Anyone here a dog expert?

[Keanumoreira]

Ok, so my dog gave birth a few days ago to a beautyful, blonde girl named Madeline. (It's only one puppy cause...well...her eleven year old son...yeah... :wacko: ) We managed to train the first one, but that was a miricale, a reckless, destructive miricale. Anyone here know how to train dogs with expertise?

[Deleted1848331User]

I can train dogs, but I'm not an expert at it.

 

I trained my two Austrailian Shepherds not to chase my cats. lol

[Keanumoreira]

XD

 

Yeah, my dogs love to torture my cat. Just wait until she grows up to add to it. :laugh:

[Vindekarr]

Im not an expert on dogs specificaly, but generaly speaking the best way to make an animal do what you want is to speak in terms it understands: Make yourself the Boss-dogs are pack anaimals. And a wild pack is always led by a bigger, nastier sort of muffin called an Alpha. Be the alpha, if they disobey, yell at them sternly-they have very sensitive ears and dont like that at all.

 

When they do good, reward them with a snack and a cuddle-they're very sociable and eat like pigs, they like that.

 

Your best bet is to raise them to know that if they behave, good things will happen, and if they misbehave, they'll get a pounding headache.

 

And dont be shy aout exercising them either-all pets need exercise, dont feel ashamed about taking them out for a walk or even a run, both of you will benefit from it greatly. lastly, obedience schools really do work-I've had two dogs both go through them in my life and both came out mildly reformed if still a bit silly.

 

Finaly, if you've done all this and they still are ripping up your slippers, know that just like humans, animals, even insects and arachnids, all have diferent personalities. Some dogs, like some humans, have ADHD and way too much energy, I've lived with an Australian CattleDog for 16 years, trust me, I know what an ADHD dog is like :)

[CommanderCrazy]

Heh. You should see my Labador/Belgian Shepherd cross. (1/2 year old)

Been to obedience schools, no change.

Given a stern yelling at, just runs off to be an idiot somewhere else.

You name it.

 

But I still love it. There's just something so good about rescuing animals that have been abandoned...

[Vindekarr]

Yes, some pets, like some people, just never learn.

 

And just like really good friends, you dont give a damn, because you cant stay mad at them long.

 

My girlfriend has an Irish Wolf-Hound called Archie. Now, poor Archie is "selectively deaf" He can detect food with sensitivity that only a Wolfhound can-being able to hear a can opener through solid concrete-but when you say "Archie you great lump, get off, you're sqashing my feet" he simply blinks and ignores you. I dont especialy care though, bad habits are just that, bad habits.

[Harbringe]

Heh. You should see my Labador/Belgian Shepherd cross. (1/2 year old)

Been to obedience schools, no change.

Given a stern yelling at, just runs off to be an idiot somewhere else.

You name it.

 

But I still love it. There's just something so good about rescuing animals that have been abandoned...

 

Dogs that have been rescued have usually had a hard life and have trust issues with their owners ,its exhibited in their behavior by a too eager to please trait that can quickly reverse to a cowering response if you get even a little cross with it.I had a dog that had been abandoned and abused that I took in as a stray and the first thing I had to train into it was that it could trust me absolutely even when I was training it to do something new.One of the first steps I've always found you had to accomplish was the trust that grows from physical contact and I'm not talking about the play roughhouse kind of contact but the simple lay down beside you or even go to sleep beside you kind ,if a dog on its own will choose to lie beside you or even right at your feet and go to sleep then your well on your way to having the kind of trust that will allow you to get him to do other things or just simply obey commands.It all takes time and it has to be consistent ,but eventually they will learn.

[CommanderCrazy]

I know all this Harbringe.

It had gained trust within the first 2 weeks to a month of me caring for her. Although she wasnt abandoned for long, just a few days.

Neighbors moved out and left her behind.

[Harbringe]

I know all this Harbringe.

It had gained trust within the first 2 weeks to a month of me caring for her. Although she wasnt abandoned for long, just a few days.

Neighbors moved out and left her behind.

 

My post wasn't particularly aimed at you ,just a setting of something I have found important (trust) in the training of a dog.After all someone who would rescue a dog is doing all right in building trust in my book.Think I'll give you a kudo.

[CommanderCrazy]

Ah. Thanks for clearing that up. And for the Kudo. :thumbsup: