Dog Health Questions: Dog Training a dominant dog.?

I have a crocker spaniel that is very dominant. He is sweet but refuses to listen. We have been thru the school training with a trainer. I work with him at home but he still is not cooperating. When walked he must walk ahead and pull even if I turn quickly and go the opposite direction. Also, have been working with a clicker, which lasts for a few days. Any suggestions, we are getting frustrated.

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Crocker spaniels are hunting dogs and He is picking up the scent of the animal and is ignoring you. You are going to have to find a way of making a game out of being outside with the kong toy stuffed with favorite treat and throw it away from him and tell him find it. When He brings it back to you praise him It will take a awhile.

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• Most doctors would suggest a family pack of Prozac.


• Just face facts. he's the boss. and he knows it. he aint gonna do nothin you tell him. .


• it takes a while to train a dominate dog. you can buy a special dog harness that allows the dog to walk, but it is uncomfortable for the dog to try to pull away from you. this is an affective, but simple way to help the dog be more calm when going out on a walk.


• Don't be.
  it takes months.
  You don't expect newborn babies to learn not to crap anywhere in a few months.
  Puppies are exactly like little babies


• What is a Crocker Spaniel? Contact your breeder and they can probably refer you to a trainer who specializes in these dogs.


• I use a pinch collar on all dogs even my 6lbs ones. You need a pro trainer or behaviorist to tell you IF your dog is truly dominate or not b4 you start training him as if he is BUT the NILIF/ No Free Lunch methods do help with any type dog. Also Leerburg has lots of info.. Allowing on the furniture is a big no no for a problem dog. Hopefully he has been neutered too, that also helps. I don't use clickers as I train Personal Protection/Schutzhund dogs not trick dogs. I do not believe in bribing dogs or kids, they have to behave because I am boss and I said so. A dog running after a bad guy won't break off for a hot dog, arm of bad guy is much more fun.


• first suggestion:
  Dump ** dominance ** and all its relatives from Ur vocabulary.
  
  a certain TV-trainer has used, abused, mis-used and twisted
  so-called dominance into a verbal-pretzel; it doesn;t mean
  ANYthing that is definable, any more. it;s now junk.
  
  originally, dominant + submissive referred ONLY to intra-specific
  behavior in a single event (one transaction) between 2 animals;
  so dog to dog, Not Dog To Human, and NOT a personality -
  a transaction.
  only among *captive* wolves in artificial groups do dom-personalities emerge; in wild wolves, a pack is simply a family of several generations, and the PARENTS are in charge - which is perfectly normal, the kids are not.
  when the kids grow-up, most leave... and become PARENTS themselves, thus now in their own turn, in charge.
  
  dogs do not exhibit captive-wolf hierarchies.
  nor do wild-wolves, for that matter.
  
  when dogs do not comply, it usually means that they have no idea what the heck U want them to do; they may be overwhelmed by competing distractions, nervous, not grasp the cue, be MISSING a salient cue that U are not giving (and did not realize that U had taught to the dog), or otherwise be missing crucial communication.
  
  clicker-training 'lasts' a lot longer than a few days -
  something is not being taught correctly, and at this remove,
  without a video clip, no one can tell U what that error is.
  
  maybe post a LINK to a vid-clip on YouTube?
  --------------------------------------…
  we could go there, look at it, and see what;s wrong...
  perhaps! no guarantees, but it would definitely help...