My boyfriend almost hit him with his car, and when he confronted the owner he was told to 'take him if you want him' because he didn't apparently. So now we have Buddy Holly, sine the dog never had a name- just lived there.
So, we need training tips for a slightly older dog.
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How nice of you to take this dog in from such horrible people! Get him to the vet first off for a check up and neuter. Then you'll just have to wait and ascertain what his bad habits are. Once you find something you want to break him of doing its just a system of punishments and rewards. If he is bad tell him no in a stern voice and crate him for a bit. When he is behaved reward him with a treat and kisses... he'll catch on:) Good luck!
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- Really the same as a younger dog, but easier in some ways because an older dog will have a longer attention span than a puppy and be less hyper. A dog from an owner like you describe may have been abused, or more likely just ignored which is actually better. In that case, it probably won't have fear issues and will respond nicely to someone paying attention to it. Positive reinforcement is always the key to training a dog to do things. When it does the right thing, reward it with food or nice words in a happy positive tone of voice. If you're quick enough, you can say Sit when the dog is about to sit anyway, then tell it how good it was for sitting. When you have to tell it not to do something, don't use it's name, just say NO in a loud voice. The name should always be used in a positive way so the dog knows that hearing its name means good things. If you're new to dog owning, I'd highly recommend getting to a dog training class. You can learn a lot in a pretty short time there.
- The key to house training your dog is to rely on your dog's natural instincts and tendencies.
Dogs are instinctively clean animals. If they can avoid it, they would rather not soil themselves or their usual eating and sleeping areas. Dogs also naturally develop habits of where they would like to eliminate. For example, dogs that have a habit of eliminating on grass or dirt would rather not eliminate on concrete or gravel. You can use these natural tendencies for rapid and successful house training.
Housetraining guidelines, http://miniurl.com/28515 - You will find that you have yourself a super duper dog. Dogs that are abused or ignored and suddenly have a nice family with a nice soft bed and good food and some treats here and there will do anything for you. He appreciates you saving him and will work toward any means to show it. The best thing to do is start with the sit and lay down thing, and then see if he has any special talents. I tend to work with my dogs on what they are good at. Mine Italian Greyhound says "I love you". It's not perfect every time, but we're working on it. The best thing to do is to be consistent. You and your boyfriend should use the same words, sit, stay, come, roll over. If you both use the same words he'll pick up on things a bit faster. It takes working each day, and there is a difference in work and play. Say you're working on sit and he won't do right, just knock off the teaching and play some fetch. Who knows, you may learn during play time he is an excellent frisbee catcher. Good luck.
- This dog sounds like it may have been abused. If this is the case, positive reinforcement will go a long way. Negative reinforcement, while it works like a charm, may not work with your dog. Find out what your dog likes - treats, toys, praise - and use those to reinforce good behavior and to praise him.
- Hi,
The good news is it's fairly easy to teach an old dog this new trick. In fact, adult dogs are easier and faster to housetrain than puppies, especially if you use a crate. Check out these training tips:
http://lnk.nu/dogtime.com/ssj.html - The most important thing is to find what motivates him. whatever it may be like toys or food, if you can find that it will make training easier
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