I don’t like it and I don’t want her to do it.
Thank You
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@ February 15th, 2010 at 10:32This is an exciting concept. We are a retired, senior couple and now really have the time to devote to properly training the puppy we plan to get in a few months. I want to have the proper methods in mind before we get the dog so we can start gently training right away. Thanks…
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@ February 15th, 2010 at 10:53I have a dog that is 1-1/2 yrs old who behaves moderately well. But my roommate recently rescued a dog who needs a lot of manners training. And now my dog is starting to misbehave. I would like to buy your system and train my dog to be an even better member of the family, but I am concerned on how I can train my dog to behave when my roommate’s dog is constantly doing “No-No’s” as my roommate has phrased his dog’s inappropriate behaviors?
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@ February 15th, 2010 at 10:54I love your way of training dogs. My dog loves me so much it only takes a short time to teach him anything. This video was priceless since both of my daughters have puppies that I can work with.
My dog has a pop up dog house in my room and when I tell him to go to his bed he immediatley goes there. I do have one problem with him though, he goes to the bathroom in the bathroom. I started putting a doggy pad on the rug in the bathroom which he used but I want him to go outside not in the bathroom. What can I do to break him of this habit. I am tired of keeping the bathroom doors closed all the time.
Keep up the good work. I will recommend your course to anyone who has a dog.
I have started to volunteer to walk the dogs at the local humane society and I will tell people who adopt to look up your course on line. I have already taught a 5 month old lab mix to sit on command and he was adopted when they saw he obeyed that command. I hope it will help to get more dogs adopted. There is a 7 year old chihuahua mix who was brought there because he barks all the time. I am teaching him to be quiet on command maybe someone will take him home if he is quiet.
Catherine
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@ February 15th, 2010 at 11:02I am going to try this with my 8 month Labradoodle Samson. I mostly have a problem with him loving people so much, he jumps on them. I would love to train him not to jump on people, or when I am walking with him, if he sees someone, he whines and wants to go to them and jump on them. And the same with when someone comes to the door. He runs to the door and I have to hold him back while I’m talking to the person at the door, he is 70 pounds, so, you can imagine what I look like!! Thanks!
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@ February 15th, 2010 at 11:21Hi Chet
Just watched your video, was well impressed and will be trying it out on my 14 week old Chihahua, but was just wondering if it would work injunction with the clicker. Thanks
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@ February 15th, 2010 at 11:29i love the vido i just watch it was great to watch
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@ February 15th, 2010 at 11:34Hi Chet,
I have two chihuahuas that are already jumping on me when we eat. I can’t get them to sit on their bed because they are to excited to come beg for our food. This puppy seems to be so calm and comfortable sitting on his bed. What can I do for my doggy’s that are no longer puppy’s but are 4 years old now?
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@ February 15th, 2010 at 11:45Hi Chet!
The idea is Fantastic.I’m looking foward for the next steps.I have two crazy dogs that barks all the time and go nuts when i take out the leash!Should be very interesting.
Thanks !
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@ February 15th, 2010 at 11:49I loved the video because you showed how easy it is to train a puppy. I have the almost “perfect dog”. He is a 7yr old Chihuahua and is very well behaved, except for his begging at the table. He’s not agressive, doesn’t try to steal food, etc., but he does beg. He stands on his hind legs and “prays” with his front paws to get food. He taught himself this little trick and we thought it was so cute that we gave him food. Now he does this with anyone at the table. I’d like to stop that behavior and am wondering how I would apply your training method to solve this problem. I’ve tried not giving him food, but he just keeps it up until I give in.
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@ February 15th, 2010 at 13:40Saw your video and it is quite impressive. My dog has a couple of issues that I do not know if this technique will address though. She likes to eat excrement-will go into the cat boxes for it or will find it outside and eat it. It is disgusting and since she is now 15 years old I don’t see how I am going to stop her from doing that. Also, since she is aged, she lives on my bed and is constantly licking and chewing at herself-whe doesn’t have fleas-it might be a pain thing,senility or heaven knows what, but I can’t stop her from doing it and it is annoying to hear chewing and licking all the time especially when you want to sleep. She has been sleeping with me her whole life, and that is not a problem-the constant licking and chewing is. SHe has arthritis, cataracts and won’t walk anymore for exercise, she only walks enough to go out when she needs to and if I am not home to let her out when she needs to go, she uses a puppy pad which is also fine-easy to clean up and due to her age, I forgive occasional incontinance. What would you do about the problems I have?
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@ February 15th, 2010 at 14:08Chet,
I just watched your video on training your dog not to take food until you say it is okay. I did like your methology and technique on this procedure. I too, am also a dog trainer. I am always looking for ways and technque on how to improve my training abilities. I have read many books on how to keep up with current methods and procedures. Any way that I can improve my methods will certainly help me to become more successful. In the past, I have tried your method but was not successful, however, I did not follow it all the way through as you have demonstrated. I know know the errors of my ways. Most of your methods I approve of and have also performed in the past 35 years. One thing that I must be very vegilent on, is not to aggrevate my dog’s owner in any way. One thing that I will always do, is trying for more perfection with the dogs that I now work with as well as any in the future.
I have one question about dogs. I am now working with this 20 month old German Sheperd that constantly chases his tail. I really do not want to use a shock collar to prevent this from happening. Perhaps, you might have a recommendation to prevent this from continuing.
Thank you
dick
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@ February 15th, 2010 at 14:23Hard to resist the “begging” posture that our Bichon has adopted to get us to do his bidding but will certainly give this a try! Thanks!!
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@ February 15th, 2010 at 15:11I have always enjoyed and benefitted from your bird training videos. I love the dog training — can’t wait to go try it right now. We have 5 dogs and a parrot – although they are all “good” I love being able to teach them. Thank you Chet for offering such valuable information on how to “TEACH US” to better interact with our pets we love so much!!! Keep the training coming — someday I will be a “GOOD OWNER”
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@ February 15th, 2010 at 15:19I hope this works my two eight yr old dogs just ate their 6 month supply of heartworm med. they got out of a drawer. I was afraid they would die. Thank God they didn’t Hopefully this training may help they stay out of trouble.
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@ February 15th, 2010 at 15:25Hi Chet
I will be using this principle on my two dogs (Piper and Bella. They don’t steal but I can see other uses for this training. Thank you for the video, and I hope to “tune in next week”. Oh by the way I live in England so we get the info later due to the time difference.
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@ February 15th, 2010 at 16:12Hi, This sounds like just the thing I need. I have a Chinese Crested and she wants to be right under my feet while I’m in the kitchen. She will eat anything I drop except almonds. Go figure? I am always afraid I will step on her. She has already had 2 broken bones in her leg from her jumping off a chair. I don’t want her to have to go through any more broken bones from me tripping over her. My son and husband are going on a trip tomorrow for a week and this will be a great time to start our training. Wish us luck. Thanks
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@ February 15th, 2010 at 16:27My dog, Princess, is 3 years old. She barks at any noise, dogs, door bell, etc. She’s a good dog, but the barking is really annoying. She was not socialized early in her life because I am disabled and don’t get out much, and don’t know other people with dogs. I did take her to basic obedience training, and now she’s in the intermediate training. I need to get her certified as a support dog because she’s my emotional support and I take her everywhere with me; but I know that her barking and not getting along with other dogs is going to be an impediment to her certification. I am really looking forward to the live video on Monday. I’m going to have to work really hard, but I need to get her to stop the barking already!
Thanks, Chet, for all you do!
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@ February 15th, 2010 at 16:29I have just watched your “Off Limits” video. I appreciated most the way you do not use force or loud speaking to train the dog. I am going to try to do this with Coco.
She is a 5yr. old YorkShi, and does pretty good at behaving herself. She does, however, have the very irritating behavior of barking whenever she hears anyone pull up in the driveway, or knocks at the door, or walks by our house. This happens when she is in the house.
I will use the basic concept of your video to try to help her get over this behavior. I must confess, we have “put up” with for years…not knowing how to stop it.
Thank you.
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@ February 15th, 2010 at 16:31This took too much time for the real content. Too much repetition in the written message and too much time in the film.
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@ February 15th, 2010 at 17:04We have a 2 1/2 year old border collie-australian shepard mix. He is a very good dog, except for one thing, he wants to jump on us and the friends that come to the house. He has had obedience training, but the jumping part did not take. Would like a video on this kind if training.
Enjoyed you video. Thanks
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@ February 15th, 2010 at 17:07I tried this with my dog, Darnit, and she caught on very quickly. She likes to steal food off our kitchen table when we are not looking so I am looking forward to finding a way to stop her from doing this. Thank you.
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@ February 15th, 2010 at 17:24I have enjoyed learning how to train my dog using the hands off system. My father-in-law has also enjoyed it. He was sick and his dog was at our house for about 3 weeks, when he came the only thing he knew was to sit. When the dog left he was sitting, staying, leaving food alone until a command was giving, fetching, going to his mat, and he stopped jumping on people. Each new video I watch, I put to use on our dog. She is however a little more energenic and doesn’t listen quite as well when she is excited, but we keep trying and working with her.
Thank you.
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@ February 15th, 2010 at 17:54I have a 7 yr old pom/mix(puppy mill) who is very agressive, barking at anything and everything. Does not meet other dogs and people well at all.
Also 2 shih poos, which just turned 2. They are now starting to bark at
people and dogs like the pom.
I need advice——————-
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@ February 15th, 2010 at 18:16my dog is a 6 mnts old labradoodle cute but not trained. know all the comanads and many trick but stills everything from everywere like food,shose,teddy bears,socks,candy any thing he can find everywere arround the house. i think he enjoy us chasing after him. the vido was fun and i will do it but it feels like just another trick ill teach him. and he knows a lot like sit,up.spin,give paw,speak,stay,come and more. so now he will know take it. i dont expect more. any way it was fun waching thanks for sharing. lot of good luck to you.
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@ February 15th, 2010 at 18:31I have an 18 month old Weimeraner who has had some training and is much better behaved, but would love to have her not get into things when I am gone. She is so tall she can reach everything, so really needs more discipline. She gets too excited and I cannot let her around my younger grandchildren. I will definitely try this with her. Thanks
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@ February 15th, 2010 at 19:26Our household has a boxer and 2 small dogs. We now four birds that have joined our family in the last two years. A Grey, senegal, cockatiel and a goffin cockato. We have mastered the off limits with birds within a couple weeks. However, not snagging food off the counter has just become an issue. The most horrible habit is racing to the door and barking nonstop when company comes over. I look forward to help in these two areas.
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@ February 15th, 2010 at 19:45I have 2 male pomeranians. They are both different in personality. They can be agressive when they want something and they bark when someone is at the door. One will stop barking once the guests sit down, but the other one might continue barking. As soon as the guest moves, one will start barking. I look forward to following the program. I want my guests to see what sweet boys I have.
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@ February 15th, 2010 at 20:39Hi Chet,
I listened to part of your video but found it very hard as there is an echo behind it, is there anything that could take the background noise out. I am getting a 8 month Sheltie in a couple of weeks and will use this to train her not to steal and garbage. Also to leave the Cockatoo alone. I am also forwarding this onto my sister in law who has dogs that need this training. Anne
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@ February 15th, 2010 at 20:49Yes I did watch the video Chet. I have a one year old Scottish Deerhound who doesn’t beg and is not overly interested in food. He is very excitable and has the concentration of an ant, but is never aggressive. Carole
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@ February 15th, 2010 at 21:00Good stuff…very helpful. This is one thing I need to teach our Italian Greyhound, among others, because they are so energetic about everything they do. Thank you!
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@ February 15th, 2010 at 21:34I’ve been reading your emails and have tried to watch your videos but this is the first one that has actually played all the way through the rest have got no further that the introduction.I have a 12month old German Shepherd and at home her behaviour is ok not perfect mind you there is heaps of room for improvement outdoors is a completely different story she barks at everything that move. Will give the off limits training a go. thanks for persisting.
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@ February 15th, 2010 at 23:17I have managed to watch the video, and i cannot wait to get home and try this on my 10 week old Rottweiler.
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@ February 15th, 2010 at 23:25Hi Chet! All I can say is “WOW”,it works!!! I tried it on our 6,5 mth old papillon, who got it straight away. It was just the answer to my problem, because I had to stop rewarding him for listening to e.g. “leave it”, as he worked it out that when he gets up to his mischief, then listens to the command, he gets a reward. That meant he “misbehaved” to get attention/rewards. This method is absolutely spot-on. Not only did he leave the treats, but after the 3rd time, he made the eye contact.
This also did wonders for our relationship, as the penny seemed to have dropped that, “hey, mom is actually higher on the hierarchy, and this positive stuff is great”. I did a bit of improvisation, and tried a similar approach to try and stop him from biting my feet, and voila – he’s made the connection!! This morning I could walk about without him nipping away! Thanks very much. Looking forward to the follow-ups!
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@ February 15th, 2010 at 23:57Thank you so much for this great video. My puppy is 14 weeks old and hopefully with your techniques this is the way forward to a well mannered dog and a life of a partnership with my dog and also with me as the pack leader.
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@ February 16th, 2010 at 00:55Dear Chet.
After viewing your video and doing a short training session with my 18 months old maltese cross toy poodle boy, Gizmo today, I can already see an improvement in his behaviour. When doing the training I could tell that he was thinking about what he should do instead of just running around doing what he wanted to do. We have alot more areas to work on like barking and walking on the lead but I am sure with your system these will be no problem. I also have a larger kelpie cross ridge back boy, Bully who will also benefit from further training with your system.
Thank you for helping make our time together more enjoyable.
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@ February 16th, 2010 at 02:26Hi Chet,
I thought your video was great, as my rottie is older, i cant wait to see you video on monday i only hope i can catch it, as my dog licks, scratches at the sliding door and he is pushy, i could go on, he has only just stopped jumping on guests thankfully, really cant wait for the follow ups!!
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@ February 16th, 2010 at 02:34I really enjoyed this video, thank you Chet, and am looking forward to monday.I am in Australia, and will have to find out what time the monday video is in Aus. My Border Collie is becoming obedient and sometimes is near perfect, unless she sees a truck or another dog or a person during our walks. When the truck comes, she’s nervous, and as soon as it indicates that it’s going on past,she tries to run after it and barks. I have to call her to me before the truck comes, and feed her a little cheese while the truck goes past and she is pretty good.Sometimes when my husband comes with me, we talk and I tend to forget about the dog and if the truck or a dog or a person comes into view, I can call, “come Bug” and stand on my head or whatever and she just runs. She always comes back, but I really don’t know how to use this video to teach her..I hope that we can get the Monday program. Again thanks, Judy.
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@ February 16th, 2010 at 02:51Hello Chet,
a great video, it’s a good idea to train a dog to think for itself. We had similar experiences training dogs to think for themselves in England. The method was a little different but it works. I will try your method and see what happens. I have six dogs who are well trained except for one small problem, they eat each others poo. It’a a behaviour which is difficult to tackle. Once I am able to get it out of one dog, success is imminent as dogs learn from each others. Just how do I implement your method to eradicate this poo – eating problem as I don’t fancy putting my hand between the mess and the dog.
Looking forward to the 22nd
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@ February 16th, 2010 at 03:25I enjoyed the video. Wish I had had it long ago.
Next I need one for “marking” in the house
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@ February 16th, 2010 at 04:50I have a 2 1/2 year old lab who still steals food and other items such as my purse off counters. He is a chow hound and is so quick it’s unbelievable. He is also stubborn. I put him in his crate while we had dinner the other night and he barked the whole time. I did not want to let him out while he was barking because I thought that is rewarding the barking. He barked for 1 1/2 hours. I am looking forward to trying your technique. Thanks. Gail
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@ February 16th, 2010 at 04:54KEN WRITES
I RARLEY ENJORED THE VIDEO I GOT SOME GOOD INFORMATION
I LEARNT A LOT FROM IT.
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@ February 16th, 2010 at 05:55Love the video. I am so anxious to find out more about the upcoming training. I do so hope I can afford it. My baby girl is so amazingly smart anyway, but so full of juvenile energy. I am thrilled to find this training technique. Without even realizing it, we were already using this technique to a small degree. It will be amazing to see how we can incorporate it in more aspects of our puppy’s life.
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@ February 16th, 2010 at 07:27hi thank you for re sending me the download i have read it and watched
the vidio brilliant now my problem is when my j/russal gem 10years
old is asleep at night and she wakes up this only happens at night
she is very aggressive with with both myself and my husband
this is her bad habit . we think its because she does not want to go in her basket in the kitchen while we go to bed this as only gone on for two years she is a lovely dog i love her to bits even though she is like this and i dont know how to cure her of this ,
and believe it or not no vet or trainer can tell me . i am pinning my hopes on you sir please help. Patricia and gem
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@ February 16th, 2010 at 07:54Just finished watching the Off Limits Training Video and I think this is exactly what we need. Our 1 year old yellow lab can jump over the stone wall in the back yard and has a great time wandering in the field on the other side. Fortunately our other two dogs cannot get over it but it’s frustrating with her and I worry about bears and foxes. I’m trying to think how this new training could keep her from going over the wall.
She also scratches at the doors when she hears anybody outside and the Basset Hound barks at the same time so I need to figure out how to train them both to eliminate these two unwanted behaviors.
I bring the lab to work with me and she’s very good once she settles down but gets over excited when someone new comes in. Oh yeah, the crotch sniffing thing has got to go.
We’re into the second week of our 8 week program and it’s working wonderfully well so far. But it’s difficult with multiple dogs.
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@ February 16th, 2010 at 08:32Chet, Thank you for the free report and video. I read the report and immediately after watching the video, I tried your technique. I had a plate of cutup kosher hot dog and some small cheese bites and placed an empty plate on the floor near my dog’s mat. I have to say my 22 month old miniature schnauzer caught on very quickly. She is a great problem solver. Thanks again for all your outstanding training and advice tips.
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@ February 16th, 2010 at 09:00i watch it agin and i have a rodedisgin rigesback he is hare head on some things like jump on poepl and dont come when he call and i would love for him to stay off the things the video was the best thing i watch out of all the things i try and he pick it up fast when we did thanks for showing me the video it was great
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@ February 16th, 2010 at 09:14would like more on livestock training .your theroy so far that i see ,i like .just try to be more consistant on you comands ex.”take it
” it will show you know what your talking about . i raise border collies and after many years of training you build a vocabulary that is precise and consistant . GOOD JOB send more
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@ February 16th, 2010 at 09:38I was asked twice if I wanted to install the adobe upgrade,replied “yes” & the video screen remains black without the video. Please advise.Cindy
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@ February 16th, 2010 at 10:25Loved watching this video. I will start using this not only for my 9 week old Chai , but I have a 11 year old girl how sits by the table and begs. Very annoying when I have compnay. Thanks so much enjoying this. Wish I can afford to bring you to Bermuda. It is something I would love to think about. Thanks again. I will be tuned in feb 22nd at 9am. Is that Eastern time. here in Bermuda we are 1 hour ahead of the USA.
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@ February 16th, 2010 at 10:46It has been 7 years since I lost my Chris, and I still miss him. Because of our ages I won’t get another dog. I enjoyed these training lessons, even though I don’t have a dog. I’m going to share it friends who do have them. My
Chris was a wonderful little white curly fellow, and he never did any of the bad things you mention. He LOVED to go in the car, and he learned that he had to go pee before he could get in the car. He loved Puperoni, and that was his special treat. He WAS a picky eater but I didn’t care. I bought chicken leg
quarters, cooked them, took the meat off the bone (didn’t cook the skin), and then cooked rice in the broth. That was his diet. As long as we had him, we had a motor home, so I could make enough to last and freeze it. We let him sleep with us because we liked it as well as he did, but he didn’t get on the furniture unless he was seated in a lap. I’ll never quit missing him. I hope Billy Graham is correct, that we will have our pets in Heaven.
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@ February 16th, 2010 at 10:52is this just one video or part of a set? I am lucky enough to actually have the perfect dog who just got everything, no bad habits, nothing.
All my animals, horses, dogs and cats have never been a problem. I consider myself very fortunate but we live together sort of co-exist.
My question is how do you explain to people they often have to shut up with the shouting of commands, the water bottles, remembering that training takes time etc. and just get on with your life and keep all the fuss to a minimum. animals are very bright, it’s the humans that need these videos
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@ February 16th, 2010 at 11:02Great video, can’t wait to give the methods a try. Still need help with a Rat Terrier that barks a any noise. Looking forward to seeing other training videos.
Jim
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@ February 16th, 2010 at 11:17Terrific video; I’ve had dogs for over 50 years and I’ve loved them all. I currently have a Cairn Terrier, Cricket, who is a DELIGHT to live with; my husband has a Chow mix called King. Both dogs are well trained, so my “bad-dog story” is about another dog from long ago.
Rusty, a beautiful mixed-breed (he looked rather like a rust-colored Keeshond) was one determined dog. One day, when I left Rusty at home alone, he decided he needed to visit the un-spayed female down the street.
Rusty scratched until he pulled the window fan out of the window. It fell into a round glass terrium about the size of a basketball, which fell to the floor and shattered. So now we have broken glass and damp soil and small plants all over the floor with a window fan sitting in the middle of it. Rusty ran through the mud and jumped up on my (formerly) white bedspread, which now was white with brown paw prints. Fortunately he somehow managed not to cut himself on the broken glass.
But he wasn’t finished yet; when he finished his dance on the bedspread, Rusty then climbed into the window and clawed the screen until he tore it sufficiently for him to wriggle through the opening. Then down the street he went to visit his girlfriend, where he clawed a door to her owner’s home and damaged it from the outside, while she clawed and damaged it from the inside.
Needless to say, unless we intend to breed our dogs, we have them SPAYED & NEUTERED!
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@ February 16th, 2010 at 11:18Newley adopted 1 year old Welsh Corgi. I want his to stop sniffing people’s crotch, jumping up, etc. Enjoyed the video and think this will work well with this smart little dog.
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@ February 16th, 2010 at 11:38Loved your video. My problem is that I have a lab/rotwiller mix who is a great big sweetheart. He is 1 year old. He is very smart. We taught him to ring a bell when he needs to go outside. He has been perfectly house trained for a long time. Our problem is that he is extremely full of energy and very big and strong. Most of the problem is that when people come, he jumps on them and will not let up until they leave. I know that he can be taught and we are more of the problem than he is because we do not know how to train him. I really need help because he is so big and so strong and we just can’t have this kind of behavior. He is not neutered yet and I am sure that is part of the problem. We love him very much and it would break my heart if we had to get rid of him because we can’t train him.
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@ February 16th, 2010 at 12:18Vey impressed with the video!I bought your training videos when my yellow lab was 15 weeks. Taught her to go to her bed in 6 minutes. So I am looking forward to these new videos. She will be 2yrs. in may and still has a lot to learn, (as do I). She knows her commands well (when it’s just the two of us at home) someone comes to the door….forget it. I have no controll whatsoever, and yes, it is embarassing! She knows the take it command for her supper when I put her dish on the floor. She will sit there and drool until I say take it, but I never thought of using it for other things. Her only one most disgusting habit I just can’t get rid of, is she eats her poop. I’ve tried everything all “the experts” said to do but the only thing that works is if I’m right there to pick it up. When I’m not with her…..yuk!! I’m afraid she will do damage to her stomach. It’s gross when she throws up after. I don’t suppose that’s covered anywhere in your tapes, is it? Thank you for all your helpful tips. Looking forward to feb. 22!!
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@ February 16th, 2010 at 13:11Thanks, the video was so helpful. I am excited to try it today with my Tibetan Terrier. All of your past videos and email tips have been so worthwhile, and with good results for us.
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@ February 16th, 2010 at 14:17Just watched the video. Am definitely going to give it a whorl. Have a 2 yr. old Eskie. All in all she’s a relatively good dog but does need something to keep her occupied…..so new lessons that will benefit both us should be helpful. Thanks for helping us dog companions help our furry friends. Hope my schedule will work out to be available on Feb. 22.
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@ February 16th, 2010 at 14:43This was awesome. I’m getting a 1 year old chocolate lab in two days, from a coupld who just can’t have him anymore. They told me that he is already trained, but I want to make sure he is trained and will listen to me. I can’t wait to get him and to start my training. I’ll let you know hoe it goes.
Thanks for the info.
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@ February 16th, 2010 at 15:43Seems to be working. I will continue training. Will love to see the other solutions you have. Thank you.
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@ February 16th, 2010 at 17:10Hi, that video was VERY interesting. I’m going to try that with my 8 month old. She tries to rush into the house when someone opens the door. I think she is starting to get it already I just didn’t realize what she was doing. I blocked the door with my body and she has been sitting after trying a few times to go around me. Now I know that I need to reward her for sitting before I actually allow her inside. Thanks.
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@ February 16th, 2010 at 17:32Okay — so I was totally impressed with your progress in just a few short minutes, so I decided to try it on Lily my ridiculously smart Labradoodle.
NOT WORKING! For some reason, despite over 20 minutes of practicing, even when I say okay, she won’t take it, and the she just gets frustrated and barks at the treat until I give it to her.
Next: I can get her to leave the treat for extended periods of time, as this is how our previous dog trainer had us train her to “leave it” — but I can’t get her to associate it with her bed! I’m heartbroken!!!!
I really really want this to work because I think the psychology behind it makes complete sense, but I must be doing something wrong though I did it ALONG WITH THE VIDEO for like 20 minutes. HELP!!!
My Lily is so well behaved at home, and then when new people come over?? YIKES — she’s all up in their face. Begging for food? Try demanding… Ugh, help!!!!!
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@ February 16th, 2010 at 18:12This was very interesting, I have tried that with my 1 yr. old and he does very good now I have to put the bed with it. Question your next film is on Feb. 22 9 a.m. I will be working how can I see it.? Alot of the dog problems you mentioned I am having GARGAGE and eating the cats food. I really don’t want to miss it. You did good
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@ February 16th, 2010 at 18:24Hi Chet, Thank you for the video I did not see the first one because my computer would not put it through for me how ever I got my neighbour to get it up the second one where you were training a ridgeback pup to go to to his bed and wait for food I enjoyed seeing this to actually see what you were doing and how you were doing it . My Abbie does this already but rushes to the door whenever anyone rings the bell or calls out scratches the door and just gets so excited when she sees people, also will not hold a sit stay for more than a minute. I am fostering 8 week old puppies at the moment and don’t know to get her to be gentle with them she is 14 mths and very rough with them she noughes them over and rounds them up but then I put them back in their play pen so she stresses out because she can’t play with them but on the whole she is not too bad does. Margaret Cornelius
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@ February 16th, 2010 at 18:25I had my dog watch this with me and will see how much she learned in the morning.
Will keep you posted.
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@ February 16th, 2010 at 18:54I like what I saw in the video,Hope the training in other things do as good.I look forward to seeing more things.
I want my dog to bark when the door bell goes off but to stop the barking when I say too. Be nice also to teach dog not to get excited when a person comes in, no jumping and no sniffing too. I have 3 dogs. When Jay comes over the dalmatian puts her feet on chair and gets in his face. He doesn’t mind but I do. I have a puggle who barks at dogs and cats on tv and runs up to tv and in the bed where tv is up high then he jumps up and down and barks. Plus all 3 dogs bark at the animals outside. So would like to see a video on those things. My dogs do not take food from table or counter. But the puggle bugs when we eat at table or when we sit at tv trays in living room. My dal and yellow lab do not.Dal scratches when outside and wants in so does dal. Here is the worst problem I have with dalmatian, that is she gets nerves in car, pacing back and forth on back van seat and whines and drules. I have tried alot different trainers Ideas and has not worked yet.It hard taking her to mail box or 4 blocks. Vacations are really bad for that is many hrs on road and she is non stop on any of the things I said above.
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@ February 16th, 2010 at 18:55Ok so my dog ( 2 year old Lab/Red Nose mix) is really pretty darn good. She knows how to ring the bells to go outside and when she was about 6 weeks old I taught her the “go to your mat” from your video. I was eating a snack and tried this with her toward the end of the video. She caught on very quickly but still needs more work. Her main method of begging while we eat dinner is to do a perfect sit pose and just wait. Sounds great but not so much when she’s staring at you like that the whole time. I will work on reinforcing her going to her bed while I eat.
Thanks so much for sharing this and congratulations on your new arrival!
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@ February 16th, 2010 at 20:09The vidio looks doable for me. I have a very nice red healer, very loving and smart. He does try and “kiss” the faces of young children and tends to jump up on adults he knows. He doesn’t like men bending over his face to pet him.
He is traumitized by the electric fence (used for controling farm animals). He is a shelter dog and I suspect he was cattle prodded. The previous owners described him as “a bit much.”
My ducks chase him around the (outside) house and when he ignores them (while peeing) one drake pecks at his collar tags for attention. He loves them.
However he does rush the door when company comes and do all kissing little children and crotch sniffing so I am looking forward to your video becoming available next Monday.
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@ February 16th, 2010 at 21:20Hi Chet, this is like an answer to my prayers. In South Africa, and my hometown of Nelspruit specifically, we have a problem with crime getting out of hand. Insurance covers all the valuables in the house, but what is giving me sleepless nights, is that the potential burglars poison the dogs of a whole neighborhood or farm community.
Our dogs serve a dual purpose (I’m sure its the same worldwide) they are our companions and our first line of security. The midnight shoppers here, have found some of the cruelest ways to poison our furry friends and four legged members of the family (in my case my “children”) They have been known to put crushed glass in steak and recently (as in Thursday 11 Feb 2010) poisoned 10 dogs with Temic or “Two Step” which is a snail poison mixed with tinned tuna.
I don’t have children, so if anything like this should happen to my babies (2 thoroughbred red Staffordshire bull terriers and a Jack Russel) I would be beside myself. I need to teach them not to take ANYTHING unless I give it to them or give them permission to. I also want to teach everybody in the area how to teach their own dogs the same.
The video is very helpful and really opens your mind about dog training, but to accomplish what I have in mind, I need a short, to the point manual to publish in the local newspaper.
Please let me know if you can assist with this at all.
Regards
Michelle
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@ February 17th, 2010 at 00:47A million thanks . You are the best.
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@ February 17th, 2010 at 01:22Just watched the video, and am very excited to try with both my year old German Shepherd, and my 13 year old Samoyed. For some reason I have found some dogs seem innately able to “think for themselves” as my 10 year old G. Shepherd has never been trained to do these things, but without the stimulus of the other two will be a perfect gentleman. We have a very noisy and rowdy home with the two. Lunging at the door is the first problem, but not always the most critical, trash diving, escaping onto a high traffic street, and grabbing for my bird and the kitten are the more safety related problems. For these problems I am very excited to see what you have to offer.
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@ February 17th, 2010 at 01:45Chet, I am absolutely amazed at what I just saw. I’ve trained many dogs throughout my long life, but never this quickly. I’m anxious to try this out with my three Cocker Spaniel puppies. One of them is very wild and strong willed, to the point that I’m about ready to send him to a new home. When I watched that 8-week old puppy get trained so easily, I’m thinking there might be hope for my 7-month old puppy. If I’m eating at the couch, he jumps up and ploughs his way over to try to grab food off my plate. I tell him “NO” and put him back on the floor, only to have him bully his way back up. The other two sit watching this and at some point they will probably try it too. I’ve never seen anything like this before. We got him at 4 1/2 months so maybe food was put down and all the littermates had to fight for what they got. He seems lacking in any kind of manners. I’m looking forward to more of the videos. Thank you. Linda
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@ February 17th, 2010 at 02:24Hi Chet, Your video was amazing to see a very young puppy respond as he did. My dog Candy doesn’t really beg by sitting next to the table while we are eating. She will lay under the table until we are almost finished and then she will come out from under the table and just sit next to my chair and stare at me. I don’t think this is a big problem but I have always wanted her to stay in her bed, etc, but my husband is the one who doesn’t think that is necessary. Candy will be 3 years in October.She is a full bread Beagle and on the whole is a very well behaved dog. I may try your technique when my husband isn’t around and see how it works. I would like to have her do this especially when we have company for dinner. Thanks for sending the video. Toni
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@ February 17th, 2010 at 05:41Thank you for this video. I have a 10 year old jack russell and a 4 year old Aussie/heeler who love to beg, jump on people, etc… We are beginning a hospitality business of chartering an old wooden schooner this summer and would like it if they would leave the customers alone while they were eating. I am going to start the training now. thank you. Jill
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@ February 17th, 2010 at 06:13great video! I’ll start right away
thx Mr.Chet
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@ February 17th, 2010 at 06:34I have used some of your techniques before and they do work. My lab mix still needs some work so I am looking forward to Monday 2/22 @9am but need to figure out how to get off work to be home for the video!
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@ February 17th, 2010 at 08:59Hi Chet,
Sorry, because of other obligations, I just finished the video and have a chance to write. I really enjoyed it. Although I have usually taught all my dogs to “beg politely” by waiting quietly until I’m done, I certainly didn’t have the finesse you do! I love the idea of teaching it in such a way that they will make the connection to other situations!
We have two Pomeranians, a rescued 5 yr old female and a male puppy 7 months old. Nikki (the female) is very good and sweet except when she gets excited. When someone comes or when she thinks we/she are going out, she starts yipe-yipe-yipe-yipe-yipe in her loudest, highest voice. It goes right through my head and makes me crazy and she seems to have no ‘off’ button once she starts. As our neighbor said, “I can’t believe it. She doesn’t even take time to breathe!” The only thing I’ve been able to do is give her ‘time outs’ in a kennel, but I hate to punish her for being excited. I’m looking forward to some help in dialing her down.
Teddy, the baby, is very smart and probably good for his age – obeys ‘no’ and ‘leave it’ quite well – but if I don’t follow him around and supervise ALL the time, he gets into EVERYTHING! The laundry basket, the half empty bag of muffin mix from the bottom of the pantry, the keys out of my purse, the bathmat, anything we are foolish enough to leave within reach of his teeth. He appropriates them all with great gusto – “This is fuuuun! Isn’t life wooondeful? I found a new toy!” (although he has over a hundred toys already!) His latest favourite trick is deliberately spilling his water dish just to paddle about in the water. Yipes! Will he outgrow this? Or is there some way to get him to differential between our stuff and his “Teddy-toys”?
Thanks so much for the videos. It helps so much to see someone actually DO it. I’ll be eagerly awaiting the new ones.
Evie
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@ February 17th, 2010 at 10:14Hey Chet
Thanks so much for these lessons….. they are really coming in handy for me and my pup Blaze….. looking forward to Monday!!!!!
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February 17th, 2010 at 4:08 pm
You’re welcome Blaze!
Glad you liked them
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Hi Chet: I have read your report and have now started watching your video, interesting concept and I can see that it works. What about an older dog,Sophie is 10 and actually is a pretty good dog except when on walks and she sees other dogs she gets quite feisty. I can keep her under control but if the dog is off leash and comes tearing up to her a dog fight ensues. Hope you can help with this problem.
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Chet Reply:
February 17th, 2010 at 4:08 pm
One thing you can try is checking out this report that talks about how your problem isn’t a skills learning problem, but an over emotional problem and needs what I call Emotion Training to be fixed.
http://www.thedogtrainingsecret.com/SpecialReport/
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My 3 year old Boston tears out the squeakers from every new toy, & brings it to me to trade for a treat. It only took one or two times for him to learn this on his own!!
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@ February 17th, 2010 at 12:33As usual very educational. I think this will go a long way. Thanks for all you do and congradulation on the new member to your family
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@ February 17th, 2010 at 14:22Hi Chet,
I just read your report on dog training and watched the video, what an amazing result, however, how do I apply that to my 4 year old Greyhound mix,Toby, who loves to jump on people.
And you are right – the more I try to correct it (and trust me,I have tried several methods with the help of friends, neighbors, I even asked strangers to come to the door) with no result.It has turned into a game for Toby ! By now he nows ,he is not allowed to jump, and does everything to do it anyway, incl. pulling a fast one on me, where he sits very politely in front of a friend,I reward him with a treat for sitting well mannered on the floor , and the second I turn my back on him, he will jump up on my friend, sometimes just once to let us know- gottcha- “na na na na na na !!!”
Unfortunately I will not be able to watch your training video on Monday.
Can I download it and watch it at a later time ?
Thank you for your help.
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Chet Reply:
February 17th, 2010 at 3:48 pm
Currently there are over 5,000 people who have signed up to be notified when the House Manners course is released Lilo, and I don’t think the program will sell out right away so it should be available for you to get if you can’t get to the site until Tuesday.
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Hi
My Dog Rosy hase lernt a lot ,but when the Doorbelle rings,the is there befor me barking and jamping at the door
if Iam in the pool the is loket away,still she barks and barks no stop
ife she com out streit in the Pool Help ,help help. Erika
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@ February 17th, 2010 at 15:44Hi
Wondering if you have the video or information understanding the K9 mind.
Thank you.
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@ February 17th, 2010 at 16:19Thanks Chet I love your training sessions I always share your videos with my members looking forwards to more your insight love your style !
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@ February 17th, 2010 at 16:52HELP! I have a 10 week old Boston Terrier puppy that WILL NOT STOP biting at my toes and my daughters toes. I don’t know what to do in order to stop this habbit! I just finished watching this video and watched the progress! That was truly amazing. i know that will be a BIG step for my little pup. If you can help show me (and I’m sure many many others) how to stop this habit…I will be SO happy!
Thank you so much!
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@ February 17th, 2010 at 17:42Chet, It really worked for my dog he is really o ld but full of energy now he really do as i guide him it is really great usha
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@ February 18th, 2010 at 01:00Hi Chet,
I can also not wait to see your video and am really hoping to access it at a later stage, as I will not be able to check it out on Monday.
My one-year old Weimaraner has the bad habit of attacking people that he does not know or even the guys who work for us on our premises. Given, some of these guys are scared of him and I think he senses their fear and that’s the reason why he will not stop chasing them. I really need to train him to leave strangers alone and hope that your training video will help me in that regard. He is generally very well-behaved around the house, but his behaviour is really embarrassing, because he already bit one of our friends who does not visit often. He also keeps digging holes in my garden and I would love to stop him from dong that, as gardeing is becoming an expensive hobby for me.
Looking forward to learn more from your videos and reports.
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@ February 18th, 2010 at 02:52Amazing! Kebo (my 14 week old Sheltie) and I can’t wait until Monday!!!
As always…thanks so much for your help…
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@ February 18th, 2010 at 04:28Great Stuff!! Its a lot about psychology and it is very interesting. I’d like to find out whether it is equally as effective in real life as I saw in the video. I hope my 6 month old Dachshund understands that and plays ball. I really want to watch at 9.00 A.M. on Monday. I am in India. Can you inform at what time here I can watch your video? Thank you.
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Chet Reply:
February 18th, 2010 at 7:43 am
http://time.gov will convert the time for you. See you Monday.
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Thank you so very much. I have trained dogs for over 45 years, attended many seminars, been a student and an instructor at Cleveland All-Breed
Training Club,Inc., K-9 University, Dogmatics, and several puppy classes on my own. I have titled 4 out of 5 Goldens in Conformation, Obedience,
Agility, Field, Tracking and Flyball. The one young lady I have NOT trained I rescued from a physically and mentally abusive home. “Bliss” was terrified of women. In getting her over this fear, my wonderful dog trainers and dog friends would come and allow her to do most anything because they were afraid that if we raised our voices to correct…she would go back to being terrified.
I have trained and taught the method you show with “Luke”…however I haven’t found a successful way to teach “Bliss” to stay ‘off’ people and am looking forward to learning that from you. She adores men!!! The husband in the situation was loveable with her and cried when he was forced by the abusive wife to give her up. I’d have given up the wife before “Bliss” would have been gone. Shw is loved in my home, her forever home.
Thank you and can’t wait for our next lesson. Pat Lauria
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@ February 18th, 2010 at 07:47My dog has just started eating poop when she is at the off-leash park. Any suggestions as to how I can stop this behaviour. It is driving me crazy. Any suggestions would be welcome.
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@ February 18th, 2010 at 09:19I enjoyed the video on how not to beg. My problem is I have 4 dogs. Feeding time is a real problem. They jump on each other and go after the food before it gets to the floor, especially the Rott. She has knocked the bowl out of my hands numerous times or jumped up on me. What to do???
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@ February 18th, 2010 at 10:30I love that you’re using the same “forbidden fruit” principle with us humans to encourage the behavior you’d like to see–us buying your new training series! With only 300 copies available, and over 100,000 people receiving information about the videos, it behooves us all to be sitting patiently on our beds when you say, “Okay!”.
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Chet Reply:
February 18th, 2010 at 11:54 am
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Hello – I have a sweet little LlasaOpso/Maltese mix who is 13 years old. She is perfect except for barking at everything that moves. Drives me crazy – even barks at my husband or me when we come in the house. It’s hard to get her to stop barking at a guest or repairman. Do you have a training tool/technique for this?
I enjoyed the video regarding the waiting to be fed – can this somehow be used for stopping the barking?
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Chet Reply:
February 18th, 2010 at 11:53 am
You betcha Betsy… I don’t want to spoil the surprise, but stay tuned, because I’m putting something extra special together for the first people who reserve a copy of this program on Monday. And anyone who’s got barking problems is going to LOVE it
But shhhhh… don’t tell anyone
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with me in the room, or any of us in the family, the dogs will be good. they will sit and show good manners. But, as soon as our backs are turned Wham. they strike. 5 nights ago, one of my dogs made herself a bird crap sandwich. Yes you heard me right. My husband left the bread out on the counter instead of putting it away. she went into the waist basket that is by the bird cage that gets filled with the paper towel that is used to clean the floor by the cage, chewed up the nasty parts. Then got on the counter, and took the loaf of bread and finished that too. I can see in my head a cartoon of her making a sandwich. Her staying off the counters is something that my Mother constantly had to fight with when she was alive, and I still do. We have gotten wood mouse traps and balanced them on there side, snap site away from the edge so as not to actually hurt the dog, Just scare it. This is the only dog it has never completely stopped.
Next, her sister, this dog won’t be around much longer, she has inoperable cancer. She has always been very nervous around people she doesn’t know. she has bitten at 3 people. one of which was my husband after his brain surgery. she didn’t do more then scratch, but she went for them just the same. She snaps hard too when trying to give her treats. I have gotten her to stop for short times by holding the treat in my fist and not giving it too her till she calms down and you can open your hand palm up and have her take it, but it only lasts for a few weeks. Now she is sick, she is much much worse. Must be the cancer and the discomfort from it. Till she says she is ready to go, we will keep her. We treat her symptoms. So, I hope you cover these kinds of problems in your video.
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@ February 18th, 2010 at 12:03Hi,Chet! Great video and instructions. I see the reasoning behind the lessons and can understand why they work. I have a 6 year old cockapoo. She is laid back, no barking, and no trouble about food, but she has, what seems to me, a desire to seek revenge when I go out to dinner or anywhere else by getting up on my bed and rumpling the covers. If I shut the door to my bedroom, she then deposits poop on the carpet just before the door entrance. I can’t seem to cure this behavior. The other thing she does is lidk, lick, lick me and everyone else. How can I get her over these behavior problems?
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@ February 18th, 2010 at 13:08Just finished watching your video. Very informative on how the brains of humans and dogs work.
I am going to give this information to a good friend of mine who has a complaint about her dogs behavior.
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Chet Reply:
February 18th, 2010 at 3:43 pm
Thanks Phyllis,
I appreciate you passing the word along
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Having been involved with very diversified dog training your video added to my knowledge. I look forward to more.
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@ February 18th, 2010 at 16:14I need help with getting a dog to stop tearing things up. She’s destroying all my stuff!!! I know it’s my own fault for leaving stuff where she can get ahold of it, but I shouldn’t have to worry about it! Is this topic going to be addressed at some point?
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@ February 18th, 2010 at 16:19I loved the video!I have 2 chihuahuas I rescued from the pound. I understood the video, but how do you work with 3 at a time? Do I work with them separately? Looking forward to the next video to see what other good ideas you have coming our way.
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@ February 18th, 2010 at 20:59I have a 2 yr old rottweiler thaqt is overly friendly, doesnt leave guests alone, and if walking in the park she wants to be petted by evey one.She was given to me when she 6 months ago This isnt bad but she doesnt listen when i tell her No around other people. When we are alone, she behaves like she is supposed to
thanks for any info that would help
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@ February 19th, 2010 at 00:09Dear Chet,
What a wonderful video. No screaming or yelling. I have a 4yr old Yorkie male, not trained, sweet but gets crazy when people pass by, dogs, trucks any truck, mailman etc. He goes into a frenzy and can’t hear me. I wind up screaming at him and finally locking him into the doggie carrier, where he quiets down some, but still barks. He also marks in the house at every new thing like boxes etc. He is very cute, but goes berserk. I tried to train him, but he is not crazy about doggie treats. He just leaves them lying on the floor, or drops them if I give it to him.He eats his food twice a day. 1/4 cup in the morning and same at night. He is not enticed by food. Please help, I am at my wits end. He also rushes the door. Mayby now I can stop yelling and train him to behave like the cute little 5lb dog he is. Thanks so much in advance, you are a life and doggie saver.
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@ February 19th, 2010 at 00:47Read the report watched the video and looking forward to trying out this technique. It makes sense.
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@ February 19th, 2010 at 07:42Hi, I have a 2 year old Chihuahua. She begs alot, I’ll bring some Top Ramon in the living room and suddenly, shes right there and I can barely move my arm! I am very excited to see how she responds to this program! Thanks!
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@ February 19th, 2010 at 15:03Also read the report and viewed the video. Wonderful job. But I just don’t know how to apply it to my 7 mo. old lab. She continues to jump on us from the front and behind as well, so it’ shard to just ignore her. She’s hit me in my face/glasses and made them out of shape. When trying to walk her, all of a sudden she jumps up to grab the lead, over and over when I’ve told her to sit when trying the clicker. She someitmes starts to run maddly around the living room very fast and doesn’t want to stop – even when I’ve tried to block her way or to grab her to stop it. I also work during the day so won’t be able to watch your video either. Hopefully, you’ll be able to address some of these concerns online for the rest of us in some of your communications. Thank you for any information you can give. Regards.
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@ February 19th, 2010 at 16:03We are thinking of getting a dog from the pound, but wanted to make sure we knew how to train it before actually getting one. This video was an eye opener. It makes a lot of sense. We will definately try this.
Thanks.
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@ February 19th, 2010 at 17:18Thanks that is a informative vidio and hits a lot of great points with training and communication for the dog and is simple enough for the owner
too. Thanks again this was right on time for me to share with my daughter
and her rot puppy who is 7 months and out f control.
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@ February 19th, 2010 at 20:51i have a pom and this training is great, it really works folks,as you might not know poms have a stubborn streak in them, but Chet Technic is great.
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@ February 20th, 2010 at 03:10I stopped the video and tried your strategies on my 10 month old yorkie. They worked right away. My 5 year old CRAZY yorkie does not really care for treats. He is very picky eater, so what do I do? Also I have your bird training videos and they are great, but I have not found any treat that my bird likes either. I switched right way to the food that you suggested. Help
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@ February 20th, 2010 at 07:14So much of this is puppy behavior that I can’t obsess about yet, because each little “flaw” seems to go away with patient repetition. Exception: The one thing that drives me nuts is the dangerous one, the dog that won’t come immediately, or at least stop-down-stay when ordered to do so!
In my opinion early training is PRIMARILY FOR THE SAFETY OF THE DOG. But I have a young retriever who is so hunting obsessed that she soon turns her back on training sessions and heads into the woods. I have an excellent, very experienced trainer, who has never seen such a phenomenon. He’s starting to talk to me about a shock collar. Neither of us want to do this. In fact I’d rather return this beautiful dog to the kennel to be used as a breeder, than torture her in that manner or see her hit by a car. PLEASE HELP
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@ February 20th, 2010 at 08:37PS
I’m thinking I may not have stated my case and question within the framework of your video. What it boils down to is that I think your methods are wonderful for household situations, and by coincidence I’ve been acting similarly and getting reasonable results with my young dog. BUT how can I get no bargaining, no diplomatic negotiating, absolute obedience to the “come” or “halt, stay” command when it might mean life or death to the animal, but she is heading toward the street in pursuit of a deer.
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@ February 20th, 2010 at 15:54Great video, very informative. I see that you are using verbal commands as well as body language. I am a dog trainer also and using non-verbal commands are a natural way for dogs to communicate. I also like to have the dogs use their own judgement and reasoning skills. Again, good job!
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@ February 20th, 2010 at 16:06Loved the video. Hoping to teach my dog to start jumping on me and company. Also when he runs by he clips my legs and almost knocks me down. How can this training help that?
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@ February 20th, 2010 at 19:36I was impressed by your video; training from the principle of ‘forbidden fruit’ seems intuitively logical. Read this and weep: My son’s 2 dogs, father and son cockapoo and multipoo, are extremely good natured but very, very badly behaved. So much so that they now live outside. They just can’t be trusted inside. Tigger, the cockpoo, is extremely quick and cunning. Stuff he’s done and will do again if you turn your back on him for a fraction of a second: use a chair to jump up on the table and countertops to pee on them -against a vase, the juicer, the drain tray (what IS that smell??); and, of course with the aid of a chair, jump up on top of the table to steal and wolf down anything he finds. He’ll even try to step up on the body of a person sitting at the table to try and get on the table. He cocked his leg on a baby sitting playing in the sand at the beach -I barely prevented this potentially traumatic incident (at least for the baby’s parents and me it would have been). He can render new socks to rags in seconds as we chase him through the house. He poos on the bathroom rug and loves to mark the furniture when he gets excited. We did take a dog training course and the only thing he cared to remember was to learn to sit for treats. Thus he and his son, Mojo, were banished to a fenced off area outside, which of course he kept ingeniously escaping from and running down to the neighbors’ place to harrass their rabbits. He jumps on top of the picnic table on the deck – you can tell he thinks it’s his (we’ve had to put up a special gate so he can’t get on the deck). He hasn’t escaped recently but the fenced area, as well as the garden gate, now looks like Fort Knox. He is a very motivated dog. The dog trainer said he was a ‘high drive’ dog, but training him has been like plugging leaks in the dyke; as soon as you stick your finger in one leak it starts to leak in three other places. How is he to be trained not to beg at the table when instead of sitting on his bed involved with the lesson, he streaks into my son’s room to grab and destroy a sock, or mark the couch? His whole attitude in the house is to cause as much mahem and destruction as possible. His son Mojo follows along gleefully, as much as he can, but since he is smaller, less agile, and not nearly as smart (sorry Mojo, but it’s true) he doesn’t get into quite as much mischief, but he shredded my couch slipcover while my son was sleeping with him on the couch ($200). Of course he was leashed with the leash anchored round the leg of the couch. He also has a ’small dog’ complex, barking, lunging and trying to attack bigger dogs, usually male. We cannot let him off leash when we know there will be other dogs. We now muzzle him when we go to a busy beach. He hates it and feels ashamed to wear it. It is a shame because people look at him and assume he’s vicious with people when in fact he’s an adoring ‘pussycat’ with people, but hell on wheels to other dogs. Lest you assume that these dogs are neglected, ignored and left outside, they are taken for long walks, runs, or skateboards every day. The thought of training these creatures so that they could be trusted inside is overwhelming. I deeply wonder if it can be done. I’m going to try and be there tomorrow at 9.
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@ February 21st, 2010 at 14:23i was very impressed with this video. it makes complete sense now that i’ve seen the video. we have 5 dogs ( 2 german shepards, a boxer, jack russell and a chiwauwa(bad spelling). each and everyone has at least one bad habit, but begging at dinner time is the worst. they are like vultures circling a fresh kill ( boxer the worst with the drooling ) looking forward to your video so i can make dinner enjoyable again.
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@ February 23rd, 2010 at 15:25hi chet,
ur video sure is worth spreading to my petlover friends. i just wanna request more techniques involving large, stubborn, and spoiled large breeds! u see, my beloved breed is a bullmastiff and i’m obsessed with my bully, i sure hope the video if applied wont need additional restraint, force, or motivation as the case may be coz i’m rather a small asian guy of 5ft height only. i know i can control my bully only if i really get mad and wont bother to attend or talk to him! so i hope ur video will be perfect ! thans chet and more power ! God bless !
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@ February 23rd, 2010 at 19:32Hi Chet, this video was great, I have a pomeranian 6 months old and I don’t know if I can still train him like in this video, but I’ll try. Thanks for all.
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@ February 24th, 2010 at 16:23I LOVED THE VIDEO!!! I HAVE BEEN TRAINING DOGS FOR MORE THEN 20 YEARS. I AM ALSO IN A WHEELCHAIR. I JUST STARTED A SMALL BUSSINESS IN NOV. OF 2008 A IT HAS TAKEN OFF LIKE HOTCAKES. BUT MY QUESTION IS I DO ALOT OF THE CLICKER TRAINING AND WITH THAT YOU THROW THE TREAT ON THE FLOOR SO THEY MOVE FROM THE WANTED POSITION TO GET THERE REWARD AND WITH THIS NEW EXCERISE YOU DON’T WANT THEM PICKING THING OFF THE FLOOR. SO CAN I USE BOTH METHED WHEN DOING THE DOGS OR JUST STICK WITH ONE OR EVEN COMBINE THEM? MOST OF THE DOGS I DO ARE SERVICE DOG BUT I ALSO DO ALOT OF TEACHING PEOPLE HOW TO GET THERE DOGS TO JUST HAE MANNERS. DOGS WITH NO MANNERS DRIE ME CRAZY. I JUST ENJOY RECIEVINE YOUE EMAILS THEY GIVE ME SO MANY IDEAS I WISH I COULD GET EERYTHING YOU PUT OUT UT I HAVVE TO PICK AND CHOISE BECAUSE MONEY IS NOT EASY TO COME Y THESE DAYS AND I JUST GOT OUT OF THE HOSPITAL A FEW DAYS AGO AND UNTIL I GET THE DOC. OK TAKING IN MORE DOGS RIGHT NOW IS OUT OF THE QUESTION. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOE ALL THE EMAILS AND IDEAS I LOVE TRYING THEM OUT ON THE PUPS AND DOGS WHRN I DO HAVE THEM………..
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@ February 27th, 2010 at 14:25Hi Chet, I am trying your methods and they are working on my 3 and 1/2 month maltese x jack russell. I had trouble loading the video, but am going to try it now, will let you know how it goes.
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@ March 12th, 2010 at 19:10I’ve enjoyed your training from the beginning. But, this blows everything away that I’ve learned… I can’t wait to try it myself. My 1 yr. old now, Yorkie loves to train and is smart as a whip. As the old saying goes. Sooo, I’m sure I’ll have him trained in one session! I’ll keep you posted. Please keep up the awesome work you do. I LOVE IT!
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@ March 12th, 2010 at 23:03I just read the article on being a pack leader and love the idea of clicker training, even tho we just don’t have anywhere out in this area that sells those kind of gizmos. I agree on being as pet friendly as possible and letting a dog just be a dog. Working breeds, however, go thru a teenager phase where hormones make them stupid and they not only forget their training, they forget who feeds them. More than once I have gone to work bloody where a large dog(doberman, boxer, chow mix, bull mix, shepherd mix)has decided to challenge who runs the house. Having had a friend who raised raised wolves, I learned that one good roll on the back with a lot of loud growling and barking saves months of aggrivation. Yes I look a mess for a while, but after that ten to fiteen minutes, a good growl or bark is all it takes to remind them who runs house. That doesn’t mean they’re angels, and it doesn’t mean I don’t look into other training options, but when all else fails, remind your DOG who the WOLF is.
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@ March 14th, 2010 at 13:49Hi Chet,
I have a border collie who is very intense when he sees something he wants. Person, squirrel, cat, food, etc. I am sure you can understand how he gets fixated on these things and it is hard for me to snap him out of it. When I do the food exercise you show in the video, he will back off at some point (i.e. stop licking my fingers and trying to push my hand to get the food) but he will stay fixated, his eyes will not leave my fingers. Should I reward him at this point or wait until his attention goes away from the food?
Thank you for answering this,
Catherine
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Chet Reply:
March 23rd, 2010 at 9:06 pm
Try rewarding the look away. A lot of the time I actually want to reward the eye contact with ME, as the thing I want to reward… in a LOT of areas in my dog’s life.
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Typically it will require a person to place the knowledge before you before you realize that everyone need to take extra proper care.
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@ March 23rd, 2010 at 23:54Hi Chet
Our Border Collie Lexi is 6 months now, she has just passed her beginners class at obedience school. I have been thinking how many of the dogs at the obedience club are very obedient for training classes but often show no manners, previously our dogs have not been involved in any obedience training just regular manners that gave us well behaved dogs they were Great Danes and Chihuahuas both breeds very different from the busy working dog now to share our lives. I am a veterinary nurse and one of our Danes was a regular blood donor and gave blood without the need for any sedation.
I am looking forward to using your training methods to encourage her own self restraint and our understaning in shaping her behaviour. I have today been watching some of your videos and reading reports you have written and can see your methods have a very holistic approach and not only tesch the tricks of sitting etc. but instill a sound decision making process that will work to better comunication between Lexi and the family [yes I may need to work hard to get all the 'people' family on board too]
I have been having moderate success the traditional way, though we have a major issue with Lexi being overwhelmed by moving cars whenever we go for walks becoming deaf & blind to us and normal heel commands [even treats wont distract her mind] only wanting to chase/attack the cars even before they become visible, I am hoping that with the clicker helping translate and your training sessions we will master the art of calm communication and reveal a blissful owner and dream dog both.
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@ March 31st, 2010 at 03:18Hi Chet, This is really awesome! I have a four month Yorkie, and I believe I can use this technique several ways for the little problems we
are having with her.
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@ April 28th, 2010 at 15:54Our dog, Sampson, a six month old Husky mix, is very calm most of the time, but when guests come he gets so excited, won’t listen, jump on them, and nearly knocked my 90 year old mother down. We are going to try your method to solve that issue plus a few other bad habits.
Larry
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@ May 2nd, 2010 at 11:22love it thanks really amazing
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@ May 4th, 2010 at 14:35I can total see how this works. It deffenently will work on our trash can issue. The one thing that concerns me is any food I give her, gives her gas. Any ideas on what kind of treats to use.
Thanks
Michelle
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@ May 4th, 2010 at 15:26I am going to try this tomorrow after I come back from work. My dog jumps everytime I have food in my hands. He is eating now my shoes.
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@ June 1st, 2010 at 16:56Our 5 month Jack Russell loves to jump on everything, especially people and the cat. It will be great if this helps him correct that behavior.
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@ June 2nd, 2010 at 20:29Makes sense to me! I am looking forward to training our 9 month old German Shorthair Pointer to not eat our African Grey (inside) and Guinea Fowl (outside).
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@ June 11th, 2010 at 07:50I have a three and a half month old Golden Retriever puppy – her name is Roxi. She’s beautiful, clever and we love her to bits; But to be brutally honest, she is VERY naughty…
I think the worst thing she has done (and is still doing) is that she bullies our chickens. I do not think she intends to harm them, but she will definitely kill them, if I judge it by the way she bites us with those sharp little teeth! (And that will ruin her relationship with my kids forever, as they have had the chickens as pets, before she has joined our family.)
Although the chewing, biting and barking is annoying – I think the worst is that she jumps up on our guests and when they do pet her, she chew on them as if they are her toys. (Even trying to bite them in the face – which ends up in her being put outside… Which I don’t like to do, because I know it just worsens the problem.)
I am certain that your hands-off training system will work… I am actually considering to try it out and blogging about the results – because I would really like to take Roxi with me each time I go out on a photo shoot (and even use her as a model, because she is really beautiful.) – See this recent pic of her http://boeretroos.wordpress.com/2010/06/11/holderstebolder/
Thanks for the great advice – I’m definitely going to try it out!
Kotie´s last blog ..Jack-out-of-the-box Photography
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@ June 13th, 2010 at 05:21I am going try this out tomorrow with my puppy she is a husky. Hope dont try bitting me.
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@ June 24th, 2010 at 20:14I’m getting a 10 months collie in 10 days and I can not wait to teach him this technique
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@ July 22nd, 2010 at 08:11Hi Chet,
i loved the video. But it seemed easier than it really is!!!!!!!! I have a 4mnths old Bassit puppy and I tried the technique with it early this morning without any success. Basjan bite my hands away to get to the treat. When I speak to him harshly, he thinks I’m playing, he then snaped at me at my fore arm,and left a blue pinch mark. The treat I have used was “biltong”(dried meat).
I will try the technique again later this afternoon but with another treat. Something like cheese.
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@ July 27th, 2010 at 03:01