Dog Health Questions: How can I teach my dog to come to me instead of run away?

Yorkie -- Female -- 17 weeks!

Dog training/obedience classes are not an option, unfortunately. They're not available anywhere around here, even IF I could afford them!

She just runs away under the furniture hiding from me. If I make my voice louder or more stern, then she just goes farther away like she's in trouble or something (although she kinda is, LOL).
It's a really annoying little thing she's got going there. It really gets on my nerves!

Oh, and I have tried luring her to me with a doggie treat as well and she just stares me down.

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You simply have to make coming to you more enticing than whatever else she's doing. Remember, she has no idea what "Come" means until you teach her.

Start with puppy on a leash. Sit down on the floor with a handful of her favorite treats. Let her wander to the end of the leash, then say, "Puppy, come!" Pitch your voice high, sound as happy as you can. If she does not come, gently pull her toward you. Each time she turns to face you, and each time she voluntarily takes a step toward you, chirp in a high-pitched voice, "Attagirl! Good girl! Puppy, come!"

When she gets to you, give her a treat for each time you praised her, and all the while pet her and tell her she's the best puppy ever. Brian Kilcommons calls it a "praise party" and you want to throw one just for her. :)

When she's done eating, give her your release command. I use "At ease." Herding dogs are told "That'll do." It should be something you never say, because you don't want to accidentally tell her she can wander off. :)

When she wanders off to the far end of the leash again, repeat the tug and praise. When she comes in, again, give her lots of treats.

Repeat a third time, then take the leash off and *don't call her again.*

While training the 'come' you NEVER give the command if you can't enforce it. She has to consider 'come' to be a command she must always obey, and she does so willingly because she gets terrific treats and praise when she does.

If you do a set of three three times a day, she'll figure it out pretty quickly; yorkies are smart. On the second day, only give her lots of treats on two out of three recalls; on the other give her only one. Never repeat a pattern; keep her guessing about which time you'll give her lots and which time you'll only give her one.

When she gets good at it, you can start replacing the food treats with just praise, and using a longer leash. Only jackpot her (the whole handful of treats) occasionally. Good luck!

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• I taught my dog to come to me by using a silly noise, not a loud voice or soft either. they respond more by weird noises so make one up and use a doggy treat to give your dog when she comes to you. then this will teach her that she is a good dog for coming to the weird sound lol its funny but it works. just be patient and good luck :)
  
  BTW you need to earn her trust as it seems you have already made her scared of you by using your loud voice. which makes her think your telling her she is already bad.


• Libraries are free and easy to find. They'll have books and videos on dog obedience. Ask at the front desk, they'll help you find a good one.
  
  The more stearn and mean you sound the more the poor baby is going to run from you. Instead, you need to make your voice high pitched and happy.
  
  Remember that this is the first time she's been away from her mommy and her siblings. This is the first time she's clapped eyes on you.
  
  Remember, to her, you are a giant. She's probably smaller than your shoe, and when you get stern with her, she thinks a dog eating alien is going to eat her brain.
  
  Relax.
  Let her hide.
  She'll come out when every thing settles down.
  Speak in happy tones.
  Sit down. Better yet, lay down on your back. let her see you aren't as humongous and mean as you seem.


• this is not normal behavior. has something traumatic happened in the past? also, never ever talk mean or stern to a dog when you are trying to get them to come to you. that only scares them away, especially such a small dog as a Yorkie. did u do something to scare her? by accident perhaps? try re-building the relationship. when you catch her, pick her up, and talk to her nice. tell her you love her, pat her head and try to get her to give u a kiss. if thats not possible, the just proceed to a quiet area where you can sit with her, and just pet her from head to tail, calmly talk to her, and just love her alot. do this many times a day, and that will build her trust in you. no dog should fear their owner, unless the owner gives them reason to. never talk to her loud or stern again unless she does something horrible, like potty indoors or something. that breed is timid and impressionable. just do what i described above, and try working a treat in there. like real meat, or chicken breast pieces. all dogs love real meat. if she refuses, be patient. the dog just need time to get used to you. a dog knows when you love them, and im not saying you dont love her. idk the answer to that, only you do. change the relationship, and the dog will change as well. good luck with her. :).


• it sounds like theres tention between u to. you two need to practice this for a hour each day. treat her with respect and she will give it back to u. yelling and being sturn dosent help situations it just makes them worse. when u walk towards her make eye contact before ten seconds is up look away and keep moving towards her, then look at her again u dont want to scare her away by staring at her becuz that makes her feel like u r challenging her. she dont no what u are gunna do it is her instinct to react and run to plan a strategy.
  just try it


• Drop to your knees and make suckling noises holding a super special treat like a hot dog or cheese bit. If the dog ignores you sneek up a put the treat in front of its nose. When it comes to you give all the praise in the world. ALWAYS have a treat when you use this method. Never use this method for bad stuff like medicine, baths, crate time or whatever.
  
  The formal recall never call the dog "rover come!" without a leash or long line on. You need to mastered tethered before off leash. While practicing this only give treats sporaticly.
  
  The worse thing you can do is recall for bad stuff or corrections. Don't use harsh or stern tone of voice, recalls should be bright, fun and playfull. Recalls should be the most fun thing in the world and 100%, one day their life can eventually depend on it!
  
  Add: #1 Have your husband stop playing with her in that way #2 spend more time working that energy out of her, redirect that enthusiasm into walk time on coming out of the crate. Have the leash ready before you let her out.

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Dog Health Questions: Dog training?

how to train dogs & at what age

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You can start working with him when you get him. When he is about 4-6 months old, enroll him in a basic obedience class. He should know by that age how to walk on a leash and come when he is called. The class will help him to be socialized around other dogs and he will learn, on a leash to sit, stay, down, sit/stay, down/stay and heel. Eventually, he will learn, with training to do those things off leash as well.
Be patient, calm and assertive. Check out this website for some pointers http://dogpsychologycenter.com/tips/inde…
Good luck

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• its hard for someone to tell you hwo to train a dog because dogs have personalities and all are a little different, but i suggest either takign the dog to obedience training and basic training classes, or get some books and videos on training at home


• train your dog at any age


• Best bet is take them to training classes. they aren't just for the pet, but for the owner. They will show you how to continue training beyond the classes. PetSmart accepts puppies after 8 weeks of age.


• start as young as possible!


• Basic Dog Training can be found just by surfing the web but start training your pups around 9-10 weeks of age. The key to an good adult dog is too start young.


• Dogs should always be being trained. It is good for them. Its impossible to tell you how to train dogs. For starters, ask your vet for reference to a dog training club and check out "How to be Your Dog's Best Friend" by the Monks of New Skete. It is an extremely fun and rewarding process.


• Can you be a bit more specific? What kind of dog and what do you want to train it to do?
  As for age - if you can housebreak an 8 week old puppy, that is training. I've started grooming and show stacking lessons with my poodle puppies at 4 weeks. That is training. If the dog learns to learn from an early age, they can continue to learn all their lives. The only dog too old to learn is already dead. You can teach an old dog new tricks - as long as you are patient enough and can figure out how to tell the dog what you want it to do.


• With most dogs like Labs, Coker Spaniels, Pitbulls, or most of you bigger breeds even some small breeds most of the basic commands are already embedded in there memory, which makes it easier to teach them those command, but to get technical start with the basics. Like sit, stay, lay. those are the three you need to learn. the easiest way i have found to teach a dog to sit is to, put them in front of you and tell them to sit (use a stern voice let them know you are in command) and take your hand and push down on there butt as you tell them to sit and after a while they will learn what to do. if you have any other questions reffering to this email me at wmctarheelchamps2005@yahoo.com


• to train a dog you must keep it positive make it fun for your dog show him what you want it to do like if you want it to shake say shake and grab his paw and shake it praise him give him a treat and do it over and over you have to spend some time but they will get it never yell or hit a good thing about dogs are they want to please you hotdogs are the best thing to train with they love them and will do anything to get them good luck start when they are pups about a month or 2 old but try not to over do it you be able to tell when the dog loses interest


• my trainer likes to start when the pup is 12 weeks old.

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Dog Health Questions: Dog Training Help Needed!?

I want to train my 4 year old miniature poodle who wont stop running away. Everytime I leave the accidently leave the door open, he runs away. It is getting very annoying every time going to catch him. I need some tools or help on how to train him. I cant really afford a dog trainer right now and I just want to learn how to train him on how to not run away. How could I train this dog into not running away? He's a miniature poodle who really needs to be disciplined.

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Most poodles are too "soft" for a shock collar, and the timing's tricky anyway.

You can put up a baby gate at your front door while you both are working at this problem - it really helps. I actually put up a fence and gate around my porch to help contain my pets while they were learning.

Practice a good, solid "come" command. Call your dog randomly and praise and treat the heck out of him when he does come. Clip him on a leash when you have to go in and out. You can either clip the leash to your belt, or to a piece of furniture. I prefer the belt, to get the dog to pay attention to you.

Set up practice times, with a very long light lead attached to your dog and a door left open temptingly. When he bolts, "pop" the lead and tell him "No! Inside!" and praise the heck out of him as you drag him indoors, finishing with a particularly toothsome treat when his paws are inside. (Make sure his collar fits well, or he'll slip it!)

Keep at it. Poodles are very trainable, and you just need to be consistent.

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• he doesn't need discipline,, he needs to be trainedpractice recalls in your home,,, call him from room to room and when he gets to you give him super yummy treats and praise..
  
  then practice outside, same thing ( have him on a leash though)


• Try a shock collar (not being sarcastic).


• Go get a invisible fence. it may hurt the first couple of times but they learn to stay put.


• I would say begin training him to "come". Begin on a short lead and say "come" or clap your hands or whatever than tug him towards you and reward. Continue doing this and every time he gets it extend the lead... if this doesnt work you may want to invest in a trainer. Shock collars also work great... dogs catch on quick. Good Luck!


• OK start by teaching the stay command. this is a very simple command this is how to do it (oh and only do reward based training not abuse!). have the dog sit then watch them and say stay while moving away slowly. keep doing this until they move then say something like no or AHAH and return them to sitting. Eventually when your dog stays in one place and achieve a reasonable distance reward them. keep doing this but make it harder each time by turning you back to them. now you can address the stay command and no more running. i am sure one word is a lot easier than chasing the dog.

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Dog Health Questions: 16 y/o dog trainer... business question?

Hi,

Besides the loads of obvious research that I need to do, I have a few questions that I couldn't find answers to.

I'm 16, and have been working with dogs since I was 8. I have accumulated many techniques and taken advice from many legit dog trainers, and authorities (as in vets, groomers, shleters..ect) on dogs.
I currently don't have a job and was trying to think of something that I enjoyed doing/was good at, that I could also make some extra cash with.
... Which leads us to my question.
I see people have dog training sessions at certain parks a lot.
I was wondering if I could do training classes at the park... or would I have to get special permission/permits?
I have no idea how to start the business.
I'm looking to doing this as a weekend/summer thing.
Being 16 I don't know if there's a lot I can do...

Any tips would also be appreciated.

Thanks

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I agree with Timelady and Pam. No offense, but I would not feel comfortable taking instructions from a 16 year-old who has no credentials or official training. You need something to back up your claim that you are a competent trainer. Age and experience, for example. If you want to do a job that involves dogs and training, try doing some volunteer work at your local Humane Society. The one here takes volunteers as young as 15. You may have to do some feeding and cage cleaning, but part of your job will also be to walk the dogs and interact with them so that they'll remain socialized and adoptable. It is during this time you can do some training. I'm sure the employees of the Humane Society would love that because a trained dog is so much easier to adopt out. After a couple of years, when you're 18, they will probably even hire you and start giving you a paycheck. At any rate, a couple years of volunteering at a shelter looks very good on an application to vet tech school, and shows your committment to the job. And, being a volunteer, you wont have a set schedule that you must adhere to so weekends and summer months wouldnt be a problem.

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• Call the parks and recreation department in your city to find out whether you need any special permissions to have classes in the park.
  
  I'd seriously consider working with an established, experienced trainer. While you may be knowledgeable for your age, there's no substitute for experience and you're too young to have any of helpful significance. I strongly suggest that you look into the legal aspects of training and liability. Get insurance to protect yourself. (You may not be able to insure yourself individually at only 16 years old, so any liability would fall on your parents.)


• Well to start a business you usually need to be bonded and insured.
  
  You could try asking around the neighborhood to see if anyone would be interested in your classes.
  
  Frankly you may be great with dogs, but I would not hire a 16 year old to train mine. Dog walking is also something you could do with dogs to make some money and it is more age appropriate.


• Well, animal behavior and dog training are both degrees and certifications and if you have no credentials, good luck getting any clients.
  
  You can advertise in the paper, I guess. You can train in any park as long as the dog is leashed. I doubt you need a permit.
  
  What I would suggest is that you advertise yourself as a dog walker and if you want to do some training with the dog, do a little for free and if the owner is impressed, then charge them for more. Otherwise, i don't see who will hire you without any credentials.


• Please don't be discouraged by some of these answers. You may very well be able to do something like this. Check with the Parks and Recreation folks about the legalities, but start small.
  
  If I were you, I'd take my dog to the park and start working with him/her where plenty of people could see you. Other dog owners will see you as they walk with your pets and then you could hand fliers out about your classes. If you stick with basic obedience and just keep the group small and informal, you could charge a small fee and have a lot of fun with it. If dogs are already allowed in the park, there may not be a big issue with insurance.
  
  Another option might be to call your local school board if you have extended education in your community. They will often offer classes and are always looking for someone to teach something different. As long as you can prove your skill with animals, they might be willing to let you teach a class for them.
  
  And if all else fails, teach a class starting from your home but using the neighborhood walks and parks. As long as it is just a few folks at a time, no one would bother you about it anyway.


• Sixteen yo's are NOT capable !!!
  CAN'T enter into ANY business!
  WILL get in DEEP SHI...er,stuff!
  MUST be a LEGAL ADULT!
  FORGET IT!!!
  
  I wouldn't let some kid TOUCH my dogs.


• Find someone in your area that is certified trainer and go see them. Doing an apprenticeship would be the best place to start.


• You will probably need to start at the vets office or the humane society. when you are a little older you can look into the Animal Behavior College for dog training courses so you can get your degree. I think you are going to do great. Don't let people discourage you.

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Dog Health Questions: Advice on dog aggression??

We have a 4yr old Golden Retreiver mix. He is very loving,friendly, and affectionate w/us. However when anyone comes over to the house, he gets very aggressive with them, to the point we have to put him in another room, because he might nip at them. Anyone else have this problem? Would normal dog training help, or do we need something more specialised?

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I have the same problem with my Rott. She love us to death but as soon as someone else come to the house she wants to bite. I solved that problem with her by telling the people right when they come in to call her by her name. So she think she knows them. I swear that works try. But remember who ever the person is they have to say the dogs name. And say it in a happy why.

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• He is protecting his house. This is not normal and the best thing you can do is get a professional trainer. If you cant afford one there are some articles online about this problem.


• Yes we have an aggressive male chow. He's not real bad but bad enough that he nipped at my best friend who comes over alot. Some dogs are just extremely protective. Normal obedience training would probably help. We took our chow to obedience school and he is a whole lot better now. All dogs are different though. Maybe check with your vet to get his opinion.


• yes dog obedience will help. AFter he is trained you can give him some "jobs" to keep his mind busy so he isnt so worried..
  putting him in the other room will not help
  what is he mixed with ? Retrievers ususally do not act like guard dogs


• Be very firendly to him. Then maybe he'll feel more conforable with you. Is he fixed? Neutered animals nauturlly behave better.
  
  Or...
  
  Run Away!

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Dog Health Questions: Does the mother dog trains the baby puppy?

so let say if the mother dog is potty trained for example, would she teach her lil baby to be potty trained too??? lol kinda odd question but I was just wondering :)

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LOL, that would be a wonderful trick and save a lot of hassel with all new puppy owners. Of course she doesn't teach the pups to be house trained.

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• No she wouldn't teach that, but yes a dam does teach her pups things they need to know before leaving her.


• Nope. One kind of training a mother dog will do is to stop her pups from fighting with each other. She will discipline one by putting that pup away from the group for a short amount of time.


• No way! I don't think so. You should do some proper research, really.


• Well, no, not really, but she does lay down the groundwork for you (the new owner of the pup) to follow.
  The dam reinforces the instinct for the pup not to soil its nest. You just have to teach the pup how far away from the nest it needs to go to do its business (and maybe give it a lift to get there).


• Dams teach their puppies dog manners, not human manners.
  
  They train the pups in how to behave amongst dogs by teaching them what's considered rude. Stepping on, nipping, mouthing and being rough with another dog is often poor manners unless it is clear that both dogs want to play. These are lessons that puppies pick up from their mothers.
  
  However, dogs are dogs, so they don't teach puppies human lessons. It's our "weird" human lesson to teach a dog how to potty outside versus inside, so it's us to up to teach that lesson.
  
  Dogs can learn by example, though. It is possible for puppies to follow a dam's behavior in "going" outside, for instance.


• you can try this after its had its shots take it out when you take the mother out to potty might help it learn by going outside with mom alot.


• They eat spaghetti too.

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Dog Health Questions: Blue tick beagle coon dog training?

is it okay to use raccoon urine to spray on a tail to train our dogs to hunt?if not what do we use?

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You might get better, more detailed advice from a hunting site or trainer. Strikes me that that's what they sell the urine scents for.

I know that various places sell rabbit pelts and bird wings for training -- maybe a site like that might have racoon tails and ideas for using them

Some answerers have questioned the legality - is it actually illegal (or limited to a season) to hunt raccoons? I'd never heard that.

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• Why would you want to teach your dogs to murder innocent little animals. If you need meat, go to the grocery store.


• I'm actually not sure.
  I believe this user http://ca.answers.yahoo.com/my/profile;_… does hunting with their beagles. I would advise that you contact them


• Would you mind updating with whose tail you're spraying the urine on???
  I'll try offer assistance then!


• have you ever seen where a red fern grows? ann and dan were trained by dragging just such an item.it already has scent if real, i would not think you need to add more, talk with other hunters in the area for help.

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Dog Health Questions: Dog appears to have cherry eye?

Hey I rarely ask any questions that should be directed towards a vet but I am just curious. I usuallly ask questions that deal with dog training etc. My pitbull/cane corso puppy woke up this morning with what looks like Cherry eye. Anyone have or had a dog with this condition. Yesterday she was perfectly fine. This morning it popped out of nowhere. This sound familiar to anyone? We will be bringing her in in the morning to see the vet. I know theres a chance she may get it in the other eye as well.

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Hey Javier! I have a Chihuahua named Angel, who 3 years ago had Cherry Eye in one of her eyes, she never got it in the other eye, thankfully. This is a picture of Angel, when she had Cherry Eye!
http://s279.photobucket.com/albums/kk159…
I knew that Cherry Eye can only be repaired through a surgical procedure, so after I noticed Angels Cherry Eye, I took her to the vet and had her Cherry Eye repaired. Since then, she has never had any problems with her eyes and the Cherry Eye never came back in neither one of her eyes. What the other poster said about Cherry Eye Surgery being Pointless is wrong, so please don't pay attention to that statement. It's easier for a dog with Cherry Eye to get a bad Infection or Injure it's eye, so the sooner you can get the Cherry Eye repaired, the better for your dogs eyes. The advice the other poster also gave you about their little Home Remedy with the Baking Soda and Water and rubbing it into the dogs eye. That's insane and you don't do that or you will cause your dog pain and you can cause your dog to go blind. Forget the home remedies because there aren't any! I would take her to the vet and have the vet take a look at her eye. The vet will give you the options you have and what steps to take next from there!

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• Cherry eye is an inflammation of the third eyelid, and your dog sounds very much like she has it. While they can give drugs to reduce the inflammation and get the eylid to pop back into place, it will eventually recur, generally worse than the first time. The only permanent solution is surgery to correct it. There are a few options, depending on severity. Cherry eye surgery has minimal recovery time and is generally not extremely expensive (depending on the type of surgery).


• If you bring her to the vet, they might make you pay a lot for a little almost pointless surgery.
  My Cocker Spaniel had cherry eye and it just came out of no where.
  It looked nasty D;
  My Mom rinsed her finger in water, dipped it in baking soda and lightly put some of the baking soda on the cherry eye thing...
  My dog rubbed her eyes for a little, but after a couple minutes it went away.
  
  Edit:
  Jeez. I can't believe I'm getting thumbs down...
  You people haven't even tried this to see if it works.
  It actually worked on my dog... I don't know how I'm suppose to prove this. D:
  My dog never had cherry eye again...

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Dog Health Questions: Watch dog training?

My golden retriever/chow mix barks at strange animals/people when they come around the house. That's fine with me. But when she's barking at 3am because there is a jack rabbit on the lawn, it's kind of annoying. How do I get her to stop barking after I've checked and seen it's not important? More or less: thank you for telling me, it's nothing to get excited about, be quiet now.

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I would teach her the "watch me" command. It is a command designed to get a dog to look and pay attention to you. This usually diverts them from whatever had previously caught their attention. You can practice this command at any time of the day, even in your free time.

Usually, to teach a dog to do this, you should raise a finger in front of your face, not as if you are scolding them, but as if you are about to say "shhh!"
Say "watch me!" to her. If she looks, give her a treat and praise her.

However, if you are not so lucky to catch her attention the first time, try calling her name or making a smooch noise, anything to get her to look up at you. Eventually, with practice, she will understand.

Also, the command to "come" is useful as well, if she doesn't already know it.

Next time she barks at something uninteresting, tell her to "watch you," then praise her for being quiet, and say "Ok, come on." Lead your dog away from the bothersome object outside.

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• it's a problem. What you need to do is first get the dog to bark, and then to stop. If you can structure a training time providing something you KNOW the dog will bark at...then teach him a stop command, you'd have it. The middle of the night when he is barking AT something is not the time to teach him anything.
  
  practice...stimulation, bark, ok, come here, quiet...at a time when you can control all the factors...

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Dog Health Questions: Is there a dog boarding school that offers training as well?

We have a 4 month old Husky and she is absolutely a nightmare! She's not housebroken yet, she begs for food, she tears up everything, jumps on the furniture....my husband is the one that bought her, but unfortunately he had to be deployed for the next 6 months, and with a new baby in the house, I do not have the time, nor the willingness to try and train her myself. I'm finding a lot of ads for either JUST dog boarding or JUST dog training...but is there a place that offers both? I'm going on vacation for a few weeks and would love to take her somewhere, where she will not only be cared for but also be trained by the time I pick her back up! My location is Virginia...so if anyone could suggest something or know of a place I would greatly appreciate it!!

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There are many board and train facilities. Some are good and some are not so good. It is important that you do your research. You also need to realize that this is not a magic wand for your problems. She most likely will be trained well for her age, if you go to a good facility. However. you will need to continue that training at home. Dogs like children need consistency and patience. Type in dog board and train virginia in your search engine and you'll come up with quite a few sites.

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• There are places to send your dog away to be trained but they are such a bad idea. YOU need to train your dog, not someone else. She needs to learn to listen to YOU and obey YOUR rules, not someone else's. I am a professional trainer and behaviorist and I would never suggest someone send their dog away to be trained. It doesn't work and it does a lot of damage to the dog/owner bond.
  
  That said, you are dealing with puppy behavior. At 4 months there is no way you can expect this dog to be trained. You either need to commit to training and nurturing this puppy or you need to find her a new home. I know having a deployed spouse is very hard but you also have to think about what is best for you and the puppy at the moment. If you can't handle her then you need to find her a good home and family that can give her the time and training she needs. If your husband wants a dog when he comes back, either adopt an older dog or make sure you both have the time to dedicate to it.


• Training is not just for the dog it is for the OWNER as well. What good is her training if you aren't apart of it and she doesn't learn how to take order from you ? Same goes for your husband. Guess what in a few weeks she will NOT be the perfect dog. Training never stops.
  
  And if you are unwilling to make the time and effort to be apart of her training I suggest you talk with your husband about sending her BACK to her reputable breeder if she came from one or contacting your nearest sibe rescue.
  
  "she begs for food, she tears up everything, jumps on the furniture" because you both have ALLOWED her to do so and have made no attempt to correct her train her or even EXERCISE her properly.
  
  Guess what even IF what you wanted was possible she would revert back because YOU don't have the time.


• Never heard of the two being combined but suggest you ask at a Veterinary Surgery - they might know of someone. You will have to put her in Kennels for your holiday - this could be expensive for a long stay - perhaps you could mention the problem to them and they might teach the basics but with a young baby in house you will need to be on constant watch. Never leave the two of them in the same room unattended. Constant watch is imperative. Even if baby in cot - can dog jump into cot ???? Think very hard about what you are doing. New baby - new dog! Not recommended


• Talk to the boarding kennels. Chances are, you can pay extra for basic obedience. The attendants are usually really knowledgeable, and willing to put in some time for a few extra bucks.
  
  Here's a secret kennel workers don't share...
  When we get a super wild dog, we automatically start training, just so we can manage the dog during it's stay. So, really, it's no big.
  
  Here's a secret dog trainers don't share...
  Obedience training is pointless unless you do it yourself. The dog will learn to obey the trainer, and ignore you.


• You can pay someone to train your dog, but if you don't know how to keep her trained you're throwing money away. Training needs to be reinforced often, every day for preference, or it disappears. As one dog training place told me once,"we can train any dog to behave in a couple of days, it's training the owners that's the hard part". You cannot expect a four month old dog to be housetrained yet or to know not to chew things. It's the equivalent of a six year old, whom you cannot expect to behave like an adult. The puppy isn't old enough to hold it for long and will need to be taken outside often and confined when you can't watch it. It seems to me that getting a puppy in your circumstances was a mistake. If you're not willing or able to provide the puppy with what it needs, it's better off in another home.

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Dog Health Questions: What's the best dog training tip you've ever learned?

we have 2 dogs
always looking for new ideas

Top 6 Dog Training Mistakes - Are You Making These Mistakes When Dog Training?

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I think a big mistake many people make (I know I used to) is not making training fun. You need to be excited so the dog will be excited. Have lots of energy and make every command sound fun and upbeat.

Obviously you still need to correct if the dog disobeys (assuming the command is already a known one) but learning to put some energy into my training sessions made my dogs respond so much better to me.

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Have to agree with Dalmatians. NILIF really helped my possessive aggressive dog. You'd never guess now that he used to be protective of food and toys.
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Do a Good Job of Dog Training

• In the words of the great Cesar Milan, Be the assertive pack leader. It doesn't matter what you are trying to teach your dogs, you need to be confident, assertive and calm. If you are tentative about being the top dog, then your dogs will never see you as the pack leader. They will continue to do bad behaviors and drive you crazy. Also look on Youtube for videos of Victoria Stillwell. She has really good advice about dog training. The thing that both Cesar and Victoria agree on is that you have to be the Alpha. Good Luck!


• PATIENCE and a lot of love for the pup.... as brenda said...f you can only punish a dog within 10 seconds of the incident happening otherwise the dog has no idea what you're punishing him for.... soooo true.... and i have also learned that Cesar Milan's idea of us being the pack leader is not true in all cases... dogs understand the difference between humans and other dogs...


• It's all about consistency. If it takes you a 100 times everyday for a week to teach it .. it's worth it!
  
  Oh and my trainer told me that if you can only punish a dog within 10 seconds of the incident happening otherwise the dog has no idea what you're punishing him for.


• Never hesitate to praise your dog for exhibiting good behavior.


• i thought i knew it all in dog training until i brought by last pup to obedience class. wow did i learn alot


• NILIF - Nothing in life is free.
  
  Has worked wonders on my dogs.


• Definitely NILIF.

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Dog Health Questions: How do I start my own Dog Training and Dog Walking Business?

I am 19 years old. I know what I am best at and that is dog training and walking. I already have 3 references for dog training. and 2 for dog walking. I have been trying to get hired by companies but nobody is hiring me.

So I think I must start a business of my own. What steps should I take to do this? Do I need a business license for this? If so, how hard is it to get one? Does it cost money? (cause I don't have any money because I have never been hired.)

I am just so sick of not being able to do anything about not being employed. I can't even get government aid of any kind to help me out till I can get a job. Like I don't even own a bra I am so poor. I have no presentable clothing...might be why I am not getting hired- but I don't have any money for anything.

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According to our state, dog trainer is already included as a legal occupation. Since, it is recognized by the law then the person must have licensed on it. You have to spend some time in the training school to get a professional certificate. In that way, any person or company who will hire you will not be doubtful in giving you the job you deserve because you are now a certified dog training professional. Hope this helps!

Dog Training - How to Train Your Dog Effectively

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Dog Health Questions: Brought home an older dog: Training tips?

He's a very nice dog, about 3 we think.

My boyfriend almost hit him with his car, and when he confronted the owner he was told to 'take him if you want him' because he didn't apparently. So now we have Buddy Holly, sine the dog never had a name- just lived there.

So, we need training tips for a slightly older dog.

Dog Training - A Vital Component of Your Dog's Life

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How nice of you to take this dog in from such horrible people! Get him to the vet first off for a check up and neuter. Then you'll just have to wait and ascertain what his bad habits are. Once you find something you want to break him of doing its just a system of punishments and rewards. If he is bad tell him no in a stern voice and crate him for a bit. When he is behaved reward him with a treat and kisses... he'll catch on:) Good luck!

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• Really the same as a younger dog, but easier in some ways because an older dog will have a longer attention span than a puppy and be less hyper. A dog from an owner like you describe may have been abused, or more likely just ignored which is actually better. In that case, it probably won't have fear issues and will respond nicely to someone paying attention to it. Positive reinforcement is always the key to training a dog to do things. When it does the right thing, reward it with food or nice words in a happy positive tone of voice. If you're quick enough, you can say Sit when the dog is about to sit anyway, then tell it how good it was for sitting. When you have to tell it not to do something, don't use it's name, just say NO in a loud voice. The name should always be used in a positive way so the dog knows that hearing its name means good things. If you're new to dog owning, I'd highly recommend getting to a dog training class. You can learn a lot in a pretty short time there.


• The key to house training your dog is to rely on your dog's natural instincts and tendencies.
  Dogs are instinctively clean animals. If they can avoid it, they would rather not soil themselves or their usual eating and sleeping areas. Dogs also naturally develop habits of where they would like to eliminate. For example, dogs that have a habit of eliminating on grass or dirt would rather not eliminate on concrete or gravel. You can use these natural tendencies for rapid and successful house training.
  
  Housetraining guidelines, http://miniurl.com/28515


• You will find that you have yourself a super duper dog. Dogs that are abused or ignored and suddenly have a nice family with a nice soft bed and good food and some treats here and there will do anything for you. He appreciates you saving him and will work toward any means to show it. The best thing to do is start with the sit and lay down thing, and then see if he has any special talents. I tend to work with my dogs on what they are good at. Mine Italian Greyhound says "I love you". It's not perfect every time, but we're working on it. The best thing to do is to be consistent. You and your boyfriend should use the same words, sit, stay, come, roll over. If you both use the same words he'll pick up on things a bit faster. It takes working each day, and there is a difference in work and play. Say you're working on sit and he won't do right, just knock off the teaching and play some fetch. Who knows, you may learn during play time he is an excellent frisbee catcher. Good luck.


• This dog sounds like it may have been abused. If this is the case, positive reinforcement will go a long way. Negative reinforcement, while it works like a charm, may not work with your dog. Find out what your dog likes - treats, toys, praise - and use those to reinforce good behavior and to praise him.


• Hi,
  
  The good news is it's fairly easy to teach an old dog this new trick. In fact, adult dogs are easier and faster to housetrain than puppies, especially if you use a crate. Check out these training tips:
  
  http://lnk.nu/dogtime.com/ssj.html


• The most important thing is to find what motivates him. whatever it may be like toys or food, if you can find that it will make training easier

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Dog Health Questions: Does anyone know of a good book about dog training?

I am planning on getting a dog, but I've never had one before and I don't know the first thing about training. I want to train it so it doesn't end up like my cousin's dog who jumps all over people and barks at everything. I want my dog to be my buddy so please hook me up with some sort of books to give me the basics of training my new dog right.

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In my opinion the best e-book so far that I found on the web regarding dog training is secrets to dog training.

It will teach you how to train your dog like a professional trainer, so you can have your dog obey you no matter what the situation and solve any specific problems that you may have with your dog - this is truly cutting-edge material!

Over 63,997 dog owners worldwide, just like you, have used this unique course to fast-track their dogs learning, while having loads of fun in the process. To see what "Secrets to Dog Training: Stop Dog Behavior Problems!" can do for you, in just 3 easy steps.

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5 Levels of Dog Training

• Start with the book "The Perfect Puppy" by Gwen Bailey.
  Enrol in puppy classes and then obedience classes.
  
  Good luck with youor new puppy and conratulations on doing your research BEFORE getting a puppy!
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• training dog's is sooooooooooooooooooooooo fun
  
  i use this book man it's amazing it's include video can show you how to train you're dog
  i like training my dog it's my faveorite time a day
  
  http://www.dog-training-academy.com/?hop…wich you the best

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