Dog Health Questions: Dog training help? nothing is working so far?

My dog used to be fully trained. i.e. when i told her to come, she would always come, when i told her to sit, she would always sit. She is an extremely happy and energetic dog. Suddenly, over the last week, she refuses to do what i say. when I say "come!" she lies down and just stares at me, and she doesn't ever want to go outside. I cant even convince her to go outside with treats. Once we've left my driveway, shes extremely happy, but until then, she will barely move unless I carry her. This has never happened before, she usually loves being outside. It almost seems like she is purposely disobeying me. What do you think is the problem and what should I do about it?

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How old is your dog? If she's a puppy, they go through a stage where they become independent and don't want to listen. They act like they don't hear you and can become pretty defiant.

Or maybe she's just not as well trained as you think. It's easy for a dog to learn things quickly and obey, but was she ever proofed? You need to have her obey all her commands with all kinds of distractions and in many different places.

Until she obeys with distractions - people, other dogs, food and toys on the ground - she's not trained.

Keep working - dogs need continual work to reinforce what they've learned. They never just learn something once and remember it forever.

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• Anytime there is a drastic change in your dog's behavior, there is something wrong. I would take this dog to the vet - and ask them to check her for Lyme disease. It sounds as if she is in pain.


• take her to classes


• Take your dog to the vet she may have a medical or physiological problem,dogs don't often forget what they have been trained to do, she needs to be examined thoroughly by your vet first.Dogs suffer from illness as we do,if we are not feeling well we will not run around ETC,so please have her examined first,then worry about the behaviour after then.Best of luck


• if your puppy's like 6 months old (around)
  it might be a chance that she's in adolescence.
  i think it's around 6 months old to 8 months old or was it until 12 months old?
  one of the books i have says "show their true colors"
  as in showing their real personality after the adolescence.


• I think that what your dog need is some sort of a refresher. some dogs, even if they have been fully-trained, would sometimes forget the habits and the trainings that they've had before.
  
  In this case, try to re-train your dog, stick to your program and always be consistent. here's a link which I found was very useful when I was still on the stage of training my dogs. Lots of articles at the bottom portion to help you out. good luck!
  http://lnk.nu/dogtime.com/swz.html


• Could be any of the things the others suggested or could just be that you are not playing the leadership role properly.
  If you have not assumed and continue to assume the leadership role in your pack (all members of your family including pets) then your dog may not listen to you.
  Your dog may assume the leadership role and then make his own rules.
  
  A dog owner has to be the leader of the pack full time. To be considered the leader by your dog, you have to do certain things. Just being the homeowner and a human do not make you the leader in a dog's eyes. Dogs do not think that way.
  Dogs only know pack mentality. In the dog world, a dog is either the leader of a pack or one of the followers.
  
  What may have happened may be simply that you are not playing the leader role properly.
  You can take this position again by starting with walking your dog daily.
  As the leader, you should always go thru doors before the dog and walk next to or slightly in front of your leashed dog.
  
  Check out Cesar Millan on Dog Whisperer, National Geographic Channel for tips and instruction on proper walking technique that will help you to become the leader in your dogs eyes.
  
  http://www.lucysdoghouse.net/a016.htmlhttp://www.floridapetpages.com/articles/…


• as johnsonj said: you may first want to take her to the vet to rule out a health problem. Dogs are tough, and often we do not see any signs of illness until it is "too late".
  
  Nextly, over the 45 years of having many, many dogs I have noticed that there is an "age" (around 11 to 18 mos depending on dog and breed) that can tend to be a problem. Some sort of maturity/becoming and adult phase where what they have learned seems to fade, their temperament may change a bit as becoming more shy, more easily stressed, somewhat confrontive.
  
  Try to reflect on what might be the issue of the transition from indoor to outside....might something have occured no matter how slight at the door? or just when she stepped outside? My dog is very, very sensitive to any slight negativity: it could be that while watching TV I might suddenly exclaim "OH NO!" just as she is jumping onto a chair she is allowed on, and she will immediately jump off the chair and think, for days, she can not get back on it.
  
  Step back in your training. Be patient. Pretend you are starting from scratch.


• Sometimes the excitement is just not there for the dog, and so they need a positive reinforcement from you. It is very important that you show your dog that you are in a good mood, and you want to have fun. sometimes they can tell if you're not really into them and all, but I think you should try being more energetic when dealing with her. I'm not a dog expert, but I am just suggesting that from my own experience with dogs.
  
  You can also try this site http://dogtrainingpr.blogspot.com/ there's a good review on dog training products, there are other dog training methods out there, and may be something could work out for you.
  
  I hope I helped a little. Just keep it fun and positive, and you should see improvements.