Dog Training

[Twitchin Kitten]

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Would anyone like articles on basic obedience for dogs?

[Twitchin Kitten]

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OK have you mastered stay? You can't progress until you master Stay.

What about NO?

I guess I'll get cracking on revamping my articles from my pet site for you. I should have something up in a couple of days. I don't work on weekends

[vtxcandyred]

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I could use some advise with my two and a half year old Yorky. He listens to me pretty good and knows sit and loves to play tug of war. I need to have him listen to me better.

[Twitchin Kitten]

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Still digging up some of my old training articles guys. I didn't forget about you!

vtx, basic obedience training is the single most key to having him listen to you. Yorkies are terriers and they are stubborn little things who will always test you to see what they can get away with.

Gimme another couple of days to dig up my articles. I may have them stored someplace off this computer and I gotta figure where! Everything from my old comp is scattered all over when I got this one earlier this year.

[Jamminitin]

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My dog is a food snatcher. Will grab it right off your plate or out of your hand if she thinks she will get it.

She sits, comes, goes in her box etc, but is a thief.

[Twitchin Kitten]

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She has to learn it's unacceptable. She has not fully understood the pack hierarchy in your house and she thinks taking food is her right and has not been challenged in a language she understands.

What I'm about to suggest is going to sound rough but it's not. You need to have the timing, and the balls to do it though. I've used this method in the past countless times and it gives me respect and the dog then knows who 'top dog' is in the house.

When she snags food, react instantly by grabbing her by the scruff of the neck and throw her (without hurting her) to the floor. Put your knee in her neck (gently but firmly) and hold her there and growl at her. Don't growl for long, but make it sound MEAN. Continue to hold her there until you feel her relax a little. Then let her go without a word. That's the important part, NO HUMAN WORDS. Make sure you take that food from her too.

She may take up to a full minute to give you that little bit of relaxation while you're knee is in her face and she will look freaked a little.
The key is timing. You need to have lightening reaction to get her on the floor and submissive.

Some dogs understand immediately and you only have to do this once. Some take a few times to get it.
If she takes more advantage of the younger kids, they too need to do this if you think they can handle it and do it right. If no, you need to be quick and do it for them the second it happens.

Our first dog was like that. She could steal a roast beef off the table while there were three sets of eyes watching it! Tiny little Rat Terrier was the terrorist of all of us. If I knew then what I know know about dogs and their behavior, that dog would have never been as rotten as she was!

[Jamminitin]

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I will try that, but let me tell you she is the most submissive dog I have ever seen. If she has like a kleenex in her mouth, we will say "Drop it drop it" and she will. She won't drop the food, she will swallow it whole. She is also not at all aggresive about it, just quick and rude. She will do it to anyone.

My 10 yr old can tackle her, lay on her, push her around, and she will just fall to the ground and roll over exposing her stomach. She has never growled at anyone except strangers.

[Twitchin Kitten]

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That's OK. It'll make it sink in all the faster we hope. She's submissive yet she's still bold enough to steal. What I showed you is 'dog talk' that should get the point this behavior is not allowed.

[Jamminitin]

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Thanks!!

[Twitchin Kitten]

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Let us know if it works for you.

OH and if you havent' done this yet, if she starts to shake from head to toe, that's a good thing! Means you're doing it right.