Although it has only been the start of the week I can see the changes in my dog's behavior.Such as acting much more submissive when I am around, and becoming less aggressive with me with food, toys and playing. He use to not come to me when I call him(he already knew this trick but refused to obey me), but now with a bit more training he comes. He seems to respect my space. I can tell he gets a bit confused on how to behave, because this is all new to him-- I want to enforce this new behavior without adding large amounts of stress on him. Any tips with that ?
Do you know if I'm going about it the right way ? Should I try other things ? Any opinions ? Thank you.
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As long as you are satisfying his basic needs and drives then it will not put a lot of stress on him. Make sure he is still getting play time and able to run routinely and allow him socialization at well. You can still be dominant and keep your dog happy at the same time.
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- Just keep doing the new thing and give him a lot of patient and praise. What way are you training him? You can also try taking a local training class at a pet store or somewhere to help bond with him through the training process and get some more pointers. =)
hope this helps! - I think its great your trying to correct his behavior. I think in the end you both will be happier :)
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http://www.cbrrescue.org/articles/packle… - you are certainly going about it the right way, I would suggest that you think about this in the way that your dog views it, put yourself in his shoes, its probably not that he thought of himself as the alpha, its just that he saw that you were unsure of yourself.
when a dog sees a leader as being unsure, they decide that it is time for them to take the lead.
in the wild, in pacs, you will find that the leader can either change frequently, or very rarely.
so it doesn't hurt him any to find that the leader has changed, in fact with some dogs, it may very well come as a relief.
try some basic dominance exercises for a few weeks, that is to say, start buy snapping your fingers by your eyes (in the wild, the eyes are one of the vocal points for communication with all canines) get him to look at your eyes, but don't show challenge, communicate your intentions through your eyes, show him that you are a kind, gentle yet FIRM leader, and that you only have good intentions, in other words, look at him the way you would your son, or a possible employee.
In about two weeks teach him the lay down command
laying down is the way a dog shows loyalty, and in the wild, alpha dominant dogs will demand this of their subordinates in order to re affirm their own dominants. practice this command every time you see him for at least one week, then once every time he challenges you for dominance, which, if you show a firm, and decided dominance, you should never have to do. remember, every time he challenges you for dominance, it is a sign that YOU are doing something wrong, not him. - The dominance theory suggests that dogs will constantly challenge and test their owners until they are forcefully shown human leadership. From this theory evolved exercises and training to prevent dogs from becoming dominant or leaders of the house. Some even told owners to hold or force their dogs into submissive positions, sometimes roughly, to the point of creating fearful responses while in reality, there is no evidence that these procedures prevent dominance, aggression or any other behavioural problem. Do not hold your dog down, do not stare your dog down, do not alpha roll him.
Alpha does not mean physically dominant or most aggressive. It means in control of resources that are important to the animal. What the animal dictates as important is flexible. It changes depending on the dog's motivation, the context, and the situation at the moment.
This information is imperative if we are to forge a social relationship between dogs and owners that creates a bond instead of a status-type dominant-submissive relationship. Leadership should be obtained through positive means by rewarding appropriate behaviours that are acceptable to humans and by not taking the “spirit” out of the dog and suppressing aggression and other behaviour problems.
Dogs learn by the immediate results of their actions or by discoveries from important events in their lives. When training a new behaviour, a correct response needs to be reinforced for it to have a strong probability of happening again. A reward serves as immediate gratification for the action being performed.
You need to get you and your dog to a positive dog training class. It will make a world of differnce and will also help you to communicate with your dog in the right way. There is too much information to provide just in a small answer such as this! - you sound like your doing fine just a couple of hints....don't bombard him with commands...take one command a week and work him as often as you can then the second week pick a new command and work that into the routine of the first command ....catch the drift there are 10 commands a dog trainer will teach you...not your dog because you will teach your dog...1. sit 2 stay 3down 4 come 5 heel then you will go 6 sit/stay 7 down/stay 8 come/stay 9 heel/stay and finally 10 all of the commands at one time...generally this training technique takes 10 weeks.....it is called The Good Boy Training used by trainers of Police dogs who are just starting out with their young dogs
- That is Great! You can also try if you havent eat you eat first before he does that pack leader always eats first...also aplha dogs sleep alone so try it. also rolling him over with out him trying to roll back over is a great way for him to submit to you. make eye contact and dont look away until he has looked away. Sounds like your doing great but just remember a little each day then once he has completly submitted do you keep doing at least one aplha exercise a day so he doesnt forget
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