114 responses to “How To Stop Your Dog From Ignoring You”
Crystal writes:
I have 4 sm dogs what is the best way to train them when they are always together?
One is a Pekingese/Pomeranian and barks a lot at the window. I do not want him to be banned from the window just not have the excesive barking when he sees well almost anything.
You will need to put 3 of the dogs in a seperate room and train 1 dog at a time. If you don’t have a place you can put the dogs so the dog you are training can not be destracted by hearing them perhaps you could take the dog to a place where there are no destractions and work with him for about 10-15 minutes. It is important for the dog to be focused on you in order to attempt any sort of training. If you can do this with each dog consistantly until each learn the desired skill your wanting them to learn, then you can have them all together and when you say the cue they should all respond.
My dog Uno is a mixed-small breed dog. In that mix is Papillon, Jack Russell, Corgi and some other terrier breed. Do you get the picture, several hyper, yappy breeds all in one. Don’t get me wrong, Uno is beautiful with silky soft fur and pretty markings. His manners most of the time are lovely. But he barks. Not little tiny yips, but big, loud, imperious barks that come out of the blue and scare the heck out of you. I live in a manufactured home, which of course is poorly insulated. Hence you hear every car door or house door slamming. Uno jumps and barks at each sound. So it goes from nice and quiet, or just the TV to “Brrroowww wow wow wow wow….” usually from right under my feet where he sleeps. I’m disabled so this isn’t a good thing. I feel like I’m gonna have a heart attack each time he goes off like this. I have tried the vocal commands, the distraction noises, and even wacking a rolled magazine to my hand. I’ve grabbed his tail not hard, but it’s usually handy, or put my hand on his head or around his nose. Nothing works. Otherwise he is such a doll and I’m just baffled.
This can be easy to control but it is important to understand that nipping is a form of social play between puppies & dogs so you must teach your puppy alternative ways to greet/socialize with humans. Also know this breed is of the hearding group and it is hearding charactereistics to nip when excited. If you pet your puppy when he/she is calm then he can learn that petting doesn’t only occure when playing. When playing or greeting if you prepare ahead some small treats (approx 10-20 small pieces), have them in the opposite hand you are petting with and before the puppy begins to nip present your baited hand to lure him away from your petting hand. As soon as he turns to your baited hand reinforce his response with a “good boy”. If you are consistant, it will not take long for your puppy to respond to petting by looking at your other hand. This is an alternative behavior. You can use toys to redirect the puppys nipping but it is important to have the toys with you before you interact with the puppy so when he starts to nip you present one of the toys. it is a good idea to have 2 toys at a time. remain calm when playing with your puppy as he will become more excited if you esculate the situation by yelling or physical corrections. You can spray your hands with a product to deter him from chewing. Never spray the puppy. You can find several products at pet stores. Spray your hands before you begin to play with your puppy, before he has a chance to nip at you. Don’t encourage the puppy by playing games like tug of war, rough housing or face slapping. It is easy to redirect your puppys energy if you are consistant in doing so.
We have a Rat Terrier puppy, Jazon, 6 months old. He is adorable but crazy busy. I tried the trick covering treat from your video and he caught on immediately. He knew exactly what I was trying getting at. He now waits until I say he an take the treat plus he sits down while he waits. Great! (although,he only like cat treats)
These are few things we are dealing with:
1. He like to go down stairs (he fits throught the gate and the railing) when we are not at home and poops on the rug. He knows he is not allowed down there but does it anyways when we are not at home. DUH..right! I don’t think he pees but probably. We will be adding a piece to the gate and railing tomorrow so he can’t go down there anymore.
2. We have a cat that he plays with all the time which we and the cat don’t mind so that is ok.
3. He jumps on our guest when they first arrive and then continues to chew on their pants or socks. It take at least an hour for him to settle down.
4. We haven’t been taking him for runs yet as it is too cold outside so he is not trained to heel. He doen’t like the lesh.
5. He doesn’t listen when we call him back into the house. We have to wait until he comes in his own. So far he stays on the yard but we are scared he may take off.
6. He is paper trained but does go to the door when we are at home. He doesn’t bark, he just looks at the door and hopes we will see him.
7. He loves his toys. He plays with all of them all the time which is great, He sometime takes our grandson’s smaller toys but mostly leaves them alone.
8. He is allowed on all furnture and on our laps.
Looking forward to the 22nd for more tips.
My 10-mth old female golden retriever is relatively placid and has mainly good manners.
Her two behaviour downfalls are that she has started not coming when called – especially at the beach,
and
she attempts to dominate my 7-YO son. Jumping up on him, scratching and even occasionally biting. I can’t leave them alone together in the backyard although they are generally fine in the house. Apart from these incidents that are affectionate towards one another and thoroughly enjoy each other’s company.
I’m not sure if she sees him as a peer or if she is jealous.
You really need to hire a GOOD QUALIFIED trainer, and you need to do your homework on the person. In the wrong hands a guard dog can become a nightmare. What kind of guard dog do you want? Just for the house, that also will make a difference as to the type of guarding you want. I’m not really sure but if you’re really stumped, you could always check with law enforcement and see who and/or where they have their dogs trained, who they would recommend, etc.
Every morning when I leave for work, I open the gate and tell Scampi to get into the car, he runs around in the complex a bit and only when I say goodbye, he gets in as he seems worried that I will leave him there. I will most certainly try the getting in the car game with a treat tomorrow morning.
Hi, Chet:
Your emails have been invaluable to me, and the video of dog training is amazing. I am starting the hand covering the treat training tomorrow, as I have three days off. I have a teacup Chihuahua a year and a half old. Got her a few months ago from a family with a ton of kids that were a little to rough with her, so her manners are atrocious. She is constantly scratching at the carpet and the sofa, and has put a ton of pulls in my sofa cushions. She chews up everything she can find, Pencils, pens, cardboard, toys, sometimes I wonder where she finds it all. I know that a big factor is that I work and she’s alone much of the time, and is trying to amuse herself, but she does it when I’m right in the room, too. Another disturbing habit……..I can’t touch her without her licking me. I abhor being licked, and evey other dog I’ve had learned not to do so, but she is stubborn. She doesn’t bark a lot, and is well mannered in that way and she is an absolutiely adorable little thing, if I could just get her to quit chewing. Also, one more thing. I came home from work one day to find a floor full of my Quaker’s feather. She’d pulled out all his tail feathers. he now resides in my bedroom (which he doesn’t like) and she’s no longer allowed in there. thank you so much for all your help, and I’m looking forward to your new training tools.
My 8 month old pit bull/Doberman mixed puppy wants to dig in my garden wherever I have been planting or transplanting my vegetables. I tried to make a digging pit for her separate from my showcase garden, but she will have her way both areas. I use my garden for a model to teach others about Natural Agriculture. I need your help PLEEEEAAAAAZZZZZE?
I have a 6/7 year old maltese which I adopted a year ago from my colleague. He’s nervous around loud sounds & has loud barks for its size & barks whenever he hears (or imagines)other dogs barking,when we are at home – I stay in a 12-storey apartment.
Whn we are out for walks & he catches sight of other dogs, regardless of size, he goes for them & barks his head off & struggles to get to them ( I hold the leash tightly) as he then tries to nip the dog/s when he reaches them.
I’ve been bitten a few times when I was carrying him, not realising another dog was in he vincity, then he suddenly barks & bites me in his excitement to get to the other dog. I had my cheek slashed a coule of times, my fingers nipped when I tried to stop him while we were walking but apart from that, he’s pretty lovable, does not chew, jump or rip things in the home though he tends to have ‘pee’ accidents when he’s left at home alone while I am at work. (I leave a light on in the bathroom & dimmer lights on in the living room as well as the radio in my absence)
How can I train him to stop growling & barking & becoming aggressive when around other dogs?
hi i have 2yearold mixed blue heller assey she hates her crate when i have to got the store she has to go in it or my my husband has to miss work we were tould buy the pet smart people give her some thing to chew on whiele she is in there she will not eat any thing while she is in there some one said put her in there for a few min a day we tryed that that did not work my sister in law has given her dog drugs to calm there dog they do not have her they did not have the time or no did they whant to put in the time but i tould my husband i will not do that and he said i do not whant to
Is there any REAL reason you need to crate your dog, if anything is there a way you could just block her off so she only has access to the kitchen, laundry room, so she has room to move around? As there are gates/indoor ffence like pens which makes it much nicer for the dog. I have had 7 dogs so far throughout my life, we NEVER crated any of our dogs and never really had any problems with any of them. I know I wouldn’t want to be in a small cage for all the hours most people keep their dogs in those cages for. That would be like jail. Anyway, we got a dog that was kept in a crate for 16-20 hours a day-NOT a good situation, the dog didn’t learn any manners, for a 7 month old gsd weighing only 35 lbs and no manners, all because she was crated, we got her at 7 months of age and we have NEVER had her crated and she’s doing much better, it’s taking a while because she wasn’t able to have the freedom as a puppy to go through those stages and learn and aqyuire manners that all go with it. So if possible try not crating, or at least get more of a pen type situation set up, that would be a much better arrangement.
The crating is best for short periods of time when you can’t be there, or at night when you are sleeping. Otherwise you’re right, leaving a dog in a create for multiple hours, just because you have a day job is a bad idea.
I have a beautiful 2 yr old golden and a sweet 1 yr old lab/coon hound mix. They already know to go to their “places” when we sit down to a meal at the table and do it without being told. They will stay there until the dishes are done and I release them. The reward is, of course, a bit of leftover food in their bowls as payment. The problem is when we are not sitting at the table and are eating. i.e. at the kitchen island, on the couch, outside on the patio. I have been having trouble teaching them not to sit and beg (and drool!)in these situations. I am sure it’s because they don’t have a specific “place” in each room. We have a large house and I don’t want them to have to leave the room and go to the kitchen, but I want them to know that “go lay down” means go find a place to chill and quit begging. Any suggestions?
I have a 4-year-old Golden retriever that I got when he was 12 weeks old and he has developed a very bad problem with wanting to chase cars when I walk him. He never did this before and only just started this about 3 months ago. He is very big, weighs about 90 pounds, all muscle and is very strong and just becomes almost impossible for me to control when a car comes by. We live on a fairly busy street and I’m afraid that he will get away from me at some point and get hurt. I just don’t want a quick fix, I want to make the problem go away for good. Please help!!!
Hi Chet,
I have a 15 month old Golden Doodle that as a mind of her own sometimes and as issues that I can’t correct, like getting exited when guest arrive, jumping 0n them for the first five to ten minutes then she is ok and lies down. Also she loves to steal things like shoes ,face cloths and so on,she wants attention a specially if we are watching TV.
Also like other comments I read she come on calls when she feel like it, the only thing that really works is the ‘clicker’ I guess it’s the high pitch sound that it make. There other things also but would need two pages hi!hi!
On our regular walks she not bad except when we cross people she gets exited and tries to jump on hem….she likes people and kids to death, that’s one thing I really would like to stop sine we have tree grand children ages 14 months and five years old.
Thanks Chet
Roy
We have 3 small dogs of our own and foster 2 others at present. We sometimes have 5 or 6 dogs here. They all go crazy when the doorbell rings and all jump around and get all excited just for a few minutes after someone comes in. I am usually downstairs in my office doing legal work and often have clients (including lawyers and accountants) coming to the house all the time and this is embarrassing, but I don’t know how to go about stopping the whole gang from this initial all-out bombardment when someone comes in. I could handle it with one dog, but if there are 5 or 6, how do I go about stopping this onslaught at the front door?
Samantha is a 2-year old Rhodesian Ridgeback/German Shepherd dog who came to us via the SPCA. Today marks one year of our lives together, and we are very pleased with her. We did take her to dog training classes, and her manners are not bad now. However, she gets really growly and overly protective in certain situations, to the point where we have lost our doggy daycare — the girl’s older brother has moved back home, and Samantha corners him, growling threateningly and not letting him out of her sight. He dislikes our dog, and our caregiver doesn’t feel competent to deal with Sammie’s aggression. What can we do? This happens on the trails too, when we happen upon other people and people with dogs.
I dog-sit a couple of beagles on a regular basis. I try to stay home with them, but sometimes I just can’t. I’ve tried everything to leave them in the house, but the male always does something (getting into cupboards and eating pantry food, pulling out the garbage, pooping on the floor, etc.) so that now I put them in the laundry room if I have to leave. I tried a baby gate to keep him out of the kitchen, but he works at it until he finds a way through) At least, I thought, they’ll have access to the outside since that is where the doggy door is located. But…now I have to close the doggy door because the neighbors are complaining that they go outside and bark the whole time I’m gone. Now that they are locked in the laundry room without access to the outside, they just scratch the laundry room door and molding and bark the whole time I’m gone. How can I get them to be all right with me being gone? They have not been crate trained (and the owner doesn’t want me to crate train them…she sees it as cruel).
Hi, I have a 3 yr old chocolate lab Hershey. We live in the country with a large yard, but Hershey is like a gazelle, he flies gracefully over our wire fencing so gracefully, and then gets yelled at by the farmer next door! Well he’ll now go the other way to our other neighbour, but, we live on a very busy road, I’m afraid that day is going to come!
He totally ignores me when I call him to come, he does it when HE feels like it. I use my “happy” voice so that he’s not afraid, I don’t scold but reward even though he’s still coming on his terms not mine, and now we’re at the point where he has to be put on a long cable, and of course needs to be continuously untangled. We have a 10 mth old Labradoodle who I’m afraid is going to start copying her older brother, so far so good!
Any suggestions would be so appreciated we’re at our wits end, me more so because I’m home all day with my dogs.
I have 2 dogs, a golden doodle and an eskipoo (american eskimo and mini poodle). They both bark whenever someone walks by the house and they go ballistic if they have a dog. I do not mind for them to bark once to let me know they are walking by, but they go way off the handle and sometimes I am afraid that they will go through my window.
The other time they go crazy is when someone comes to the door. They are so excited, at times, or nervous that they sound like they are ready to attack the person on the other side of the door. Both dogs are very well behaved otherwise.
Now when we go to the dog park which is nearly everyday, they tend to bark at other dogs to get them to play which is something they have picked up at the park (this is a different sounding bark then when they are home). At times when people are all covered up due to the cold, they will also bark especially when they have big fluffy hats or hoods (this bark is more like the one they do at home, sounds a bit protective).
I sure hope your lessons will help with these issues.
My dog is a 3-yr-old neutered male tea-cup ShihTsu. He humps every dog he meets, whether male or female. I have used a a water pistol when it is available. What can I do to make him stop? It is embarrassing.
I had to throw out a nice bed he was given because he humped it to exhaustion.
I have a 1 yr old Choc lab, Zoe. She has just started not coming when called. She seems completely deaf. No reaction what so ever. Her noise to the ground and in heaven.
I am starting over with sit stay come and not letting her off lease. Right approach??? Is it her age?
She is very social with dogs and humans and when she sees either she darts off says hi then comes back, but on her terms.
New problem, barking when someone is at the door. A very aggressive bark with hair on end from head to tail. I make her sit and quiet before I open the door and she is fine once the door is open.
I have 3 dogs, two chihuahua mixes and a GSD/coyote mix. All 3 have an issue with peeing in the house. We’re working on it though. My main concern is my GSD/coyote has a problem being left alone. Doesn’t matter where. We tried crate training and she tore up the carpet under the crate, we tried taking her along and leaving her in the car but thats unsafe in summer. When we get home she is panting and whining and barking and shaking. Her other issue is that she has no sense of personal space. She walks on your feet, runs over the baby, backs into the baby, constantly bumps into you while taking a walk which is exspecially painful when she’s wearing her backpack.
My standard poddle 2.5 years old is beahaving very well except that she barks when door bell rings and when she looks out the window and sees people or animals in the vicinty of the house. If I am right next to hear I can get here to stop but if I am in the other room and tell her to stop it usually does not work. If I call on here to come she will come after a couple of minuits of more barking. Any solution?
Am I crazy – or did you NOT tell me how to get my dog to stop ignoring me?
I resent being coaxed into listening to/watching your video – to get a solution – that never comes. You told me what “most” traners would tell me – but you offered me NO solution whatsoever —
why then, would I buy your video which could be just as big a nothing as this lure?
I don’t think you can be trusted.
I feel duped.
I’m sorry you feel this way… and I guess I wasn’t clear enough. You see, the biggest mistake I see people make is punishing their dog after they ask him to do something “accidentally” like making him stay in the car… and I tried to show you – a solution – of exactly how to train that problem away in my particular example.
But there are just so MANY different examples that I couldn’t fit them all in the video… if I’d tried, I would have had people complaining about how my video was too long.
So I’m trying to teach you the CONCEPTS so you can create your own solutions… and I’m sorry if that let you down.
So here’s what I’m going to do…
I’ll put together an email that I’ll send out later this week that goes into more specific examples of how to get your dog to stop ignoring you in more situations. Because I want this stuff to make life with your dogs easier.
Hey,
I have two dogs, a 3 year old german shepherd huskey mix and a 1 year old doberman. They are both great dogs but both have annoying opposite issues. My doberman chews EVERYTHING when I am not home, we take him for walks, he has plenty of toys but as soon as we leave, we know the house will be destroyed. My shepherd on the other hand doesn’t chew and is good in the house, other than the odd bark. She listens to commands very well… that is when we are inside… as soon as we are outside, I’m on MUTE, she will NEVER come back when called.. PLEASE help!!
i have six yorkies three females and three males. the females from time to time attack each other and fight for no reason at all.It drives me insane and i have thought of taking them to the taxidemist and have them as oraments (that is how bad it gets at times. The males are no problem except they do mark their spot from time to time. My husband is part of the problem as if i repremand them he cudes them (i am the big bad wolf) I also have twenty two birds and a minature horse. The Patagonians even copy me and the housekeeper by saying “stop it stop it now” to the dogs, but this does not even help. the females are 8, 7 and 5 years old and the males are 15, 8 and 6 years old ( they are all nuted)
I have a 3 year old mixed bulldog beagle and whenever we are walking and he sees another dog he pulls like mad , now I know he just wants to meet and greet this other dog, but I imagine it looks pretty intimidating to see this little beast pulling madly toward you , so much so that many other owners dont allow him to meet their dog as I guess they think he is aggressive, he is not I just havent been able how to figure out how to get him to approach calmly. Any ideas? Oh and his other big problem, yeah you guessed it the doorbell thing, he gets just as excited when he knows someone is at the door. I also was annoyed after watchiing the video and thinking like the previous comment , you didnt tell me how to get my dog to stop ignoring me. Then I thought about it and realized if you told me what causes him to ignore me , I guess changing that is how to get him to stop ignoring me. Yeah I like to have it spelled out sometimes too.
hi thanks a gin for the frist vido i watch it work great i do it three times a day for him and i watch the one about the car he loves rieding but he wont get out because when he try to jim in the frist time he miss and it scare him how can i get him to get out and filling safe unstead of me have to pick him up all the time thank you
I’d set up a travel crate… train him to go in it while on the ground, then start elevating it until the dog is comfortable jumping up into it. Do it slowly and you’ll overcome your dog’s fear.
I have three dogs two of them bark everytime someone walks by the house, they also bark and jump up and down when the doorbell rings. My question do I need to train them sperately to sit and wait when some one comes over. It is difficult to control the two of them at once.
Paulette Wilson Reply: February 17th, 2010 at 12:31 pm
I have tried all of your housetraining tips for my teacup yorkie and she is still pooping in the dining room. I have caught her in the act…take her outside…she still does it. It has an opening too large to block off so she can’t get in there. Outside of keeping her on a leash the rest of her life what do you suggest? She is over a year old now.
Have you listend to the Potty Training interview that I did with Amanda Brothers in my Hands Off course? And what are you using to deordorize the messes.
Lastly, I teach an “Earning Room Rights” Strategy that requires you to work on potty training one room at a time. You really need to find a way to block access to that room, even if it’s inconvenient or ugly if you want to have success.
You can get two dogs to behave at once once they’ve learned WHAT to do. But teaching what to do takes some one on one time first. So teach them to wait quietly one on one, and then set them up to compete like I’ve talked about in some of the other posts above.
I have an 8 month old Jack Russell and he won’t come back to me if he gets out of the house. Also he will sit beside the back door if he needs to go to the toilet and if we don’t see him to let him out then he will do his toilet at the door. Is there a way we can teach him to bark to go out as he barks to come in.
You’re problems easy to fix. Allthough I wouldn’t train him to bark to be let outside, because that get’s annoying in a hurry. Instead hang a bell next to your door, or buy a Pet Chim, which is a remote control doggie doorbell.
And tisk tisk by the way on letting your dog in when he barks. Very naughty.
Do you need to have finished the orginal course to do this House manners course? I just can’t seem to get my dogs to cooperate still and I have been doing everything in the course. I think the problem is that I have too many dogs! I have 5 Pit bulls and 3 minature pinscher’s and they literally drive me to tears on some days. I love them so much and I don’t want to have to give any away, so do you have any tips on how i should be working with this many dogs?
This course was really put together to be a stand alone course, with very little overlap, and even dogs with no training will respond well as you’ve seen in the Stop Begging video.
As for the multiple dogs issue, there are several strategies to use, but they tend to be situation specific like the getting multiple dogs to come when called question I answered above, by pitting the dogs against eachother to COMPETE for who can obey the fastest. It doesn’t work every time, but lots of times it can, especially with begging around food times, or barking to be let in.
My local dog kennel has great success getting the dogs to never bark to get let in because they only get let in if they’re sitting quietly by the door… and they get a treat 100% of the time. If they bark, they stay outside.
Needless to say they figure it out quickly
Hope that helps at least a little and gives you something to think about.
Hello,
First let me admit that I have made some big mistakes with my 4 dogs. I never owned a dog until 6 years ago and then added to the pack as the sad strays came into my life. Anyway…my biggest problem is how to RETRAIN my dogs not to get on my furniture after letting them do this for years. At the time…I had a cruddy old suit and it didn’t matter….now…I have a beautiful livingroom suit that I would like to keep beautiful. I know…I screwed up…
Hi: We have 2 standard poodles – litter mates, both female – they are now 2 years old. Two (2 seems to be the magic number!) problems.
1. When they go out in their run together and are called in, only one of them comes in immediately. The other comes to the door and then runs away. Yes, I know she is indicating she wants to play etc. I call once – no dice.
Indoors the problem doesn’t exist.
2. Three sides of our house has floor to ceiling windows. We do not want to curtain the windows. BUT, both dogs will track animals going by outdoors, people, etc. and race from one end of the house to another tracking and BARKING at them. Have spent days through the last 2 years, going to them and herding them away from the windows with a sit command, water spray bottle, using SHHH and the minute they look at me and sit away from the window they get the good dog and treat. Then they go back to tracking and barking. I feel like an idiot. The dog that will come when called from their run does quiet more often than not and moans instead of barking. I’m exhausted. What am I doing wrong.
Other than the above they are magnificent. Quick and eager to learn. I work at home and they have a great deal of my company as well as my husband’s company. Thanks
I don’t have time to answer everything here, it’s getting a little crazy here getting ready for Monday’s big launch, but try this with the dog’s coming outside. Try offering a reward (a good one) for the first dog who comes when you call. This works GREAT with a pack of dogs, but worth trying with two as well. It turns it into a RACE to who can get to you first. Try setting your one dog up for success by feeding him steak bits every time he comes in the door for a few days before trying the game for real, once he learns that he who get’s their first get’s food, and 2nd place is the first loser, his come when he calls will get MUCH stronger for you.
I HAVE A 4 YEAR OLD SCHNAUZER WHO IS VERY WELL BEHAVED (MOST OF THE TIME) HOWEVER WHEN I TAKE HIM OUTSIDE ON A LEASH FOR A WALK HE BARKS AT EVERYONE WHO PASSES US BY AND TERRORIZES THE OTHER DOGS THAT ARE ON LEASHES. CAN YOU HELP?
I absolutely can help you with this Marie, but I do have to say that it’s NOT the focus of my House Manners program. House Manners is going to be a program for obeying rules inside the house.
If you’re interested in obeying rules outside in the real world, you should download my Reprogramming the K9 mind report instead:
I have three pur-breeds that are small and one that is a mixed breed.He’s my problem …..He fights with my Shih Tzu and really tries to kill him! It really frightens me, pulling them apart. I have to keep them in separated of coure , but is there any thing else I could do?
YES! There are things you can do, but unfortunately my expertise is in preventing those problems before they get serious. I’m looking into doing an aggression based program later this year with an award winning dog aggression expert, but I’m afraid it’s really not an area I specialize in. But I do know enough about it to say that I bet you can find someone to help you.
I have a 3 yr old female Goldendoodle whom I make sure gets plenty of exercise. Every evening she will bring over her favorite toy and put it in my lap and be very insistent that we play. How can I stop this annoying behavior? She has also become increasingly more aggressive with certain dogs. We may be on a walk and she will growl and bark like mad, but only at certain dogs and others we pass she is just fine and her friendly self. Why the difference?
I’ll answer the toy question first debbie. Try to train your dog a NEW way to ask to play with you. Maybe he has to drop it on the floor at your feet instead of your lap. I’ve used this same type of behavior myself with playing fetch with my Golden Retriever, I trained him that the ONLY way I play ball is if he drops that ball at my feet. If he doesn’t put it there I won’t play… period.
As for your aggression question, that’s a little out of the scope of House Manners, but if you’d like more information on how I help my clients fix this program, I have a free report on that issue over here:
We have a 3 yr. old bichon. She is really sweet and most of the time she minds her manners, but she does not always come to me when I call her. I always gave her a payoff when she came to me-either attn. or treat. So I’m not sure why…
Also, she jumps on everyone when they come to the door. Luckily she is only 10 lbs and she’s not ferocious looking so its not too bad, but it does scare some people. She calms down after a minute or 2, but loses her mind when the doorbell rings.
She is very trainable, as I have trained her to do many things, including ringing a bell to go outside and go “potty”. Works great!
So my main things I need help with are:
1. Come when called 100% of the time
2. Not losing her mind when someone comes to the door
3. Want her to “Stop” if she tries to run away
I’m so excited to learn more about your new dog training program! Although, I have to confess that my 6 year old Sheltie is already perfect-he comes when he’s called, he sits and lays down instantly on command, he never chews on anything, doesn’t jump on guests… (isn’t it nice how I’m so humble?)…
EXCEPT he has one MAJOR issue: the extremely annoying behavior of completely spazzing out any time he sees someone go for a coat or the car keys (I think I’d rather have a dog jump on guests!). This dog LOVES car rides and walks (loves might be an understatement) and acts like his heart will break if we don’t take him with us. Now, I fully believe that, more often than not, owners are the ones that have trained the bad behaviors in their critters, so–what did I do wrong? …and HOW DO I FIX IT? The solution to separation anxiety (what I’m assuming this stems from) I have hard time wrapping my brain around… do you cover this topic in your course?
I am very interested in reading you new release but until then I was wondering…
I have an 8 y.o male lab who lunges after cars, buses, people and other dogs while we are out walking. I just bought a Gentle Leader Headcollar that seems to help w/his pulling ahead while walking but the lunging after people/things/cars is still happening. What can I do, it is making me hate to take walks.
He is ALWAYS barking…whether it be at cars, people, dogs passing by on the road and he is IN the house.
Lastly, when we are driving in the car and get to a destination where I have to get out he does this loud crying, barking noise. I am embarressed and frustrated. PLEASE HELP.
Can’t wait to hear back from you w/some lifesaving tips. Thanks
We rescued 2 Chihuahua’s – one over a year ago, and the other, just 4 months ago. They are both spade females, and were getting along ok, until about 2 weeks ago. The first one became jealous/territorial over the newer one and picks fights with her. We have pulled her away with a leash when she attacks, and puts her in a crate for a minute each time. It’s starting to work a little, but she still doesn’t like when the other one gets love and attention.
The newer dog, picked up some bad habits from the first dog too. They both chase the cat now, which didn’t happen before. I’m trying to break that behavior too.
The newer dog allowed me to clip her nails the first day we brought her home….but now, she or the other one won’t let us near them. They become vicious! We tried all types of nail clippers, even muzzle them, but no deal. I guess the Vet will have to handle it; but we were hoping we could do it. It gets a bit expensive on a monthly basis.
I have an 11 month old Labradoodle. I work nights at a retirement/rehab. She has been going to work with me since she was 7 weeks old. Some good nights some frustrating lately. She has started barking at people she’s never seen before. One individual was sitting down, she went over and sniffed, let him pet her but as soon as he stood up, she barked and growled. Another person totally unknown to her walked in late at night, she never barked at him, but about smothered him with affection. What is she sensing? How do I get the barking to stop and get her to listen to my commands? I keep her on a leash when she’s at work, this way I can grab her quickly, if needed. I want her to become a therapy dog but have really wondered lately if I’ll get through her thick head. I’ve tried rolling her over and putting her in a passive position as soon as she’s barked at someone, this works for a short period of time but it’s not “sticking” in her brain.
She will also get very excited when she sees small children, lunging at them, putting her chest on the ground, butt in the air like she’s playing but it intimidates the small children. She does not do this with older adults. Does she think the children are playthings for her?
I have 2 male chihuahua’s, age 1 1/2yr. I am not having any success in potty training them in the house. I put belly bands on them to keep them from marking and chastise them when I see them hiking their leg in the house. and Praise them for potting outside. I have been successful in potty training all my dogs except these 2. I believe the factor of having 2 males the same age makes it hard to train as I do not know who the actual culprit is unless I actually see who dd the potty in the house. I have 3 small chi puppies I am training to litter boxes. Any ideas?
HELLO CHET
MY DOG IS REALLLLLLLLLLLY PLAYFUL AND I TRY TO MAKE TIME FOR HIM…. BUT IF I DONT DO WHAT HE WANTS WHEN HE WANTS HE GET REALLY CRANKY AND BARKS AT ME. HE LOOKS AT ME STRAIGHT IN MY FACE AND WINES AND BARKS, ITS ALMOST LIKE AN ARGUMENT…. SO WHEN HE CLAMS DOWN AND I GO TO PLAY WITH HIM, HE WILL BITE AND BITE AND BITE AND BECOME VERY AGRESSIVE. WHAT CAN I DO TO STOP HIM FROM BITING NOT ONLY ME BUT EVERYONE IN THE HOUSEHOLD? ADDED TO THIS WHENEVER I TAKE HIM OUT TO POOP.. HE WILL FIND DRY BITS OF WOOD OR TREES AND ACTUALLT SWALLOW THEM, HE EVEN HAD SOME BLOOD IN HIS POOP FOR A FEW DAYS UNTIL HE PASSED OUT A BIT OF WOOD….. HOW DO I STOP HIM? I TRIED GOING OUT WITH A TOY TO DISTRACT BUT THAT DOESNT WORK FOR HIM…. I TOOK HIM TO THE BEACH AND HE JUST ATE SAND LIKE CRAZY…..FOR TWO DAYS HIS POOP WAS JUST SAND….. HOW DO I STOP THESE BEAHVIOURS? HE WONT EAT FOOD THAT FALLS FROM HIS BOWL BUT HE WILL EAT EVERYTHING ELSE THAT IS ON THE FLOOR….. PLEASE HELP US!!!!
How do I stop my dog (Australian Labradoodle)from attention barking? It’s driving my husband and I batty! We have new puppy(dog number 2 who’s 13 weeks, also Aussi Labradoodle)and I don’t want this dog to develop the same habit (which dog number one has had for her entire 2.5 years).
We have 17 month labradoodle who is great when on the lead. He will sit and lay down with just hand signals but the moment he is off the lead, he goes crazy and will not listen to me at all. He will not come back when called in the park and his latest is to refuse to come out of his kennel, even though we are going walking (I have the lead in my hand) or that he is coming into the house. I have never owned a dog that would rather stay in his kennel then do what he is told.. I don’t get him, he has been rewarded every step of the way and never harshly treated. ???
Hi,
Thankyou for the helpful vidios ! i have a new pup 4 months + now, I also have 4 adult well behaved no problem dogs that I trained with little problems/
My new Pup still pees on the floor, AFTER shes been excersized and played with with loads of attention. I can never catch her in the act,( of course) and so I do not scold her, as I learned, to never disipline a dog “after” he she has done wrong, Shes also posesses ” selective hearing” in short, driveing me nuts, as I have never had a problem training dogs, infact, I was told by friends at how good i am, and how they wish thir dogs were as good as my adlut ones. Geeze….. help please !!
Tammy
We have three herding breed dogs. The oldest dog, 10 yrs & a Border Collie, use to be an agility dog. The middle dog, Queensland Heeler X, is a rescue from Mexico. Our most recent dog that we have had one month is an Australian Shepherd that we found in a field chained, starving and no water. We purchased her from the farmer for $100 in Mexico. She is about 1 yr old and evolving into a fantastic dog. When we return to the U.S. we will be putting her into agility as she is a high energy dog. Our problem is when she is in the car and sees other dogs on the outside, she becomes stressed and whines loudly, barks and then whines again. I have attempted to cover her eyes in advance but can’t catch every dog that is seen. I have placed my hand over the top of her muzzle and spoken low with firmness to be quiet and that doesn’t work. I have praised her when she has been quiet, which is good until that next dog she sees. She is constantly looking for that next dog. You can see her eyes and head moving intensely. Nothing works.
The other problem is the door bell ringing and all of our dogs race to the front door and bark. They continue to bark once a person is in the door for about five minutes and then they are quiet.
My oldest dog doesn’t permit our maid to talk to us. As long as she cleans house there is no problem. As soon as she speaks to us he starts barking at her. She has been with us for three years.
I have 2 golden retrievers. 1 yo and 2 yo. Separately they behave well. But together they are rascals. How do I get them to behave when they are together – which is all the time?
I have a 7lb Morkie. He bites me. I play with him feed him, and walk him everyday. But, when he doesn’t want to be bothered or picked up he bites. He bites everyone. I can’t seem to find a solution. I’m scared of him. My mom will soon get rid of him. Is there anything that I can do?
I have a 13 month old Staffie puppy. She is very energetic, and clearly very intelligent. She has a real “attitude” which is endearing but can be quite naughty. Everything that you will be dealing with in your course on Monday 22nd are issues that are I am facing. I’m very excited about learning how to deal with these issues because the normal chain jerking stuff is not working. She certainly has a mind of her own and I’m battling to get just a degree of “obedience”. It breaks my heart to have to lock her and my 10 year old Staffie away when guests come, especially children, because they are quite badly behaved, Jumping on visitors – that can go on for half an hour and result in much unhappiness for little children and parents. Also she loves to steal things like shoes ,socks, and so on. Both dogs, like most Staffies, try to lick you to death. She only barks when she’s “talking” to us so that’s not a problem.There are so many other things that I would need hours to discuss. I’m starting to work on the body blocking this weekend and will be more aware of the reasons for her learned indifference – like not coming to be dried off after a swim. I’m really looking forward to a happier home environment with my pawed-children. Thanks Chet, it’s the training answer that I’ve been looking for.
I have a 20 month old Yorkie. She is a great dog but gets so excited when she sees people and when they pet her she piddles. How can I calm her down. She does this when I leave the house for 5 minutes or an hour and when I get back – just seems so excited to see me and piddles. Even after she has just gone potty and then sees someone she can manage to still piddle a few drops.
We have 6 labradors and good behavior is a must! Our stud Grayson loves the woods and river and we take him as often as we can. The trouble we have with him is he wants to chase and try to bite the ATV tires. How can we help him change this behavior?
Thank you, we love your clicker training and so many training tips have been awesome for us and our new puppy parents!
Your videos and advice are spot on. I have a terrier with a mind of her own (don’t they all). She runs away at the end of a walk, and watching your video has made me realise why. It’s the end of play time of course! I always randomly put her on the lead throughout the walk and give her a treat then let her off, the theory being she doesn’t always associate it with the end of play. However she is so bright, and so sensitive to my energy, she knows straight away when I am planning to go home. And going home means me leaving her to go to work. Hmmmm, there’s an answer in there somewhere…
Hi Chet,
It was good to watch the cute video posted by you. My Dachshund is about 7 months old. He is pretty much amenable to reason and seems to understand what I want to convey. Yet, he has a very annoying and rather dangerous habit of running downstairs, the moment the door is left open for even a second (we stay on the 1st floor and there are other people who stay there) and run into the garden and even onto the road. When he reaches the garden, then no amount of requesting, coaxing or angry words will make him come to me. If I go near him, he will run away even further and threaten to run across the road, if I come closer. Its very scary and None of us know what to do. Can you help.
I am in the process of becoming a certified dog trainer so I am extremely interested in learning any techniques that I possibly can to help me in my dog training skills. I enjoyed your video.
I have a 3 month old toy poodle and he has been a handful from the time we got him – 6 weeks ago. He grabs and chews everything in his reach. Right now, the chewing is the biggest problem.
He refuses to listen to any commands and his potty training is proceeding very slowly. I take him on daily walks as I’ve read that walks are important to calm very active dogs and sometimes it seems to work but not always. I know he’s still a baby but I think he’s smarter than he wants us to know. We’ve tried to establish ourselves as the “master” but he’s starting to wear us out. We need help!!
My wife and I have a 2 yr old schnoodle who is the love of our life. We both work and leave the house around 8:30am and return by 6pm. During that time, Baylee has to stay in the bathroom which is a fairly large room with pleny of light, etc. It always tears us up when we leave cause she whimppers, howls, barks – the whole nine yards. The reward of course is when we get home and get the most wonderful greeting and she can’t be with us enough. She likes to tear up cardboard to relieve her boredom, I suppose, cause that’s the only time she does that. Is there a way to make her feel better about staying alone for as long as she has to?
Would you have a better place, less lonely than a bathroom? Have you considered leaving her some entertainment? In my case, I don’t need to leave my baby alone for too too long, the longest would be about 7hrs. When I used to leave her unleashed, she also killed her boredom chewing up stuff. I chose to attach a 10ft leash to the corner of my bedroom, placed a dog house within reach to her. I leave her with some toys, music, water and food. Since normal dog behavior is not to pee or poo where they stay, and 10ft is not a lot of space, but ample enough for her to move around, she behaves very well. When I’m about to leave the room, I leach her, give her a few Munchy Sticks, turn around and walk away. If I pet her before I leave, she’ll whimper, bark or cry. If I just walk away and say “Stay there, Be a good girl!” She’ll keep on eating her munchy sticks and won’t complain. When I’m back, I walk straight to her, unleashed her and before she gets all exited, I walk away without petting her. Few minutes later, I feed her all my love, take her outside, and play with her. Its my technique and its worked flawlessly for me. Also, don’t forget, if she can’t reach it, she can’t break it
Chet
I’m so impressed with your course that I really want to try it as soon as I get a chance too.I have a 7 year old yellow lab and I’m wondering how good it will be for him ,but I feel,nothing ventured,nothing gained,so I am defently going to try the vidios on him.
I have a beautiful Shihtzu (7 months old) who is very well trained in most areas. Still working on the door greeting of guests and she still has a urinating problem when she gets excited.
My big question is this…We have decided to paper train her instead of having her go outside due to where we live. There are frequent visitors to our yard including coyote’s and bears and we really don’t want her out there without us at all.
She uses the pads VERY well! Recnetly though, she has started playing with the pads after urinating on them. She has pulled them into other rooms and tries her best to shred them if I don’t catch her! She also picks up her feces and carries it around the house to my rugs and sits and “plays” with them, leaving wonderful small pieces of surprise! Our vet has suggested trying to put hot sauce of the feces…I’m not sure about this. Any suggestions???
Yeah, I have a suggestion, but I’m not sure you’re going to like it. I hate potty pads, because they violate a lot of rules to potty training.
Instead I would try to set up some way your dog can go outside AND stay safe. Maybe a fence? As for the hot sauce, that’s not an area of expertise for me, and from what little I do know, dogs have such a good sense of smell, they’ll be able to tell when their is and ISN’T hot sauce there.
It is so simple…but it’s not easy. I love the fact that there is NO compulsion in the training!! I am SO looking forward to the set. I am glad that FINALLY someone is addressing house manners in a complete packaged set. I like being able to SEE the training in action and witness the progress.
We have two dogs, one is 9, the other 3. Whenever anyone walks by the house, knocks at the door they go crazy barking and will not stop until we yell STOP. Then it doesn’t stop altogether.
Also when we take them for walks, they do not walk, they pull us behind – kind of embarrassing. Thanks.
I have a 2/1/2 year old rottie. He constantly bothers everyone for attention for either treats pets or to go out. I believe he wants to go out because when he was small we rewarded him with treats. That is one problem.
The other problem is more confusing. Hr has always been a super friendly dog and still is but he did have an incindent twice with people he did not know well where he snapped. one time it was the vet who was petting him from behind over head. the second time was a friend who came in my house and started to pet him again over the top and it was not well lite. I blieve both times he may have been frightened but I am not sure. I do not want to make excuses but correct the problem.
I have a 10 wk old standard poodle I also have a 17 yr.old bischon Sierra. The puppy wants to play and Sierra doesn’t want any part of it. I have tried the e-collar which does work for the moment put she comes back in a few minutes. I do not know what I can do. Please help me. The puppy is smart she can find her mat, I can name a few toys and she finds them. So I know she can be better with this.
I have a two year old male shitzu who tinkles everytime he gets excited, mostly every time I come home!! I don’t know what to do, is there a solution? I also have a problem with him barking, and when I tell him to be quiet, usually he ignores me. Lastly, I am terrified at the idea of him getting out and not wanting to come back.
Thanks
My dog will not “come” when there is something more exciting, like another dog outside.
Also, my dog barks non-stop outside and I can’t get her to stop. She also barks when someone comes to our house.
I have an almost 2 yr old sheltie who does not come to me when called. I am currently in an agility class and she always wants to run off and play with the other dogs. Understandably this is more fun than running drills with me. She loves doing agility when she is paying attention and is really good at it but it so easily distracted. How can I teach her to keep her focus on me and to come when other dogs are around?
We have a 4mth old Lab/German Shepherd puppie and a 1 year old Lab/Golden Retriever. They both jump when they get excited when we come home, but its a jump then run and play then jump and run and play. So you can’t really ignore or turn so they realize that this is unwanted behavior because its not a constant jumping. Is there anything else to do? I see you mentioned teaching 2 dogs separately at first then let them great you together. What would be the first step in detouring this unwanted behavior?
I can’t wait till you come out with the how to keep your dog from chasing the house cat’s or other animal’s. Puppie does this a lot I don’t want her to chase one out to the road one of these times.
In your case Rebecca, this is where you need to do ADVANCED body blocking, and get creative with blocking the dog’s access to you. Maybe with the help of a friend who has your dog on leash as you practice coming in and out of your house.
Then treat YOURSELF like I treated the puppies food in my last video, by having your friend use the leash to block the dog’s access to you.
There are a couple other ways to trouble shoot this problem as well that I’d be happy to go over with you inside the program.
It’s going to be a REALLY eye opening experience for you.
Dear Chet,
I have two lovely Boxers, 2 1/2 (Mina, a rescue)and 5 (Sadie) years old. They get along wonderfully, and hate to be separated. One problem we have is that the older girl, Sadie, does not really bark at passerbys. Mina, our younger girl, does. Sometimes, when Mina gets excited, and Sadie does not, Mina turns on Sadie. As of now, she has not hurt Sadie, but I worry she might. We have been working on Mina’s barking towards people walking in the street, but sometimes there is that person, who rudely stops in front of our gate, and either looks in the yard or just sits there with his dog, and basically this behavior launches Mina into guard dog mode. They both are extremely protective of me, not by training, they just are. Also, though we play with them with balls and toys outside to the point of exhaustion, they still sometimes destroy things (such as mail) in the house (once in a while)when we are not home. Mina was crated all day for the first 18 months of her life (before we rescued her), we do not want to barricade or crate them when we are gone during the day.
Thanks for your help!
Diane
I’m curious about something. Why don’t you train your mom’s dog? That would make it easier on you, your mom and her dog. Just wondering. Seems like a simple solution to me.
I have 2 adult Akitas, male and female, both of which become selectively deaf when they are doing what they want to – like running loose, seeing another dog, etc. I would like to know how to get them to respnd to their names EVERY time I call them/command them. They of course are high energy dogs, and probably dont get as much exercise as they should have. But like most people, I am not physically able to walk/run them for miles. I am thinking of getting a treadmill. How much exercise, and how often would these dogs need in order to be tired/satisfied?
Hi Chet, I tried applying the training on stop ur dog from begging…..I have a 4 mons old male Yellow Labrador Retriever. He’s very much different from my female black Lab. I won’t say he’s a 100% good mannered dog but we are getting there. Thanks for ur helpful tips.
I have 2 toy Schnauzer’s that are 22 months old. Generally they are well behaved dogs but they do sniff other dogs, in fact they sniff everything whilst out walking. They also turn a ‘deaf’ ear when I call them & they are off the lead. They jump up at people and are just beginning to learn that’s not ‘the done thing’ but as adults are so tall, if they don’t bend down to them I think they think it’s the only way they can get petted!!! Also, they rush to the door barking when the doorbell goes & they also go out into the garden & if they hear someone beyond the wall they bark! They are not perfect, but I certainly wouldn’t be without them, they’ve transformed my life in Saudi Arabia!!
My 1 year old schnauzer loves to grabthings frominside the house and bringthem outside. My backyard looks like a landfillmostofthetime. He particularly likes books…textbooks,phonebooks, novels….he like clothes..everyone’s…sometimes he takes out the garbage from the kitchen garbage can…..We have a doggie door so allthreeofmy dogs can goin an out as then please when we are at work or school. The yard is fenced in so they have plenty of room to play and run. Help would be helpful. Mind you I am not home all the time to keep things consistent so alot of the dog training gets done sporatically and not very well. Training the other members of my household is as bad as training the dogs.
I have a 6 month old blue heeler cross german shepherd who LOVES kids but she has a few minor problems. She likes to play fetch with the kids but when they have the ball she doesn’t wait for it to be thrown she jumps up and grabs their free hand and when they run she nipps their heel and when greeting them she jumps on them. My daughter is training her, the dog knows what, sit stay leave it down, all means, but she gets so excited when a kid comes along. And if i can’t get her to stop doing those things then i have to get rid of her. We all love her and we know she can do whatever she wants. Can you tell me what i am doing wrong please?
My 14 month Labradoodle loves to play outside. We’ve just started to have problems when it’s time to go in after play. A whole new game starts, which makes us angry!! ( She hates to go in and will run from us, into the road, up the street. We are afraid she might get hit. We don’t have a fenced in yard, however it is a large yard and so is both of my neighbors on either side of us. What are some things that we could do in order to make her come in when it’s time?
I have 2 beautiful English Setters. The 4 year old was a rescue 7 months ago and must be kept on a leash outside as she still has very little recall and would rush up to anyone and any other dog to greet them. We have no dogpark in our area and I feel that she is not getting enough exercise from always being on a leash. She will drag me to reach food scraps and poop (from rabbit, horse or another dog) and I would love to break her of that disgusting habit. Lastly, she gets me up every single night at least once (sometimes several times a night) to go outside. This is regardless of how late we went to bed. I wondered if she was just checking for rabbits or raccoons in the garden. Most times she will go pee but with the snow cover, the urinating is getting closer and closer to the house and I am exhausted from all the trips downstairs. I dare not refuse to let her out as about 3 times now she has actually urinated in her sleep and then I have had to change her bedding.
I have a mix breed,Lab/Pit he’s 10mos he likes to eat his poop,and sticks. When he eats sticks he throw them up later. He tears up our veggie garen,and anything he gets his hands on. My wife wants to get rid of him,is there anything you can tell me to do?
Thank you
Hi, I have a 3 month old Maltese and every time I try to train him or correct his behavior, it’s like he doesn’t even hear me. How do I get him to pay more attention? I’ve tried to grab his attention with treats, but even that doesn’t seem to hold him long enough.
I have 4 sm dogs what is the best way to train them when they are always together?
One is a Pekingese/Pomeranian and barks a lot at the window. I do not want him to be banned from the window just not have the excesive barking when he sees well almost anything.
Thank you
Crystal
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connie Reply:
May 14th, 2010 at 9:13 am
You will need to put 3 of the dogs in a seperate room and train 1 dog at a time. If you don’t have a place you can put the dogs so the dog you are training can not be destracted by hearing them perhaps you could take the dog to a place where there are no destractions and work with him for about 10-15 minutes. It is important for the dog to be focused on you in order to attempt any sort of training. If you can do this with each dog consistantly until each learn the desired skill your wanting them to learn, then you can have them all together and when you say the cue they should all respond.
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My dog Uno is a mixed-small breed dog. In that mix is Papillon, Jack Russell, Corgi and some other terrier breed. Do you get the picture, several hyper, yappy breeds all in one. Don’t get me wrong, Uno is beautiful with silky soft fur and pretty markings. His manners most of the time are lovely. But he barks. Not little tiny yips, but big, loud, imperious barks that come out of the blue and scare the heck out of you. I live in a manufactured home, which of course is poorly insulated. Hence you hear every car door or house door slamming. Uno jumps and barks at each sound. So it goes from nice and quiet, or just the TV to “Brrroowww wow wow wow wow….” usually from right under my feet where he sleeps. I’m disabled so this isn’t a good thing. I feel like I’m gonna have a heart attack each time he goes off like this. I have tried the vocal commands, the distraction noises, and even wacking a rolled magazine to my hand. I’ve grabbed his tail not hard, but it’s usually handy, or put my hand on his head or around his nose. Nothing works. Otherwise he is such a doll and I’m just baffled.
Rose
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@ February 16th, 2010 at 21:46I have a 9 week old pure breed longhaired German Sheperd who keeps nipping/biting everyone. I would like to know the best way to stop this behavoir.
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Connie Reply:
February 17th, 2010 at 10:09 pm
This can be easy to control but it is important to understand that nipping is a form of social play between puppies & dogs so you must teach your puppy alternative ways to greet/socialize with humans. Also know this breed is of the hearding group and it is hearding charactereistics to nip when excited. If you pet your puppy when he/she is calm then he can learn that petting doesn’t only occure when playing. When playing or greeting if you prepare ahead some small treats (approx 10-20 small pieces), have them in the opposite hand you are petting with and before the puppy begins to nip present your baited hand to lure him away from your petting hand. As soon as he turns to your baited hand reinforce his response with a “good boy”. If you are consistant, it will not take long for your puppy to respond to petting by looking at your other hand. This is an alternative behavior. You can use toys to redirect the puppys nipping but it is important to have the toys with you before you interact with the puppy so when he starts to nip you present one of the toys. it is a good idea to have 2 toys at a time. remain calm when playing with your puppy as he will become more excited if you esculate the situation by yelling or physical corrections. You can spray your hands with a product to deter him from chewing. Never spray the puppy. You can find several products at pet stores. Spray your hands before you begin to play with your puppy, before he has a chance to nip at you. Don’t encourage the puppy by playing games like tug of war, rough housing or face slapping. It is easy to redirect your puppys energy if you are consistant in doing so.
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We have a Rat Terrier puppy, Jazon, 6 months old. He is adorable but crazy busy. I tried the trick covering treat from your video and he caught on immediately. He knew exactly what I was trying getting at. He now waits until I say he an take the treat plus he sits down while he waits. Great! (although,he only like cat treats)
These are few things we are dealing with:
1. He like to go down stairs (he fits throught the gate and the railing) when we are not at home and poops on the rug. He knows he is not allowed down there but does it anyways when we are not at home. DUH..right! I don’t think he pees but probably. We will be adding a piece to the gate and railing tomorrow so he can’t go down there anymore.
2. We have a cat that he plays with all the time which we and the cat don’t mind so that is ok.
3. He jumps on our guest when they first arrive and then continues to chew on their pants or socks. It take at least an hour for him to settle down.
4. We haven’t been taking him for runs yet as it is too cold outside so he is not trained to heel. He doen’t like the lesh.
5. He doesn’t listen when we call him back into the house. We have to wait until he comes in his own. So far he stays on the yard but we are scared he may take off.
6. He is paper trained but does go to the door when we are at home. He doesn’t bark, he just looks at the door and hopes we will see him.
7. He loves his toys. He plays with all of them all the time which is great, He sometime takes our grandson’s smaller toys but mostly leaves them alone.
8. He is allowed on all furnture and on our laps.
Looking forward to the 22nd for more tips.
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@ February 16th, 2010 at 21:51How to get my dog to come when called. (It’s much more fun to run if she darts outside the fenced yard.)
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@ February 16th, 2010 at 22:09Dear Chet,
My 10-mth old female golden retriever is relatively placid and has mainly good manners.
Her two behaviour downfalls are that she has started not coming when called – especially at the beach,
and
she attempts to dominate my 7-YO son. Jumping up on him, scratching and even occasionally biting. I can’t leave them alone together in the backyard although they are generally fine in the house. Apart from these incidents that are affectionate towards one another and thoroughly enjoy each other’s company.
I’m not sure if she sees him as a peer or if she is jealous.
Regards
Marion
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@ February 16th, 2010 at 22:56dear
how to train a dog as a guard dog
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Marie Reply:
December 19th, 2010 at 8:57 pm
You really need to hire a GOOD QUALIFIED trainer, and you need to do your homework on the person. In the wrong hands a guard dog can become a nightmare. What kind of guard dog do you want? Just for the house, that also will make a difference as to the type of guarding you want. I’m not really sure but if you’re really stumped, you could always check with law enforcement and see who and/or where they have their dogs trained, who they would recommend, etc.
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Every morning when I leave for work, I open the gate and tell Scampi to get into the car, he runs around in the complex a bit and only when I say goodbye, he gets in as he seems worried that I will leave him there. I will most certainly try the getting in the car game with a treat tomorrow morning.
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@ February 17th, 2010 at 00:11Hi, Chet:
Your emails have been invaluable to me, and the video of dog training is amazing. I am starting the hand covering the treat training tomorrow, as I have three days off. I have a teacup Chihuahua a year and a half old. Got her a few months ago from a family with a ton of kids that were a little to rough with her, so her manners are atrocious. She is constantly scratching at the carpet and the sofa, and has put a ton of pulls in my sofa cushions. She chews up everything she can find, Pencils, pens, cardboard, toys, sometimes I wonder where she finds it all. I know that a big factor is that I work and she’s alone much of the time, and is trying to amuse herself, but she does it when I’m right in the room, too. Another disturbing habit……..I can’t touch her without her licking me. I abhor being licked, and evey other dog I’ve had learned not to do so, but she is stubborn. She doesn’t bark a lot, and is well mannered in that way and she is an absolutiely adorable little thing, if I could just get her to quit chewing. Also, one more thing. I came home from work one day to find a floor full of my Quaker’s feather. She’d pulled out all his tail feathers. he now resides in my bedroom (which he doesn’t like) and she’s no longer allowed in there. thank you so much for all your help, and I’m looking forward to your new training tools.
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@ February 17th, 2010 at 00:22My 8 month old pit bull/Doberman mixed puppy wants to dig in my garden wherever I have been planting or transplanting my vegetables. I tried to make a digging pit for her separate from my showcase garden, but she will have her way both areas. I use my garden for a model to teach others about Natural Agriculture. I need your help PLEEEEAAAAAZZZZZE?
Celestine
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@ February 17th, 2010 at 00:43I have a 6/7 year old maltese which I adopted a year ago from my colleague. He’s nervous around loud sounds & has loud barks for its size & barks whenever he hears (or imagines)other dogs barking,when we are at home – I stay in a 12-storey apartment.
Whn we are out for walks & he catches sight of other dogs, regardless of size, he goes for them & barks his head off & struggles to get to them ( I hold the leash tightly) as he then tries to nip the dog/s when he reaches them.
I’ve been bitten a few times when I was carrying him, not realising another dog was in he vincity, then he suddenly barks & bites me in his excitement to get to the other dog. I had my cheek slashed a coule of times, my fingers nipped when I tried to stop him while we were walking but apart from that, he’s pretty lovable, does not chew, jump or rip things in the home though he tends to have ‘pee’ accidents when he’s left at home alone while I am at work. (I leave a light on in the bathroom & dimmer lights on in the living room as well as the radio in my absence)
How can I train him to stop growling & barking & becoming aggressive when around other dogs?
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@ February 17th, 2010 at 01:06hi i have 2yearold mixed blue heller assey she hates her crate when i have to got the store she has to go in it or my my husband has to miss work we were tould buy the pet smart people give her some thing to chew on whiele she is in there she will not eat any thing while she is in there some one said put her in there for a few min a day we tryed that that did not work my sister in law has given her dog drugs to calm there dog they do not have her they did not have the time or no did they whant to put in the time but i tould my husband i will not do that and he said i do not whant to
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Marie Reply:
December 19th, 2010 at 9:11 pm
Is there any REAL reason you need to crate your dog, if anything is there a way you could just block her off so she only has access to the kitchen, laundry room, so she has room to move around? As there are gates/indoor ffence like pens which makes it much nicer for the dog. I have had 7 dogs so far throughout my life, we NEVER crated any of our dogs and never really had any problems with any of them. I know I wouldn’t want to be in a small cage for all the hours most people keep their dogs in those cages for. That would be like jail. Anyway, we got a dog that was kept in a crate for 16-20 hours a day-NOT a good situation, the dog didn’t learn any manners, for a 7 month old gsd weighing only 35 lbs and no manners, all because she was crated, we got her at 7 months of age and we have NEVER had her crated and she’s doing much better, it’s taking a while because she wasn’t able to have the freedom as a puppy to go through those stages and learn and aqyuire manners that all go with it. So if possible try not crating, or at least get more of a pen type situation set up, that would be a much better arrangement.
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Chet Reply:
December 21st, 2010 at 10:08 am
The crating is best for short periods of time when you can’t be there, or at night when you are sleeping. Otherwise you’re right, leaving a dog in a create for multiple hours, just because you have a day job is a bad idea.
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My female cock-a-poo humps the baby and other pets her own size. How do I stop her?
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@ February 17th, 2010 at 05:32I have a beautiful 2 yr old golden and a sweet 1 yr old lab/coon hound mix. They already know to go to their “places” when we sit down to a meal at the table and do it without being told. They will stay there until the dishes are done and I release them. The reward is, of course, a bit of leftover food in their bowls as payment. The problem is when we are not sitting at the table and are eating. i.e. at the kitchen island, on the couch, outside on the patio. I have been having trouble teaching them not to sit and beg (and drool!)in these situations. I am sure it’s because they don’t have a specific “place” in each room. We have a large house and I don’t want them to have to leave the room and go to the kitchen, but I want them to know that “go lay down” means go find a place to chill and quit begging. Any suggestions?
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@ February 17th, 2010 at 05:42GREAT OINTS BUT TRY TO GET TO THEM FASTER YOU SEEM TO TALK TOO MUCH
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russ Reply:
February 18th, 2010 at 5:39 pm
he does that bill for the slow, of hearing, why complain??
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I have a 4-year-old Golden retriever that I got when he was 12 weeks old and he has developed a very bad problem with wanting to chase cars when I walk him. He never did this before and only just started this about 3 months ago. He is very big, weighs about 90 pounds, all muscle and is very strong and just becomes almost impossible for me to control when a car comes by. We live on a fairly busy street and I’m afraid that he will get away from me at some point and get hurt. I just don’t want a quick fix, I want to make the problem go away for good. Please help!!!
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@ February 17th, 2010 at 05:46Hi Chet,
I have a 15 month old Golden Doodle that as a mind of her own sometimes and as issues that I can’t correct, like getting exited when guest arrive, jumping 0n them for the first five to ten minutes then she is ok and lies down. Also she loves to steal things like shoes ,face cloths and so on,she wants attention a specially if we are watching TV.
Also like other comments I read she come on calls when she feel like it, the only thing that really works is the ‘clicker’ I guess it’s the high pitch sound that it make. There other things also but would need two pages hi!hi!
On our regular walks she not bad except when we cross people she gets exited and tries to jump on hem….she likes people and kids to death, that’s one thing I really would like to stop sine we have tree grand children ages 14 months and five years old.
Thanks Chet
Roy
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@ February 17th, 2010 at 06:19We have 3 small dogs of our own and foster 2 others at present. We sometimes have 5 or 6 dogs here. They all go crazy when the doorbell rings and all jump around and get all excited just for a few minutes after someone comes in. I am usually downstairs in my office doing legal work and often have clients (including lawyers and accountants) coming to the house all the time and this is embarrassing, but I don’t know how to go about stopping the whole gang from this initial all-out bombardment when someone comes in. I could handle it with one dog, but if there are 5 or 6, how do I go about stopping this onslaught at the front door?
Loved your first video with the puppy!
Carol
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@ February 17th, 2010 at 06:29I have a wonderful 4 year old Norfolk Terrier. He is a good boy but I want him to become a certified therapy dog so he must learn better manners.
1. do not bark at people especially young children (it is not a mean bark just a “hey, I’m glad you are here”)
2. When we walk, which is twice a day, he barks and does not greet all dogs nicely. (especially large breeds)
3. He and his best friend fight over toys, treats and me…two terriers fighting is not something you want to hear or see.
I hope that your training tips can help me with these issues.
Thanks,
Judy
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@ February 17th, 2010 at 06:36Samantha is a 2-year old Rhodesian Ridgeback/German Shepherd dog who came to us via the SPCA. Today marks one year of our lives together, and we are very pleased with her. We did take her to dog training classes, and her manners are not bad now. However, she gets really growly and overly protective in certain situations, to the point where we have lost our doggy daycare — the girl’s older brother has moved back home, and Samantha corners him, growling threateningly and not letting him out of her sight. He dislikes our dog, and our caregiver doesn’t feel competent to deal with Sammie’s aggression. What can we do? This happens on the trails too, when we happen upon other people and people with dogs.
Thanks for any help you can offer,
Quantessa
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@ February 17th, 2010 at 06:57I dog-sit a couple of beagles on a regular basis. I try to stay home with them, but sometimes I just can’t. I’ve tried everything to leave them in the house, but the male always does something (getting into cupboards and eating pantry food, pulling out the garbage, pooping on the floor, etc.) so that now I put them in the laundry room if I have to leave. I tried a baby gate to keep him out of the kitchen, but he works at it until he finds a way through) At least, I thought, they’ll have access to the outside since that is where the doggy door is located. But…now I have to close the doggy door because the neighbors are complaining that they go outside and bark the whole time I’m gone. Now that they are locked in the laundry room without access to the outside, they just scratch the laundry room door and molding and bark the whole time I’m gone. How can I get them to be all right with me being gone? They have not been crate trained (and the owner doesn’t want me to crate train them…she sees it as cruel).
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@ February 17th, 2010 at 07:00Hi, I have a 3 yr old chocolate lab Hershey. We live in the country with a large yard, but Hershey is like a gazelle, he flies gracefully over our wire fencing so gracefully, and then gets yelled at by the farmer next door! Well he’ll now go the other way to our other neighbour, but, we live on a very busy road, I’m afraid that day is going to come!
He totally ignores me when I call him to come, he does it when HE feels like it. I use my “happy” voice so that he’s not afraid, I don’t scold but reward even though he’s still coming on his terms not mine, and now we’re at the point where he has to be put on a long cable, and of course needs to be continuously untangled. We have a 10 mth old Labradoodle who I’m afraid is going to start copying her older brother, so far so good!
Any suggestions would be so appreciated we’re at our wits end, me more so because I’m home all day with my dogs.
Thanks for the free video’s as well!
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@ February 17th, 2010 at 07:01I have 2 dogs, a golden doodle and an eskipoo (american eskimo and mini poodle). They both bark whenever someone walks by the house and they go ballistic if they have a dog. I do not mind for them to bark once to let me know they are walking by, but they go way off the handle and sometimes I am afraid that they will go through my window.
The other time they go crazy is when someone comes to the door. They are so excited, at times, or nervous that they sound like they are ready to attack the person on the other side of the door. Both dogs are very well behaved otherwise.
Now when we go to the dog park which is nearly everyday, they tend to bark at other dogs to get them to play which is something they have picked up at the park (this is a different sounding bark then when they are home). At times when people are all covered up due to the cold, they will also bark especially when they have big fluffy hats or hoods (this bark is more like the one they do at home, sounds a bit protective).
I sure hope your lessons will help with these issues.
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@ February 17th, 2010 at 07:18My dog is a 3-yr-old neutered male tea-cup ShihTsu. He humps every dog he meets, whether male or female. I have used a a water pistol when it is available. What can I do to make him stop? It is embarrassing.
I had to throw out a nice bed he was given because he humped it to exhaustion.
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@ February 17th, 2010 at 07:36I have a 1 yr old Choc lab, Zoe. She has just started not coming when called. She seems completely deaf. No reaction what so ever. Her noise to the ground and in heaven.
I am starting over with sit stay come and not letting her off lease. Right approach??? Is it her age?
She is very social with dogs and humans and when she sees either she darts off says hi then comes back, but on her terms.
New problem, barking when someone is at the door. A very aggressive bark with hair on end from head to tail. I make her sit and quiet before I open the door and she is fine once the door is open.
Thanks for any input
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@ February 17th, 2010 at 07:51I have 3 dogs, two chihuahua mixes and a GSD/coyote mix. All 3 have an issue with peeing in the house. We’re working on it though. My main concern is my GSD/coyote has a problem being left alone. Doesn’t matter where. We tried crate training and she tore up the carpet under the crate, we tried taking her along and leaving her in the car but thats unsafe in summer. When we get home she is panting and whining and barking and shaking. Her other issue is that she has no sense of personal space. She walks on your feet, runs over the baby, backs into the baby, constantly bumps into you while taking a walk which is exspecially painful when she’s wearing her backpack.
Any help is appreciated! Thanks!
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@ February 17th, 2010 at 08:02I have three dogs. I would like to know how to stop them litterbox-surfing. Gross!
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@ February 17th, 2010 at 08:09My standard poddle 2.5 years old is beahaving very well except that she barks when door bell rings and when she looks out the window and sees people or animals in the vicinty of the house. If I am right next to hear I can get here to stop but if I am in the other room and tell her to stop it usually does not work. If I call on here to come she will come after a couple of minuits of more barking. Any solution?
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@ February 17th, 2010 at 08:27Am I crazy – or did you NOT tell me how to get my dog to stop ignoring me?
I resent being coaxed into listening to/watching your video – to get a solution – that never comes. You told me what “most” traners would tell me – but you offered me NO solution whatsoever —
why then, would I buy your video which could be just as big a nothing as this lure?
I don’t think you can be trusted.
I feel duped.
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Chet Reply:
February 17th, 2010 at 10:16 am
Hey Connie,
I’m sorry you feel this way… and I guess I wasn’t clear enough. You see, the biggest mistake I see people make is punishing their dog after they ask him to do something “accidentally” like making him stay in the car… and I tried to show you – a solution – of exactly how to train that problem away in my particular example.
But there are just so MANY different examples that I couldn’t fit them all in the video… if I’d tried, I would have had people complaining about how my video was too long.
So I’m trying to teach you the CONCEPTS so you can create your own solutions… and I’m sorry if that let you down.
So here’s what I’m going to do…
I’ll put together an email that I’ll send out later this week that goes into more specific examples of how to get your dog to stop ignoring you in more situations. Because I want this stuff to make life with your dogs easier.
Hopefully that’ll help you
Chet
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Hey,
I have two dogs, a 3 year old german shepherd huskey mix and a 1 year old doberman. They are both great dogs but both have annoying opposite issues. My doberman chews EVERYTHING when I am not home, we take him for walks, he has plenty of toys but as soon as we leave, we know the house will be destroyed. My shepherd on the other hand doesn’t chew and is good in the house, other than the odd bark. She listens to commands very well… that is when we are inside… as soon as we are outside, I’m on MUTE, she will NEVER come back when called.. PLEASE help!!
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@ February 17th, 2010 at 09:37i have six yorkies three females and three males. the females from time to time attack each other and fight for no reason at all.It drives me insane and i have thought of taking them to the taxidemist and have them as oraments (that is how bad it gets at times. The males are no problem except they do mark their spot from time to time. My husband is part of the problem as if i repremand them he cudes them (i am the big bad wolf) I also have twenty two birds and a minature horse. The Patagonians even copy me and the housekeeper by saying “stop it stop it now” to the dogs, but this does not even help. the females are 8, 7 and 5 years old and the males are 15, 8 and 6 years old ( they are all nuted)
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@ February 17th, 2010 at 09:44I have a 3 year old mixed bulldog beagle and whenever we are walking and he sees another dog he pulls like mad , now I know he just wants to meet and greet this other dog, but I imagine it looks pretty intimidating to see this little beast pulling madly toward you , so much so that many other owners dont allow him to meet their dog as I guess they think he is aggressive, he is not I just havent been able how to figure out how to get him to approach calmly. Any ideas? Oh and his other big problem, yeah you guessed it the doorbell thing, he gets just as excited when he knows someone is at the door. I also was annoyed after watchiing the video and thinking like the previous comment , you didnt tell me how to get my dog to stop ignoring me. Then I thought about it and realized if you told me what causes him to ignore me , I guess changing that is how to get him to stop ignoring me. Yeah I like to have it spelled out sometimes too.
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@ February 17th, 2010 at 09:57hi thanks a gin for the frist vido i watch it work great i do it three times a day for him and i watch the one about the car he loves rieding but he wont get out because when he try to jim in the frist time he miss and it scare him how can i get him to get out and filling safe unstead of me have to pick him up all the time thank you
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Chet Reply:
February 17th, 2010 at 4:07 pm
I’d set up a travel crate… train him to go in it while on the ground, then start elevating it until the dog is comfortable jumping up into it. Do it slowly and you’ll overcome your dog’s fear.
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I have three dogs two of them bark everytime someone walks by the house, they also bark and jump up and down when the doorbell rings. My question do I need to train them sperately to sit and wait when some one comes over. It is difficult to control the two of them at once.
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Paulette Wilson Reply:
February 17th, 2010 at 12:31 pm
I have tried all of your housetraining tips for my teacup yorkie and she is still pooping in the dining room. I have caught her in the act…take her outside…she still does it. It has an opening too large to block off so she can’t get in there. Outside of keeping her on a leash the rest of her life what do you suggest? She is over a year old now.
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Chet Reply:
February 17th, 2010 at 4:04 pm
Have you listend to the Potty Training interview that I did with Amanda Brothers in my Hands Off course? And what are you using to deordorize the messes.
Lastly, I teach an “Earning Room Rights” Strategy that requires you to work on potty training one room at a time. You really need to find a way to block access to that room, even if it’s inconvenient or ugly if you want to have success.
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Chet Reply:
February 17th, 2010 at 4:05 pm
You can get two dogs to behave at once once they’ve learned WHAT to do. But teaching what to do takes some one on one time first. So teach them to wait quietly one on one, and then set them up to compete like I’ve talked about in some of the other posts above.
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I have an 8 month old Jack Russell and he won’t come back to me if he gets out of the house. Also he will sit beside the back door if he needs to go to the toilet and if we don’t see him to let him out then he will do his toilet at the door. Is there a way we can teach him to bark to go out as he barks to come in.
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Chet Reply:
February 17th, 2010 at 4:01 pm
Laura,
You’re problems easy to fix. Allthough I wouldn’t train him to bark to be let outside, because that get’s annoying in a hurry. Instead hang a bell next to your door, or buy a Pet Chim, which is a remote control doggie doorbell.
And tisk tisk by the way on letting your dog in when he barks. Very naughty.
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Do you need to have finished the orginal course to do this House manners course? I just can’t seem to get my dogs to cooperate still and I have been doing everything in the course. I think the problem is that I have too many dogs! I have 5 Pit bulls and 3 minature pinscher’s and they literally drive me to tears on some days. I love them so much and I don’t want to have to give any away, so do you have any tips on how i should be working with this many dogs?
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Chet Reply:
February 17th, 2010 at 4:00 pm
No Colleen,
This course was really put together to be a stand alone course, with very little overlap, and even dogs with no training will respond well as you’ve seen in the Stop Begging video.
As for the multiple dogs issue, there are several strategies to use, but they tend to be situation specific like the getting multiple dogs to come when called question I answered above, by pitting the dogs against eachother to COMPETE for who can obey the fastest. It doesn’t work every time, but lots of times it can, especially with begging around food times, or barking to be let in.
My local dog kennel has great success getting the dogs to never bark to get let in because they only get let in if they’re sitting quietly by the door… and they get a treat 100% of the time. If they bark, they stay outside.
Needless to say they figure it out quickly
Hope that helps at least a little and gives you something to think about.
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Hello,
First let me admit that I have made some big mistakes with my 4 dogs. I never owned a dog until 6 years ago and then added to the pack as the sad strays came into my life. Anyway…my biggest problem is how to RETRAIN my dogs not to get on my furniture after letting them do this for years. At the time…I had a cruddy old suit and it didn’t matter….now…I have a beautiful livingroom suit that I would like to keep beautiful. I know…I screwed up…
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Chet Reply:
February 17th, 2010 at 3:54 pm
Carol,
In the course we’re going to be covering an exercise on how to do this. Actually a couple of exercises… so stay tuned.
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I see a lot of questions here, but no answers?
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Chet Reply:
February 17th, 2010 at 3:45 pm
Sorry gail, it’s been crazy trying to release free videos to answer everybody’s questions. But I’m getting to them slowly but surely.
A bit impatient are we
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Hi: We have 2 standard poodles – litter mates, both female – they are now 2 years old. Two (2 seems to be the magic number!) problems.
1. When they go out in their run together and are called in, only one of them comes in immediately. The other comes to the door and then runs away. Yes, I know she is indicating she wants to play etc. I call once – no dice.
Indoors the problem doesn’t exist.
2. Three sides of our house has floor to ceiling windows. We do not want to curtain the windows. BUT, both dogs will track animals going by outdoors, people, etc. and race from one end of the house to another tracking and BARKING at them. Have spent days through the last 2 years, going to them and herding them away from the windows with a sit command, water spray bottle, using SHHH and the minute they look at me and sit away from the window they get the good dog and treat. Then they go back to tracking and barking. I feel like an idiot. The dog that will come when called from their run does quiet more often than not and moans instead of barking. I’m exhausted. What am I doing wrong.
Other than the above they are magnificent. Quick and eager to learn. I work at home and they have a great deal of my company as well as my husband’s company. Thanks
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Chet Reply:
February 17th, 2010 at 3:44 pm
I don’t have time to answer everything here, it’s getting a little crazy here getting ready for Monday’s big launch, but try this with the dog’s coming outside. Try offering a reward (a good one) for the first dog who comes when you call. This works GREAT with a pack of dogs, but worth trying with two as well. It turns it into a RACE to who can get to you first. Try setting your one dog up for success by feeding him steak bits every time he comes in the door for a few days before trying the game for real, once he learns that he who get’s their first get’s food, and 2nd place is the first loser, his come when he calls will get MUCH stronger for you.
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I HAVE A 4 YEAR OLD SCHNAUZER WHO IS VERY WELL BEHAVED (MOST OF THE TIME) HOWEVER WHEN I TAKE HIM OUTSIDE ON A LEASH FOR A WALK HE BARKS AT EVERYONE WHO PASSES US BY AND TERRORIZES THE OTHER DOGS THAT ARE ON LEASHES. CAN YOU HELP?
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Chet Reply:
February 17th, 2010 at 3:41 pm
I absolutely can help you with this Marie, but I do have to say that it’s NOT the focus of my House Manners program. House Manners is going to be a program for obeying rules inside the house.
If you’re interested in obeying rules outside in the real world, you should download my Reprogramming the K9 mind report instead:
http://www.thedogtrainingsecret.com/SpecialReport/
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I enjoy the videos and may order Off Limits. However, I would have enjoyed it even more without the “craps”, “damns” and “hells”. Not necessary…
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Chet Reply:
February 17th, 2010 at 3:38 pm
Sorry gail… guess I’m just not the kind of guy who’s into being politically correct with every word I say
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Hi, I tried to access your webpage with no luck.
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@ February 17th, 2010 at 13:55I have three pur-breeds that are small and one that is a mixed breed.He’s my problem …..He fights with my Shih Tzu and really tries to kill him! It really frightens me, pulling them apart. I have to keep them in separated of coure , but is there any thing else I could do?
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Chet Reply:
February 17th, 2010 at 3:53 pm
Sanda,
YES! There are things you can do, but unfortunately my expertise is in preventing those problems before they get serious. I’m looking into doing an aggression based program later this year with an award winning dog aggression expert, but I’m afraid it’s really not an area I specialize in. But I do know enough about it to say that I bet you can find someone to help you.
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I have a 3 yr old female Goldendoodle whom I make sure gets plenty of exercise. Every evening she will bring over her favorite toy and put it in my lap and be very insistent that we play. How can I stop this annoying behavior? She has also become increasingly more aggressive with certain dogs. We may be on a walk and she will growl and bark like mad, but only at certain dogs and others we pass she is just fine and her friendly self. Why the difference?
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Chet Reply:
February 17th, 2010 at 3:51 pm
I’ll answer the toy question first debbie. Try to train your dog a NEW way to ask to play with you. Maybe he has to drop it on the floor at your feet instead of your lap. I’ve used this same type of behavior myself with playing fetch with my Golden Retriever, I trained him that the ONLY way I play ball is if he drops that ball at my feet. If he doesn’t put it there I won’t play… period.
As for your aggression question, that’s a little out of the scope of House Manners, but if you’d like more information on how I help my clients fix this program, I have a free report on that issue over here:
http://www.thedogtrainingsecret.com/SpecialReport/
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We have a 3 yr. old bichon. She is really sweet and most of the time she minds her manners, but she does not always come to me when I call her. I always gave her a payoff when she came to me-either attn. or treat. So I’m not sure why…
Also, she jumps on everyone when they come to the door. Luckily she is only 10 lbs and she’s not ferocious looking so its not too bad, but it does scare some people. She calms down after a minute or 2, but loses her mind when the doorbell rings.
She is very trainable, as I have trained her to do many things, including ringing a bell to go outside and go “potty”. Works great!
So my main things I need help with are:
1. Come when called 100% of the time
2. Not losing her mind when someone comes to the door
3. Want her to “Stop” if she tries to run away
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Chet Reply:
February 17th, 2010 at 3:46 pm
Look for the video I’m releasing tomorrow on using “Life Rewards” for teaching your dog to come with more reliability.
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CHET
i REQUESTED THE OTHER DAY THE INFORMATION ON THE K-9 MIND AND HOW TO UNDERSTAND OUR K9 FRIENDS. IS THAT NOT AVAILABLE ANYMORE.
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@ February 17th, 2010 at 16:11I’m so excited to learn more about your new dog training program! Although, I have to confess that my 6 year old Sheltie is already perfect-he comes when he’s called, he sits and lays down instantly on command, he never chews on anything, doesn’t jump on guests… (isn’t it nice how I’m so humble?)…
EXCEPT he has one MAJOR issue: the extremely annoying behavior of completely spazzing out any time he sees someone go for a coat or the car keys (I think I’d rather have a dog jump on guests!). This dog LOVES car rides and walks (loves might be an understatement) and acts like his heart will break if we don’t take him with us. Now, I fully believe that, more often than not, owners are the ones that have trained the bad behaviors in their critters, so–what did I do wrong? …and HOW DO I FIX IT? The solution to separation anxiety (what I’m assuming this stems from) I have hard time wrapping my brain around… do you cover this topic in your course?
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@ February 17th, 2010 at 16:30I am very interested in reading you new release but until then I was wondering…
I have an 8 y.o male lab who lunges after cars, buses, people and other dogs while we are out walking. I just bought a Gentle Leader Headcollar that seems to help w/his pulling ahead while walking but the lunging after people/things/cars is still happening. What can I do, it is making me hate to take walks.
He is ALWAYS barking…whether it be at cars, people, dogs passing by on the road and he is IN the house.
Lastly, when we are driving in the car and get to a destination where I have to get out he does this loud crying, barking noise. I am embarressed and frustrated. PLEASE HELP.
Can’t wait to hear back from you w/some lifesaving tips. Thanks
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@ February 17th, 2010 at 16:53We rescued 2 Chihuahua’s – one over a year ago, and the other, just 4 months ago. They are both spade females, and were getting along ok, until about 2 weeks ago. The first one became jealous/territorial over the newer one and picks fights with her. We have pulled her away with a leash when she attacks, and puts her in a crate for a minute each time. It’s starting to work a little, but she still doesn’t like when the other one gets love and attention.
The newer dog, picked up some bad habits from the first dog too. They both chase the cat now, which didn’t happen before. I’m trying to break that behavior too.
The newer dog allowed me to clip her nails the first day we brought her home….but now, she or the other one won’t let us near them. They become vicious! We tried all types of nail clippers, even muzzle them, but no deal. I guess the Vet will have to handle it; but we were hoping we could do it. It gets a bit expensive on a monthly basis.
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@ February 17th, 2010 at 17:00I have an 11 month old Labradoodle. I work nights at a retirement/rehab. She has been going to work with me since she was 7 weeks old. Some good nights some frustrating lately. She has started barking at people she’s never seen before. One individual was sitting down, she went over and sniffed, let him pet her but as soon as he stood up, she barked and growled. Another person totally unknown to her walked in late at night, she never barked at him, but about smothered him with affection. What is she sensing? How do I get the barking to stop and get her to listen to my commands? I keep her on a leash when she’s at work, this way I can grab her quickly, if needed. I want her to become a therapy dog but have really wondered lately if I’ll get through her thick head. I’ve tried rolling her over and putting her in a passive position as soon as she’s barked at someone, this works for a short period of time but it’s not “sticking” in her brain.
She will also get very excited when she sees small children, lunging at them, putting her chest on the ground, butt in the air like she’s playing but it intimidates the small children. She does not do this with older adults. Does she think the children are playthings for her?
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@ February 17th, 2010 at 17:07I have 2 male chihuahua’s, age 1 1/2yr. I am not having any success in potty training them in the house. I put belly bands on them to keep them from marking and chastise them when I see them hiking their leg in the house. and Praise them for potting outside. I have been successful in potty training all my dogs except these 2. I believe the factor of having 2 males the same age makes it hard to train as I do not know who the actual culprit is unless I actually see who dd the potty in the house. I have 3 small chi puppies I am training to litter boxes. Any ideas?
Thank you
Jean
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@ February 17th, 2010 at 18:11HELLO CHET
MY DOG IS REALLLLLLLLLLLY PLAYFUL AND I TRY TO MAKE TIME FOR HIM…. BUT IF I DONT DO WHAT HE WANTS WHEN HE WANTS HE GET REALLY CRANKY AND BARKS AT ME. HE LOOKS AT ME STRAIGHT IN MY FACE AND WINES AND BARKS, ITS ALMOST LIKE AN ARGUMENT…. SO WHEN HE CLAMS DOWN AND I GO TO PLAY WITH HIM, HE WILL BITE AND BITE AND BITE AND BECOME VERY AGRESSIVE. WHAT CAN I DO TO STOP HIM FROM BITING NOT ONLY ME BUT EVERYONE IN THE HOUSEHOLD? ADDED TO THIS WHENEVER I TAKE HIM OUT TO POOP.. HE WILL FIND DRY BITS OF WOOD OR TREES AND ACTUALLT SWALLOW THEM, HE EVEN HAD SOME BLOOD IN HIS POOP FOR A FEW DAYS UNTIL HE PASSED OUT A BIT OF WOOD….. HOW DO I STOP HIM? I TRIED GOING OUT WITH A TOY TO DISTRACT BUT THAT DOESNT WORK FOR HIM…. I TOOK HIM TO THE BEACH AND HE JUST ATE SAND LIKE CRAZY…..FOR TWO DAYS HIS POOP WAS JUST SAND….. HOW DO I STOP THESE BEAHVIOURS? HE WONT EAT FOOD THAT FALLS FROM HIS BOWL BUT HE WILL EAT EVERYTHING ELSE THAT IS ON THE FLOOR….. PLEASE HELP US!!!!
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@ February 17th, 2010 at 18:31How do I stop my dog (Australian Labradoodle)from attention barking? It’s driving my husband and I batty! We have new puppy(dog number 2 who’s 13 weeks, also Aussi Labradoodle)and I don’t want this dog to develop the same habit (which dog number one has had for her entire 2.5 years).
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@ February 17th, 2010 at 18:58We have 17 month labradoodle who is great when on the lead. He will sit and lay down with just hand signals but the moment he is off the lead, he goes crazy and will not listen to me at all. He will not come back when called in the park and his latest is to refuse to come out of his kennel, even though we are going walking (I have the lead in my hand) or that he is coming into the house. I have never owned a dog that would rather stay in his kennel then do what he is told.. I don’t get him, he has been rewarded every step of the way and never harshly treated. ???
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@ February 17th, 2010 at 19:26Hi,
Thankyou for the helpful vidios ! i have a new pup 4 months + now, I also have 4 adult well behaved no problem dogs that I trained with little problems/
My new Pup still pees on the floor, AFTER shes been excersized and played with with loads of attention. I can never catch her in the act,( of course) and so I do not scold her, as I learned, to never disipline a dog “after” he she has done wrong, Shes also posesses ” selective hearing” in short, driveing me nuts, as I have never had a problem training dogs, infact, I was told by friends at how good i am, and how they wish thir dogs were as good as my adlut ones. Geeze….. help please !!
Tammy
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@ February 17th, 2010 at 21:06We have three herding breed dogs. The oldest dog, 10 yrs & a Border Collie, use to be an agility dog. The middle dog, Queensland Heeler X, is a rescue from Mexico. Our most recent dog that we have had one month is an Australian Shepherd that we found in a field chained, starving and no water. We purchased her from the farmer for $100 in Mexico. She is about 1 yr old and evolving into a fantastic dog. When we return to the U.S. we will be putting her into agility as she is a high energy dog. Our problem is when she is in the car and sees other dogs on the outside, she becomes stressed and whines loudly, barks and then whines again. I have attempted to cover her eyes in advance but can’t catch every dog that is seen. I have placed my hand over the top of her muzzle and spoken low with firmness to be quiet and that doesn’t work. I have praised her when she has been quiet, which is good until that next dog she sees. She is constantly looking for that next dog. You can see her eyes and head moving intensely. Nothing works.
The other problem is the door bell ringing and all of our dogs race to the front door and bark. They continue to bark once a person is in the door for about five minutes and then they are quiet.
My oldest dog doesn’t permit our maid to talk to us. As long as she cleans house there is no problem. As soon as she speaks to us he starts barking at her. She has been with us for three years.
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@ February 17th, 2010 at 21:31I have 2 golden retrievers. 1 yo and 2 yo. Separately they behave well. But together they are rascals. How do I get them to behave when they are together – which is all the time?
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@ February 17th, 2010 at 22:11I have a 7lb Morkie. He bites me. I play with him feed him, and walk him everyday. But, when he doesn’t want to be bothered or picked up he bites. He bites everyone. I can’t seem to find a solution. I’m scared of him. My mom will soon get rid of him. Is there anything that I can do?
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@ February 17th, 2010 at 22:54I have a 13 month old Staffie puppy. She is very energetic, and clearly very intelligent. She has a real “attitude” which is endearing but can be quite naughty. Everything that you will be dealing with in your course on Monday 22nd are issues that are I am facing. I’m very excited about learning how to deal with these issues because the normal chain jerking stuff is not working. She certainly has a mind of her own and I’m battling to get just a degree of “obedience”. It breaks my heart to have to lock her and my 10 year old Staffie away when guests come, especially children, because they are quite badly behaved, Jumping on visitors – that can go on for half an hour and result in much unhappiness for little children and parents. Also she loves to steal things like shoes ,socks, and so on. Both dogs, like most Staffies, try to lick you to death. She only barks when she’s “talking” to us so that’s not a problem.There are so many other things that I would need hours to discuss. I’m starting to work on the body blocking this weekend and will be more aware of the reasons for her learned indifference – like not coming to be dried off after a swim. I’m really looking forward to a happier home environment with my pawed-children. Thanks Chet, it’s the training answer that I’ve been looking for.
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@ February 17th, 2010 at 23:12Again, and always interesting and helpful, thank you. I shall certainly be aiming to not make this mistake again. Judy.
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@ February 18th, 2010 at 02:37I have a 20 month old Yorkie. She is a great dog but gets so excited when she sees people and when they pet her she piddles. How can I calm her down. She does this when I leave the house for 5 minutes or an hour and when I get back – just seems so excited to see me and piddles. Even after she has just gone potty and then sees someone she can manage to still piddle a few drops.
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@ February 18th, 2010 at 03:49We have 6 labradors and good behavior is a must! Our stud Grayson loves the woods and river and we take him as often as we can. The trouble we have with him is he wants to chase and try to bite the ATV tires. How can we help him change this behavior?
Thank you, we love your clicker training and so many training tips have been awesome for us and our new puppy parents!
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@ February 18th, 2010 at 04:25Hello Chet,
Your videos and advice are spot on. I have a terrier with a mind of her own (don’t they all). She runs away at the end of a walk, and watching your video has made me realise why. It’s the end of play time of course! I always randomly put her on the lead throughout the walk and give her a treat then let her off, the theory being she doesn’t always associate it with the end of play. However she is so bright, and so sensitive to my energy, she knows straight away when I am planning to go home. And going home means me leaving her to go to work. Hmmmm, there’s an answer in there somewhere…
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Chet Reply:
February 18th, 2010 at 7:46 am
YEP! You’ve got it, your random use of the leash on the walks, and NOT at the end of playtime is a perfect assessment of why you have your problem.
Good work!
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Hi Chet,
It was good to watch the cute video posted by you. My Dachshund is about 7 months old. He is pretty much amenable to reason and seems to understand what I want to convey. Yet, he has a very annoying and rather dangerous habit of running downstairs, the moment the door is left open for even a second (we stay on the 1st floor and there are other people who stay there) and run into the garden and even onto the road. When he reaches the garden, then no amount of requesting, coaxing or angry words will make him come to me. If I go near him, he will run away even further and threaten to run across the road, if I come closer. Its very scary and None of us know what to do. Can you help.
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@ February 18th, 2010 at 05:55I am in the process of becoming a certified dog trainer so I am extremely interested in learning any techniques that I possibly can to help me in my dog training skills. I enjoyed your video.
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@ February 18th, 2010 at 06:30I have a 3 month old toy poodle and he has been a handful from the time we got him – 6 weeks ago. He grabs and chews everything in his reach. Right now, the chewing is the biggest problem.
He refuses to listen to any commands and his potty training is proceeding very slowly. I take him on daily walks as I’ve read that walks are important to calm very active dogs and sometimes it seems to work but not always. I know he’s still a baby but I think he’s smarter than he wants us to know. We’ve tried to establish ourselves as the “master” but he’s starting to wear us out. We need help!!
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@ February 18th, 2010 at 07:18My wife and I have a 2 yr old schnoodle who is the love of our life. We both work and leave the house around 8:30am and return by 6pm. During that time, Baylee has to stay in the bathroom which is a fairly large room with pleny of light, etc. It always tears us up when we leave cause she whimppers, howls, barks – the whole nine yards. The reward of course is when we get home and get the most wonderful greeting and she can’t be with us enough. She likes to tear up cardboard to relieve her boredom, I suppose, cause that’s the only time she does that. Is there a way to make her feel better about staying alone for as long as she has to?
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Mark Reply:
February 18th, 2010 at 11:06 am
Would you have a better place, less lonely than a bathroom? Have you considered leaving her some entertainment? In my case, I don’t need to leave my baby alone for too too long, the longest would be about 7hrs. When I used to leave her unleashed, she also killed her boredom chewing up stuff. I chose to attach a 10ft leash to the corner of my bedroom, placed a dog house within reach to her. I leave her with some toys, music, water and food. Since normal dog behavior is not to pee or poo where they stay, and 10ft is not a lot of space, but ample enough for her to move around, she behaves very well. When I’m about to leave the room, I leach her, give her a few Munchy Sticks, turn around and walk away. If I pet her before I leave, she’ll whimper, bark or cry. If I just walk away and say “Stay there, Be a good girl!” She’ll keep on eating her munchy sticks and won’t complain. When I’m back, I walk straight to her, unleashed her and before she gets all exited, I walk away without petting her. Few minutes later, I feed her all my love, take her outside, and play with her. Its my technique and its worked flawlessly for me. Also, don’t forget, if she can’t reach it, she can’t break it
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Chet
I’m so impressed with your course that I really want to try it as soon as I get a chance too.I have a 7 year old yellow lab and I’m wondering how good it will be for him ,but I feel,nothing ventured,nothing gained,so I am defently going to try the vidios on him.
Thanks again,
Bob
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@ February 18th, 2010 at 08:49I have a beautiful Shihtzu (7 months old) who is very well trained in most areas. Still working on the door greeting of guests and she still has a urinating problem when she gets excited.
My big question is this…We have decided to paper train her instead of having her go outside due to where we live. There are frequent visitors to our yard including coyote’s and bears and we really don’t want her out there without us at all.
She uses the pads VERY well! Recnetly though, she has started playing with the pads after urinating on them. She has pulled them into other rooms and tries her best to shred them if I don’t catch her! She also picks up her feces and carries it around the house to my rugs and sits and “plays” with them, leaving wonderful small pieces of surprise! Our vet has suggested trying to put hot sauce of the feces…I’m not sure about this. Any suggestions???
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Chet Reply:
February 18th, 2010 at 9:34 am
Yeah, I have a suggestion, but I’m not sure you’re going to like it. I hate potty pads, because they violate a lot of rules to potty training.
Instead I would try to set up some way your dog can go outside AND stay safe. Maybe a fence? As for the hot sauce, that’s not an area of expertise for me, and from what little I do know, dogs have such a good sense of smell, they’ll be able to tell when their is and ISN’T hot sauce there.
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It is so simple…but it’s not easy. I love the fact that there is NO compulsion in the training!! I am SO looking forward to the set. I am glad that FINALLY someone is addressing house manners in a complete packaged set. I like being able to SEE the training in action and witness the progress.
Thank you!!
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@ February 18th, 2010 at 09:59We have two dogs, one is 9, the other 3. Whenever anyone walks by the house, knocks at the door they go crazy barking and will not stop until we yell STOP. Then it doesn’t stop altogether.
Also when we take them for walks, they do not walk, they pull us behind – kind of embarrassing. Thanks.
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@ February 18th, 2010 at 10:46I have a 2/1/2 year old rottie. He constantly bothers everyone for attention for either treats pets or to go out. I believe he wants to go out because when he was small we rewarded him with treats. That is one problem.
The other problem is more confusing. Hr has always been a super friendly dog and still is but he did have an incindent twice with people he did not know well where he snapped. one time it was the vet who was petting him from behind over head. the second time was a friend who came in my house and started to pet him again over the top and it was not well lite. I blieve both times he may have been frightened but I am not sure. I do not want to make excuses but correct the problem.
Thanks,
Pat
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@ February 18th, 2010 at 16:19I have a 10 wk old standard poodle I also have a 17 yr.old bischon Sierra. The puppy wants to play and Sierra doesn’t want any part of it. I have tried the e-collar which does work for the moment put she comes back in a few minutes. I do not know what I can do. Please help me. The puppy is smart she can find her mat, I can name a few toys and she finds them. So I know she can be better with this.
Thank you.
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@ February 18th, 2010 at 16:34I have a two year old male shitzu who tinkles everytime he gets excited, mostly every time I come home!! I don’t know what to do, is there a solution? I also have a problem with him barking, and when I tell him to be quiet, usually he ignores me. Lastly, I am terrified at the idea of him getting out and not wanting to come back.
Thanks
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@ February 18th, 2010 at 17:07My dog will not “come” when there is something more exciting, like another dog outside.
Also, my dog barks non-stop outside and I can’t get her to stop. She also barks when someone comes to our house.
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@ February 18th, 2010 at 18:01I have an almost 2 yr old sheltie who does not come to me when called. I am currently in an agility class and she always wants to run off and play with the other dogs. Understandably this is more fun than running drills with me. She loves doing agility when she is paying attention and is really good at it but it so easily distracted. How can I teach her to keep her focus on me and to come when other dogs are around?
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@ February 19th, 2010 at 09:23We have a 4mth old Lab/German Shepherd puppie and a 1 year old Lab/Golden Retriever. They both jump when they get excited when we come home, but its a jump then run and play then jump and run and play. So you can’t really ignore or turn so they realize that this is unwanted behavior because its not a constant jumping. Is there anything else to do? I see you mentioned teaching 2 dogs separately at first then let them great you together. What would be the first step in detouring this unwanted behavior?
I can’t wait till you come out with the how to keep your dog from chasing the house cat’s or other animal’s. Puppie does this a lot I don’t want her to chase one out to the road one of these times.
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Chet Reply:
February 19th, 2010 at 10:36 am
In your case Rebecca, this is where you need to do ADVANCED body blocking, and get creative with blocking the dog’s access to you. Maybe with the help of a friend who has your dog on leash as you practice coming in and out of your house.
Then treat YOURSELF like I treated the puppies food in my last video, by having your friend use the leash to block the dog’s access to you.
There are a couple other ways to trouble shoot this problem as well that I’d be happy to go over with you inside the program.
It’s going to be a REALLY eye opening experience for you.
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Dear Chet,
I have two lovely Boxers, 2 1/2 (Mina, a rescue)and 5 (Sadie) years old. They get along wonderfully, and hate to be separated. One problem we have is that the older girl, Sadie, does not really bark at passerbys. Mina, our younger girl, does. Sometimes, when Mina gets excited, and Sadie does not, Mina turns on Sadie. As of now, she has not hurt Sadie, but I worry she might. We have been working on Mina’s barking towards people walking in the street, but sometimes there is that person, who rudely stops in front of our gate, and either looks in the yard or just sits there with his dog, and basically this behavior launches Mina into guard dog mode. They both are extremely protective of me, not by training, they just are. Also, though we play with them with balls and toys outside to the point of exhaustion, they still sometimes destroy things (such as mail) in the house (once in a while)when we are not home. Mina was crated all day for the first 18 months of her life (before we rescued her), we do not want to barricade or crate them when we are gone during the day.
Thanks for your help!
Diane
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@ February 19th, 2010 at 10:49I’m curious about something. Why don’t you train your mom’s dog? That would make it easier on you, your mom and her dog. Just wondering. Seems like a simple solution to me.
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Chet Reply:
February 19th, 2010 at 12:02 pm
Good question… because any training I did would be undone if she didn’t stop making the mistakes that caused the problems in the first place.
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I have 2 adult Akitas, male and female, both of which become selectively deaf when they are doing what they want to – like running loose, seeing another dog, etc. I would like to know how to get them to respnd to their names EVERY time I call them/command them. They of course are high energy dogs, and probably dont get as much exercise as they should have. But like most people, I am not physically able to walk/run them for miles. I am thinking of getting a treadmill. How much exercise, and how often would these dogs need in order to be tired/satisfied?
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@ February 19th, 2010 at 19:40Hi Chet, I tried applying the training on stop ur dog from begging…..I have a 4 mons old male Yellow Labrador Retriever. He’s very much different from my female black Lab. I won’t say he’s a 100% good mannered dog but we are getting there. Thanks for ur helpful tips.
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@ February 20th, 2010 at 00:21I have 2 toy Schnauzer’s that are 22 months old. Generally they are well behaved dogs but they do sniff other dogs, in fact they sniff everything whilst out walking. They also turn a ‘deaf’ ear when I call them & they are off the lead. They jump up at people and are just beginning to learn that’s not ‘the done thing’ but as adults are so tall, if they don’t bend down to them I think they think it’s the only way they can get petted!!! Also, they rush to the door barking when the doorbell goes & they also go out into the garden & if they hear someone beyond the wall they bark! They are not perfect, but I certainly wouldn’t be without them, they’ve transformed my life in Saudi Arabia!!
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@ February 20th, 2010 at 04:25My 1 year old schnauzer loves to grabthings frominside the house and bringthem outside. My backyard looks like a landfillmostofthetime. He particularly likes books…textbooks,phonebooks, novels….he like clothes..everyone’s…sometimes he takes out the garbage from the kitchen garbage can…..We have a doggie door so allthreeofmy dogs can goin an out as then please when we are at work or school. The yard is fenced in so they have plenty of room to play and run. Help would be helpful. Mind you I am not home all the time to keep things consistent so alot of the dog training gets done sporatically and not very well. Training the other members of my household is as bad as training the dogs.
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@ February 21st, 2010 at 12:05I have a 6 month old blue heeler cross german shepherd who LOVES kids but she has a few minor problems. She likes to play fetch with the kids but when they have the ball she doesn’t wait for it to be thrown she jumps up and grabs their free hand and when they run she nipps their heel and when greeting them she jumps on them. My daughter is training her, the dog knows what, sit stay leave it down, all means, but she gets so excited when a kid comes along. And if i can’t get her to stop doing those things then i have to get rid of her. We all love her and we know she can do whatever she wants. Can you tell me what i am doing wrong please?
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@ February 21st, 2010 at 14:13My 14 month Labradoodle loves to play outside. We’ve just started to have problems when it’s time to go in after play. A whole new game starts, which makes us angry!!
( She hates to go in and will run from us, into the road, up the street. We are afraid she might get hit. We don’t have a fenced in yard, however it is a large yard and so is both of my neighbors on either side of us. What are some things that we could do in order to make her come in when it’s time?
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@ February 23rd, 2010 at 06:09I have 2 beautiful English Setters. The 4 year old was a rescue 7 months ago and must be kept on a leash outside as she still has very little recall and would rush up to anyone and any other dog to greet them. We have no dogpark in our area and I feel that she is not getting enough exercise from always being on a leash. She will drag me to reach food scraps and poop (from rabbit, horse or another dog) and I would love to break her of that disgusting habit. Lastly, she gets me up every single night at least once (sometimes several times a night) to go outside. This is regardless of how late we went to bed. I wondered if she was just checking for rabbits or raccoons in the garden. Most times she will go pee but with the snow cover, the urinating is getting closer and closer to the house and I am exhausted from all the trips downstairs. I dare not refuse to let her out as about 3 times now she has actually urinated in her sleep and then I have had to change her bedding.
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@ February 23rd, 2010 at 20:21I have a mix breed,Lab/Pit he’s 10mos he likes to eat his poop,and sticks. When he eats sticks he throw them up later. He tears up our veggie garen,and anything he gets his hands on. My wife wants to get rid of him,is there anything you can tell me to do?
Thank you
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@ February 25th, 2010 at 19:23Hi, I have a 3 month old Maltese and every time I try to train him or correct his behavior, it’s like he doesn’t even hear me. How do I get him to pay more attention? I’ve tried to grab his attention with treats, but even that doesn’t seem to hold him long enough.
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@ December 31st, 2011 at 20:58