Dog Behavior Training - Dog Training to Correct Behavior Problems
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Okay, try this the next time you feed him. He needs to sit nicely for his food. When you are preparing his food, the second that he goes crazy, LEAVE THE ROOM. Give it a minute, go back and the second we bark it causes you to put the bowl back on the counter and causes you to leave the room. In the beginning it's going to take awhile to feed him, so make sure you have the time to do it. Be consistent.
Dog Training Techniques - The Fundamentals
- He has you trained to feed him.
He barks like a banshee and you give him food.
Try it the other way around.
Tell him to "sit." If he won't sit (and he won't the first few times you try this), put the bowl back down and walk away. Ignore his barking. If he does shut up, say good dog and go back to the bowl. But if he barks again, turn your back and leave.
Same thing with feeding. When you have put food in the bowl and want to set it down, have him sit. If he won't, put the food away and walk away from the feeding area. Try again in 10 minutes. If he still won't do it, no food until the next feeding time.
Give him two opportunities to eat, morning and evening. Unless he is a puppy, it won't kill him to miss a meal, and dogs won't starve themselves. He'll figure it out in a day or so. - Any type of behavior I do not like and need to correct is always done with a choke collar. I know some people will disagree with me, but after being properly taught how to use it (by a dog trainer), I have corrected every bad habit my dog had. Also consistency is key!
Good luck - I believe "Dogsbest" has the correct answer. It is the only one which will work and I would like to add to that.....................Why prepare it whilst he waits? I would pick up the bowl when he has finished eating, wash it and put the next day's food in it. Place the covered bowl in the fridge so the food stays fresh and then it is ready for you to start the training Dogsbest has given you. Also, feed at different times of the day so he is not expecting it at the same time always. There may come a time you are late home, in hospital, on holidays etc and dogs learn time so you don't want him carrying on when you are not there or a friend or neighbour is feeding him either.
Good Luck - dont give him the food until he is quiet and sits or lays down if he knows how, do this everytime u feed him and he will soon be quiet
- You are actually rewarding her for a bad behavior. She should not be feed until she is calm.
This is from Cesar Millan (The Dog Whisperer) book....
"Give Affection--but at the Right Time!
One of the most common ways we screw up our dogs and give them issues is that we share affection, but at the wrong times. We give affection when the dog's mind is the most unstable. Love is a beautiful thing and greatest gifts we can share with our dogs. Love doesn't help an unstable dog. Aggressive dogs are not healed because their owners love them. Love is not meant to enhance instability. Love is meant to reward stability, to take us to a higher level of communication. Just like in the human world, in the dog world love means something only if it is earned. Giving love at the right time and only the right time is a way you can truly prove your love for your dog. Actions speak louder than words." - Dogsbest... has the best answer so far. Since your dog has been rewarded for this behavior in the past (he always gets to eat after performing this act for you, right?), it may actually escalate (called an extinction burst) before it improves (he will try desperately to make the old behavior get rewarded again). But truly, do not give up and do not reward this behavior in any way (if he gets even one reward for this, it will be that much harder to extinguish). And the person who said clicker training is for marking the wrong behavior is way off base (it's just the opposite - it's for marking desired behavior). good luck.
- buy one of those feeder things where you fill it with a whole bag of food and as the dog eats the bowl refills
- how old is your puppy? and how much are you feeding him?
if your not feeding him enough..only like once aday that is not enough i would be going crazy too.
I work in a pet store,,I hate when people think they should only feed a dog a cup of food once a day..
Yorkies are high engery dogs and the burn more calories you might have to feed him more. - hi. you are rewarding him for bad behavior, this is what you can do baring in mind it will take time and Patience.
1. get a clean spray bottle fill it with water, every time he barks or dose any unwanted behavior spray the water in his face and say no, make him sit and stay quietly if he moves put him back tel him to sit and stay.
2. before you put his food down on the floor tell him to stay put the food on the floor then you can release him when you are ready.
if you wanted you could tell him to stay while you put the food on the floor then stand next to your dog and wait for him to give you eye contact then you can release him (when doing this you must not say anything to your dog to get his attention) - They sell these things called clickers in pet stores. whenever a dog does something wrong you tell them no and use the clicker. IT works. Also the TV channel animal planet has really good show called its me or the dog. the trainer is from UK but is really good and I think she has some great ways to ease the bad habits of dogs. Most importantly be consistent.
- Don't put his food down until he has stopped barking. I have a Siberian that would do this, and it didn't bother me until we were travelling and staying in a hotel. So to correct it I would set his bowl in front of his crate and as soon as he stopped his antics I would give him his food. It took about 2 weeks to correct and he's been "feeding PITA" free for about a year now.
- He's a happy boy because he's going to be fed - why would you be annoyed about that?
Be glad the little guy eats willingly, lots of small dogs are real pains about eating their food.
I have two dachshund who do the same, bark, dance, I think it's cute.
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