Sit
Stay
Paw
Down
and roll over.
Is this abnormal at this age?
He's the first dog I've ever had.
And I was at the vet and people were asking me where he was trained and looked at me weird when I replied I did?
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I don't think so. My dog could do that at about that age and we didn't get professional help until she was a little older. Obviously some dogs pick things up more quickly than others but I don't think that's abnormally fast.
The people at the vet are probably surprised that your dog can do all those things in such a distracting environment as the vet's office. Most dogs are so interested in the various sights/sounds/smells at the vet's that showing off their obedience skills isn't really something they're interested in doing.
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- No, sounds perfectly normal to me. There are a few old school dog trainers that think puppies shouldn't be trained until they are 6 months old, which is of course nonsense, but maybe you met some of those? Just don't overload that little brain of his and make sure that training is always fun for him and you'll be fine.
Since this is your first puppy, I would suggest that you focus more on recall, "no-exercises" and "focus-exercises" than trick training at this stage, though. The earlier you can train the recall and make it an instinctive reaction, the better. "no-exercises" (trained with treats) will teach your puppy self-control and of course the meaning of the word "no", "focus-exercises" are, in my opinion, one of the basics of dog training because it teaches your dog to focus on you even with distractions and this will be a help when training other things or just interacting in general. - It's not what I would call "abnormal" because it is very good, and it's a sign of an intelligent owner who cares enough to work with the dog and teach it things. Sadly, it IS unusual. Most owners do nothing with their dogs but throw them away in the backyard. Puppy training classes are trying hard to change that. Although puppy classes don't usually begin before a pup is 12 weeks old, people are encouraged to get the puppy training DVD and start the pup at home from the first day it arrives. Clicker trainers teach their pups lots of things long before most dog training classes would even allow their puppies in the door. Whatever you are doing, BRAVO! And keep up the good work. Everyone needs to see a Good Example.
- It definately depends on the type of puppy and his personality. Puppies from the herding breeds for example are easy to train and want to please their masters, so as long as you are consistent they respond very quickly. That's not to say that any puppy will not respond quickly to consistent training techniques, but that some are more adept than others. As long as you communicate exactly what you'd like, its not odd at all for your dog to know what you're talking about. : )
- This is not abnormal at all it is good that you are training your pup keep it up make the sessions short and fun and that training list will get bigger and bigger.
There are tons of trick you can teach and different ways to train learn free shaping and operant conditioning and reinforce good behaviour and your dog will be able to learn anything. - If your able to train him at this level then it's not abnormal at all you should be happy that you have such a damn smart dog!! :D Because once he/she gets older it will be easy to train he/she if he/she starts doing something bad i.e. Chewing Shoes, Jumping on People, Jumping on Furniture, Invading Your Space etc etc. So yeah just be glad that you can say that I trained him myself!
- I wouldn't say it is abnormal but yes it is a little strange! Seriously though do not worry about it, you are soo lucky, you have a really intelligent dog! You must also be really good with animals!
They were probably just looking at you weirdly because they might have thought you were lying about training such an amazing dog yourself. I don't really know though!
luv rachxxx - (askername) It looks like you might need some help or guide to get some tips or tricks to help get your dog fully trained. My friends sister needed help with her dog. She got this course( dog training academy?) on how to train her dog,she followed the course and in a few weeks she had a fully trained pet.
- It's not abnormal; it's terrific. Keep up the great work. When he's about 5 months old he's going to forget everything; don't get discouraged. It's just a phase. Keep working with him as you have, and he'll get through the phase and remember everything.
I suggest you register him with the AKC's PAL/ILP program and compete in obedience and rally. You'll have a blast, and he'll start collecting ribbons and awards for you to brag about.
http://www.akc.org/reg/ilpex.cfm - I bet he hasnt fully mastered the stay command. You obviously have one of the more intelligent breeds which tend to have a greater learning capacity. You can teach a GSD puppy a trick in less then 5 attempts.
- ive been threw 2 dogs as pups and they would learn there tricks in about 30 min...teach them 2 a day...they do get confused between dead and roll over..so if you do teach them dead i would do something with a hand movement.
- Their just amazed the earlier the better keep up the training. Then start teaching harder commands and hand commands also
- Yes, this is abnormal. I've never heard of a puppy so young learning all these tricks. I'm sure people will look at you weird. lol
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