Dog won't come!!!Please Help
Question:
I have a 71/2 month old lab/rott mix. She is an excellent dog. She has not recieved training because up until recently she has been so well behaved. She knows most commands such as sit lay etc….. Here is the problem. When we bring her outside she completly ignores us when we want her to come back. We have never hit, or seriously punished her for not listening to us. More often then not we praise her just for coming home. Here is an example of some of her wrong doings: Walking her out in the driveway, she starts picking up her pace, I know shes taking off so i call to her to come back, she keeps going. Can’t punish her because shes gone for a half hour. I really need help with this, i am not a control freak but i need her to be attentive to what i say. I have put some thought into those shockers that are used. Please Help? This must be fixed within the next 4 to 5 months. Thanx in advance Chris
Response:
This needs to be fixed NOW. To start, this dog can never be allowed loose off leash. By law, you’re required to keep your dog under control. It needs to be on a leash any time it’s off your property. This law is somewhat flexible, provided you have good control over the dog, and it isn’t running the neighborhood hog wild. Then you can research a variety of training methods for an off leash recall. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – > I have a 71/2 month old lab/rott mix. She is an excellent dog. She has not >recieved training because up until recently she has been so well behaved. She >knows most commands such as sit lay etc….. Here is the problem. When we bring >her outside she completly ignores us when we want her to come back. We have >never hit, or seriously punished her for not listening to us. More often then >not we praise her just for coming home. Here is an example of some of her wrong >doings: Walking her out in the driveway, she starts picking up her pace, I know >shes taking off so i call to her to come back, she keeps going. Can’t punish >her because shes gone for a half hour. I really need help with this, i am not a >control freak but i need her to be attentive to what i say. I have put some >thought into those shockers that are used. Please Help? This must be fixed >within the next 4 to 5 months. Thanx in advance >Chris
Response:
What’s wrong with a leash? Until you have put some training on the dog, you know she is going to take off from the driveway. So why let her get practice and reinforcement that you will have more trouble undoing than preventing it in the first place .>When we bring >her outside she completly ignores us when we want her to come back.
Teach her to come when called. In the meantime, no off leash. >We have >never hit, or seriously punished her for not listening to us.
Good. It doesn’t work anyway. Hitting a dog is a good way to get bit. >Walking her out in the driveway, she starts picking up her pace, I know >shes taking off so i call to her to come back, she keeps going.
She’s learning that your calling her is meaningless. You soend like you could use some help from someone who knows dogs.
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