He told me to train the dog, so i have tried the best i can. he is perfect with me, sit, heel, down, stay all mastered, but around other people he misbehaves and has no manners at all. He is just not the dog you want to be around, and he bothers the crap out of company, irritating everyone.
Then my dad gets pissed at me b/c IM not training him. This my (our?) first dog! i have almost no clue what im doing. My dad says he grew up with dogs who were all perfect without any formal training, but i simply have almost no idea what im doing!
When i ask my dad why he cant get formal training, my dad says, "because its too expensive and you can train him yourself" MY DADS A FRIGGIN DOCTOR. AND MY MOM. he has enough money to buy $10,000 sofas and armani suits but not train the dog!
This is not fair to me or the dog. he is constantly being yelled at. He deserves MUCH better than this! its not fair! i am seriously considering finding a new home for him. any advice on that if it goes that far?
my father is not someone who you can sit down and talk to. he just scares me so much, that i lose my train of thought and end up babbling like a lunatic. If i tell him something he doesnt want to hear, he gets pissed. he will however, listen to what OTHER people tell him. e.g- his friend.
I am desperate. My dog deserves better than us. when we got him, i naturally assumed he was going to be trained, since my dad had been asking about classes. apparently he changed his mind.
please help. TIA
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It isn't the dog that benefits the most from obedience training. It is the owner. How can you train a dog if you don't know how? Obedience classes teach you about dog behavior, how to train, how to socialize, how to encourage good behavior and how to correct bad behavior. You need to be educated, especially your dad. A correctly trained dog is a much better pet and a safer one. If your dad is yelling at the dog that only teaches a dog to fear you. It doesn't teach it good behavior.
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- i had the same problem. but you can go to 4h and they have many dog classes you can take there and there cheap and fun(: im paying right now 45$ for like 6 weeks of obedience and 6 weeks of agility. and maybe that will socialize him more to so he gets use to behaving around people.
- Tell your dad that he will be the one liable if the dog harms someone.
He shouldnt have goten the dog if he wasnt willing to properly care for it. - Since training classes are costly, you can begin at home with some basic obedience training. Here's more details,
http://dogtime.com/basic-commands-obedie… - call pet smart --they have week end classes some times-- it cost alot of money 2 go 2 training school
- Good job for doing your best, I hope your father realizes how hard this is for you and understands the worth of formal obedience and other types of training. Not to be sneaky, but if your Dad's friend is approachable, maybe you could ask his opinion and tell him how things are going for you. Maybe he will intervene without causing andy more stress .
- Do the research on the class you want to enroll the dog in, and pitch it to him.
Ask him how much avoiding the invconvienance of a jumping annoying dog is worth to him (you need to appeal to his $$$ sense). Ask if the price of the classes is worth never again having to be embarrassed in front of company.
Tell him that the dog's training reflects not only on you, but on him, and the whole family.
Tell him he can't take a kid to a hospital, and tell him to transplant a lung, and then get upset when the the patient dies. Transplanting lungs and training dogs are for professionals. - There is a lot you can do at home yourself with going to costly training courses. For example, the Internet is loaded with free information on tips and tricks. Also, you can invest a little money ($20-40) in purchasing ebooks, DVDs, or a hard copy of a book. Guys like Cesar Millan have a lot of great resources out there for people who are looking to train (or as he says "rehabilitate") their dogs. If your dad is not willing to pay for courses, he may be willing to pay for some dog training material.
- hi.. i dont think u need classes if your dog already know the basics. read up on the internet for more help. we have 2 dogs here who are 3 and 4 but both very hyper. sometimes we have to muzzle them to calm them down when we have company. within 5 minutes they change their attitudes and simmer down. i dont like the muzzles but that is the only thing we have found to work for us. in your case, maybe spend more time with the stay and down commands. i think your dog is very lucky to have someone like u who obviously loves him very much. please try some other remedies before considering finding him another home.
- If he behaves for you, it sounds like you have trained him. Partially, at least.
The issue, obviously, is that because you are training and caring for him, and your family is not, that the dog only thinks he has to obey you (possibly on occasion your other family members) and thinks that is the end of it. No one else is making him behave--and it sounds like he knows it.
Training would be a great idea. But if you are the one taking him, it may not help. He may learn to obey you in public places, with other people/dogs around--great. But you can take him to a park to work on those things.
I would suggest you get some people over (friends, family, etc) that are experienced with dogs. Explain to them that you are working with your dog, and have them come teach him basic commands. "Come, sit, down, & no" are going to be the best commands for him to learn from other people--the rest are not necessarily priority. He needs to learn that when company comes, they must ALL be listened to. He also needs to learn to listen to YOU when company is over.
I would also suggest your family get involved and start teaching him to obey them as well. If he respects them and listens to them, it will be a big step forward, but it may be difficult if your parents are not willing to put in the time and work. Not every dog is perfect, and it sounds like your family doesn't want to admit that (trust me--been there with my family) but they must admit there is a problem and work to fix it. Otherwise, they are hanging the dog out to dry and setting him up for failure.
Best of luck.
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