Dog Health Questions: Do you also apply off leash methods in dog training?

how did u do it?

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Of course, I usually start training off leash. Simple things like sit, stay, shake, roll over, etc. Using small bits of treats as a reward, I find it much easier to start this way and then move on to the leash, because the dog will already have some idea of what is expected of him/her. Eventually, I stop using the treats, substituting lots of praise instead. As long as you use positive reinforcement for a job well done, you shouldn't have any trouble.

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• never ever attempt it until your dog is solid ON leash... then you will start very slowly and if the dog makes a mistake,,, back on leash..... get into a competitive obedience class,, you will have fun and you will eventually be able to start showing your dog...


• I started with solid leash obedience. Then I dropped a 10 foot leash and made sure I had a solid recall and he could heel. I asked my neighbors to put their dog about fifty feet away, and after alot of patience (thirs and mine) I have a dog who I don't really have to worry about getting loose. We had the ten foot leash on for awhile, but I still don't trust him to heel off leash.


• We have hunting dogs and dobermans and we start from puppy age and work them off lead. We start in the large fenced yard and work on a leash and then move them off leash in the yard until we get good recall. Then we work them in the pasture with scent and training dumies and keep out one or two of the older dogs. The pups will come back when the older dogs do as they tend to follow the older dogs and learn from them.
  All of mine can be turned out loose to go potty or walk at heel off lead.
  Our hunters are turned out loose all over the place to hunt.
  You can teach anything off leash that you teach on lead. The most important thing is a good solid recall even when there are distractions.


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Dog Health Questions: Dogs: squirt bottle for training?

I am reading a dog training book and it says to use a squirt bottle to discourage barking... when my dog barks, I'm supposed to squirt her mouth and say NO (or "quiet).
I tried it a couple of times and she was so surprised she kind of got jumpy and wanted to escape.

Is this a good idea or not?

The book is Leader of the Pack
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Holy cow. Well I don't use negative methods to train my puppies. I want to train them, not terrorize them. When my puppy starts barking, I say "no barking" until she stops barking, then I say "good girl". I address this again when she barks again, and say "no barking" until she stops barking, then I say "good girl" She learns barking makes me unhappy, and being quiet gets her praises. I do this until I win the battle. The time you spend in training will pay off when your dog gets older, the more you put into your dog the more you get out of them. I vote that the method in your book is a very bad method, for the reason you yourself mentioned. This negative method did not stop your dog from barking, it just made her frightened of you. Dogs want to please you, so you have to teach them what behaviors make you happy, and which ones don't and remember to praise the behaviors you want from them.

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• It's a good idea if you don't do a lot of grooming. I wouldn't want my dogs to associate a spray bottle with a correction. . . they might develop an issue.


• It works for some dogs, not others. Some dogs love being squirted with water, so it's obviously not going to work. Dogs who hate it will learn to stop barking. Your other alternatives are to say "no bark", or you put either gravel or coins in the bottom of a plastic bottle and throw that in her direction. The idea is you throw it close to her to startle her and she's not to see that it's you throwing it - she just thinks it happens when she barks. If you do it right, you should only have to do it a couple of times. Or you could get a shock collar.


• it worked on my german shepard


• I don't agree with that method.
  
  Check out these websites from Cesar Millan (The Dog Whisperer).


• Wouldn't work with my guys, they'd be getting attention, they don't really care what kind of attention it is, its still attention.
  
  Ignoring them when they bark and giving loads of attention when they're quiet has done wonders.


• It works for my parrots but I wouldn't use it on the dogs. I find that props are not that good with training, you don't always have it handy when you need it and that just confuses the dog. Voice commands are better.


• It doesn't actually fix the problem it only temporarily fixes the issue and the dog will go back to barking when the threat of punishment [the squirt bottle] has been removed.
  
  If you insist on using the squirt bottle then you should use it in conjunction with positive reinforcement training for example if you squirt and say "quiet" when she is quiet you reward with a treat and say "good quiet" personally I'd just practice using quiet when she barks, when she does you can say loudly quiet, when she stops immediately reward. Over time she won't stop barking at things but she will shut up quicker. Reinforce the behavior you want [quiet] and ignore the behavior you don't want [the barking] or redirect her to a behavior you can reinforce [the quiet].
  
  I've used the word before my dogs get "out of control" at something I know is going to set them off. My weim will just grumble but she won't actually bark and if she looks at me when I say quiet I instantly praise. This takes time but will help.
  
  However, if you own a yappy dog like a Pomeranian then I'm afraid barking comes with the territory. I suggest reading "The complete Idiots guide to Positive Training" it'll tell you that punishment methods such as squirt bottles actually don't work unless you always have the bottle with you.
  
  Personally I found the squirt bottle didn't work, they just ran out of squirting range, but quiet works much better.


• It depends on why the dog is barking. For example, this method works great to stop my schnauzer from continuing to bark when I have guests. In my opinion, the dog can bark at first, then needs to stop when the guest is let in.
  
  Why is your dog barking?


• I tried this for my dog, but it had the opposite affect. She LIKED the water and thought it was a game and would bark more in hopes of being squirted.


• I have used a method like this where I squirt water in the dogs face when they bark and tell them quiet. You are leaving out an important part of the process though. You should always praise the lack of barking the dog gives you after the squirt. I wouldn't try to squirt the dog in the mouth because to do that you would have to put your hands on the dogs face to get the squirt into the mouth. That would take to much time from the time the dog barks to the correction of squirting it in the mouth and can also make your dog shy away from you hands. There is nothing more frustrating than trying to groom or put a leash on a dog that is afraid of your hands. So if you are going to continue to use the squirt bottle aim for the face and tell the dog quiet and praise the dog as soon as it stops barking.

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Dog Health Questions: Dog Training?

Before I even begin, if you are going to say it is useless to even try, please don't answer.

Okay. Here is the problem. I have a dog for six years and he is six years old. He is a mini schnauzer. He still pees and poops in the house. We seem to not have trained him properlly. =[

Are there any tricks I could try?

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Have you tried crate training? I have trained an older dog that way and it was effective.

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• At this age, you're going to want to get help from a professional trainer. Because you have had the dog for so long, he has formed a habit of peeing and pooping wherever he pleases.
  
  Search for "at home training" and your area on google. You can also ask around. Your vet should be able to help you find a trainer.
  
  Be sure you use POSITIVE REINFORCEMENT!
  
  Good luck!


• Yes chicken liver as a treat when he goes outside also alot of praise look for the sign that he has go sniffing around get him out. Don't give him anything if he don't go outside or in the house. if u want to train him to go on a wee pad in the house start with a small kennel area put food,water, bed in the are with the wee pad. Has he uses the pad praise him after playing with him put him back in area. chicken liver praise when he uses pad has he catched on and uses the pad make the area bigger in no time he won't need the kennel because he will go to that spot and use the pad. But use alot of praise and our dog trainer says chicken liver as a treat. Good luck. If u want to make sure he goes outside take him out at least a half hour or so after eating or drinking after playing when u get up and before bed. Kennel at night so he gets the idea to hold or use a kennel to train taking him out to play but take him outside when u take him out of kennel or putting back in also take him out a couple of times while in the kennel almost like training a puppy again praise and treats when he does what u want


• Hmm, I'm not sure if this will work if he's already 6 years old but what we did with our corgi was we took her outside every hour until she got it. Also, you could try crate training. Keep him in his crate and take him out every so often. Dogs don't like to soil their sleeping place so he should be able to hold it in. Once you think he's got it down you can let him out but continue to take him outside every couple of hours.


• Be consistent. Take him outside on a schedule. When he goes inside the house, take the soiled item of the poops outside where you want him to go. Next time you bring him out, take him there to do his business. He should learn that that's where he should go pretty quickly.

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Dog Health Questions: Columbus Georgia dog training?

I am trying to find a good dog trainer for my german shepherd pup everyone recommends Harvard's k9 in reviews but i want a little more than they offer. I don't just want him to be leash trained i want him to be trained to walk off leash without dashing off when he sees a dog and i want him to be trained to ignore dogs when they bark at him and for him not to bark when all the dogs at the park are barking. is this something i would have to get private lessons for or is there trainers out there that do this in a group class b/c private lessons can get pretty expensive concidering they will only spend an hour with the dog

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I recommend The Developing Canine. They are a member of the IACP. The Developing Canine also uses modern dog training techniques, not old school ones.

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Dog Health Questions: Dog Training question(s)?

I'm training my puppy and for the most part she is doing good... She understands sit, lay, come, and stay... she is 8 months old. I'm having a problem with sit and lay though... I train her every day for about 15 min... then usually make her sit before certain things... going out for a walk, eating, etc... "just for practice." Sometimes when i say sit, she automatically lays down... It takes 4 or 5 times each practice for her to sit on command instead of laying... When i first started training her i taught her to sit first, than lay from the sit position. Could this be the problem? What else could be it? Any ideas how to fix it? Another question... She is getting bigger now and learned how to jump and put her paws on the counter and also jumps on people. What's the best way to prevent this?

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This is usually the problem. People ask their dogs to sit before they ask them to lay down. So naturally the dog automatically down. If you want the dog to down, just say down instead of sit and then down.

The prevent the jumping. Teacher her the command "off."

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• Usually the best step is this
  1.sitdown
  2.hand
  3.rolling
  4.lay down
  5.Beng! Umn . . . i mean like dead because gun
  6.stay! It's mean to stay at dead position
  7.and then bring it some food, when they want to eat, you must say Stop! It's mean, your dog cannot eat before you bring the permission to eat
  
  good luck.


• You might look into NILIF training (Nothing In Life Is Free).
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  She is not sure on your cues. You are just saying your cue once, then waiting for the behavior, not "sit, sit, sit, SIT" right?
  
  Marker Training-
  Try capturing a sit. Go to a quite room (bathroom works well). With your marker (a clicker for us, but you could also use a verbal cue like "tock") wait for your dog to sit. When but hits the ground Mark (or click) then toss the treat to the side so dog must retrieve it. Repeat. Once she is offering the sit, start putting the cue to the behavior. Click then treat, not click/treat.
  
  Same thing for the down position.
  
  Move to other locations. Only increase slowly. Distraction, Distance, and Duration- but never asking for all 3 at once, at first. Once there proofed that's a little different.
  
  ~~~Jumping
  Teach an incompatible behavior. Teach her to sit when people come over to be greeted.
  
  Have a friend help. When friend comes over ask them to not react to jumping dog. Have your friend turn (in circles) until the dog desists in jumping, wait for you dog to calm down. Only when the dog is sitting let your friend greet the dog.
  
  Counter surfing is pretty rewarding for a dog. Manage the situation by not having food near the end of the counter, invest in a baby gate to keep her away from temptation, teach her that being in the kitchen means sitting until she's released.
  
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  It's nice to have a default behavior. My dog defaults (automatically) goes down in a drop when she is having doubts. Which I like, because she can be reactive.


• 1.the thing is that she needs to be trained 40-30 min. a day or more.
  2.the paws on counter,you need to take her paws hold them for as long as possible til' she wants them back,at the time you are going to say "paws off" kind of like you would say to your friend 'paws off my cheese".
  3.same thing jumping is a problem,heres what you'll do.when she jumps on you,you will take her paws and say "off" and hold her arms til' she wants them back.and the reason off is if you say"down" she will lay down.I hope I helped!! leave feed back (your choice though LOL)

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Dog Health Questions: Has anyone ever heard of Chet Womach and his dog training secrets?

I'm just looking for some positive or negative feedback if anyone has ever ordered his course. my sis is an on call (almost all the time) paramedic and needs to be able to train her dogs from home. any other suggestions would be great! Thanks

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Training Parrots and Parrot Training TipsMy name is Chet Womach, and 5 years ago, I owned 2 wild, untrained parrots, "Tiko" and "Linus." I had tried just about every parrot training book and video ...
if this is same person he trains birds????
watch dog borstal its on in uk bbc3 and its great my dog is much better behaved.the trainer is called mick martin dont know if he does a dvd but he is police and army dog trainer so knows his stuff

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• I have never heard of him....You cannot train a dog if your not home. They learn from voice and or hand signals. If they are trained at home they won't forget the training if repeated for a few minutes on a daily basis.


• I have never heard about him. Maybe you should check into your local community centers, they usually have dog classes. If they are puppies take them to puppy kindergarden, they worked out well for my dog, once pup.


• No I haven't


• i thought he trained parrots

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Dog Health Questions: Where should I go for good dog training?

My dog is 4 months old and I want to make her a therapy dog. I live in ohio and I was wanting to know where a good place to take her and train her would be. If you know of any where to take her please help me out! Thank you!

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Good for you! My dad teaches therapy dog classes for Delta Society.

Go to a training club that has members that trial with their dogs. Go and watch a few classes and choose one whose trainers will use different methods for different dogs. One size fits all training methods don't work very well. I would stay away from Petco and Petsmart, most of their 'trainers' have no business trying to teach.

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