Barbara Thank you so much for taking the time to respond! Your advice was excellent and very informative!
Donna --- In [email protected], Barbara Naylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Okay... I didn't get blasted for my email about electric fences... > thank you!... so I will venture another email. And realize that I am > not a "professional" dog trainer, because I don't get paid for what I > do. But I have certainly put in years and years of study and effort > into trying to learn more about the 4-footer. And as my son says... > I have "professional" dogs. Their training has to be exact and > expectations high. My own keeper dog was not nearly as well > behaved! So take what you can use from this email and delete the rest. > > Dogs jump for a lot of reasons. And most people correct them by > squealing their name and giving them lots of attention... exactly > what they want. The knee in the chest will work on some dogs some of > the time. Turning your back and completely ignoring them will also > work on some dogs some of the time. But every time the dog comes to > someone new and they jump on them, the dog has "practiced" > inappropriate behavior. So let the people who come to you house > regularly know what they need to do to help correct the jumping. Or > have a leash right next to the door and leash the dog before you ever > open the door. Place your foot on the leash with no slack whatsoever > so the dog can't move upwards. And if the dog still has the over > excited greetings, then tether them in another room or put them in > their crate before the people come in your house. When you greet > people out in public, have the leash in your hand, but stand on it as > well so that they have no extra leash to jump. Don't let them > practice bad behavior. And at the same time when they finally do > sit... praise, praise, praise the dog and tell them good sit. > Acknowledging good behavior is just as important... and on some dogs, > more important... then tagging bad behavior. > > When I mentor a new group of puppy raisers, we play a game. I have a > behavior/activity that I want a person/puppy to do. I share the > behavior with everyone in the room, except the person playing the > part of the puppy. Let's say that I want them to sit in a chair when > they come in the room. With the first "puppy" I give just negative > corrections... when they move away from what I want. With the second > "puppy" I give negative and positive corrections... "don't" when they > move away from the chair and "good boy" when they were headed in the > right directions. The second puppy always was successful. The first > was usually very frustrated and gave up. So praise the behavior you > want and correct/ignore the behavior you want to extinguish. > > When a dog jumps up on something, I always give the correction of > "don't". "Down" is a command... something you want them to do. > "Off" is also a command for when you want them to get off of > something that you have asked them to jump > on. "Don't" is a correction. "No" will also work, but I prefer > "don't" because I can say it more forcefully with major emphasis on > the D. > > And lastly... dogs love to dig. There is nothing better then nice > damp dirt to make them happy. Once again, don't let them practice > the inappropriate behavior. Watch them carefully... cover the area > with something so they can't get to it... or fill the holes with > their puppy piles. Gross.. I know. But most dogs won't dig in their > own poop. > > Like I said... take what you can use and delete the rest. > > Barbara > now raising service dog in training #9 > > > > On Jan 25, 2007, at 8:05 PM, buttafamily5 wrote: > > > I'm anxious to hear people's tips on this as well -- as this is > > Dempsey's latest "thing". His training is going well also, but his new > > thing is jumping. Just when we get one thing corrected, another crops > > up! He is only 4 months old. We start "basic training" classes on > > Monday. > > One thing that we do have success with is the spray bottle with > > vinegar and water. He hates it, so all we have to do is pick it up and > > say "off!" and he calms down. We have read that we should say "off!" > > instead of "down", as "down" should be used when you want them to lie > > down in the submissive position (yet another thing we need to > > master!).He has also taken to nipping at our heels as we go upstairs > > (where he is not allowed), which really hurts and must stop! > > > > Donna > > > > --- In [email protected], "tricialynch77" > > <tricialynch77@> wrote: > > > > > > Hi I have a 7 month old F1 Labradoodle called Harvey. His > > training is > > > going okay at the moment apart from jumping up on people in the > > house > > > and outside as well.When he is in the house we try lifting our > > knee to > > > his chest which eventually stops him.But when he is outside and > > off the > > > lead he will jump up on anyone wether it be a toddler or an > > adult,which > > > can be frightening for them as you can imagine.Also if anyone comes > > > into the house he jumps all over them. 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