I *may* want my dog trained only to respond to commands set out by my voice - not the voice of others. If i tell my dog to sit, then during training, i will use positive reenforcement when he sits when i tell him to. If someone else tells him to sit, and he does, i will not reward him. And I will keep repeating this over & over until he understands that he must do it when he knows his owner, which is me, tells him to do so. Is this a good strategy or is there another way of training them to listen to ONLY your commands?
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I'm not sure your method would work. I've never tried anything like you are suggesting, but in my experience the best way to get a dog to obey you only is to bond closely with your dog and ensure that you are the only one training it.
I've always put a lot of emphasis on bonding with my dog: when I get a puppy in the house, I do not leave it for as much as a second the first 3 days. This means that I take the pup with me to the bathroom, it sleeps on the floor next to my bed during the night, basically anywhere I go, the pup comes with me. After that I gradually start home alone training and socialization. At the same time, I show the pup that it can rely on me 100% and that I will protect it and look out for it. I also cover 98% of all my dog's needs: food, play, training, companionship etc. basically to my dog I'm the best thing since raw liver.
My problem have always been to get my dog to obey other people and that's something I've actually had to teach her to do. It's fine that my dog doesn't obey a stranger, but I do want her to obey my husband and also my parents who looks after her here and then. We've managed to get her obedience level towards my husband up to approx. 90% - with my parents it's still only about 50%, which is a bit of a shame, because it means that my dad doesn't dare let her off her leash.
As the owner of an intelligent breed, I just have to add that intelligence does mean a dog that learns fast, but this doesn't necessary equal easy to train, especially not for beginners. Novice dog owners usually have much more success training a Golden Retriever than they do training a Border Collie.
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- GSDs are very intelligent dogs and loyal as to their master. The German Shepherd Dog does not give affection lightly and is known for his dignity and stature; it is also known as a "one-man" breed for its tendency to display serious loyalty and fidelity, especially to its owner or main caretaker. You don't have to have someone else to train your GSD for voice recognition as this will only confuse him. Train him the usual way, being the owner or main caretaker, he will only recognize your command.
- GS dogs are very faithful to their owner .They dont even like to have anyone else watching when they are being groomed.Mine will only obey me .However , for emergency scenarios I have a special word that I taught him, that only he and I know, and he understands that this word means he has to be serious,and that its not a game.If I say the word he looks at me and is ready for any command from ME.
- It would be much easier to train the dog in a different language. That way no one else knows what the commands are. Your dog won't sit when someone tells him to sit if he doesn't know what the word sit means.
Here's a list of common dog commands in various languages. http://www.uwsp.edu/psych/dog/languag1.h… - Honestly, this is a bad idea. What if for some reason you have to rehome him? He will become scared and confused because he knows only to listen to YOU. This could even result in him being put down as 'untrainable' and put to sleep. Why is it so important for him to only listen to you? If he's fending off someone who punched you I don't think he's gonna listen to the other guy telling him to lay down somehow.
- You're going to confuse the hell out of your dog.
High intelligence DOES NOT mean easy training.
You can use a hand gesture along with your voice so that your dog recognizes both. That way it will be unique... - if your the one who feeds and trains the dog then he will probably only listen to you anyway but as reinforcement your idea might work
- the best thing you could do is not have anyone else give commands. i don't think you need any "method" the pup should get everything from you, and no one else - that includes feeding too.
i do it with my working dog. my house dog, i don't really care, he's a people dog - he wants to please everyone.
anyway - i was at a clinic over the summer, and there was another dog owner who clearly didn't understand the working dog world and you don't interfere with the dog/handler relationship - like not telling someone elses dog to sit or giving any command.
this woman tried to tell my dog to sit, and while doing so had a treat and used the treat above the nose to get my dog to sit. my dog ignored her. he only takes commands from me because he only wants to please me. he can give a damn about anyone else.
most people will not tell your dog what to do, but there are a few that think they can just butt in.
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