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Nov 2020
9:27am, 3 Nov 2020
8,440 posts
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BaronessBL
Dog training is at least as much about training the owner as the dog. Our dog training teacher (and in particular the first lady we went to) could get Wanda to do absolutely anything - she looked like she was in an obedience show every time the trainer 'demonstrated' what we needed to do for that exercise. When I tried the same thing it was like we were trying to do it but weren't very good and when BaronBR tries it's like Wanda has never heard the word 'close' or 'sit' before in her life 
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Nov 2020
9:29am, 3 Nov 2020
9,235 posts
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Mazlin
Rory is a Brittany (or Breton, depending on your preference). I’ve slightly lost track of his age...he’s probably about 4.
He’s always had dry food, I don’t have freezer space for raw or time to buy it every few days. We started with Canagan, then he decided that was no longer acceptable, and now he has Nature’s Menu, which has bits of freeze dried meat in as well as the biscuits. Plus 74 million treats every time we do training. He’d basically rather have a pizza though.
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Nov 2020
10:20am, 3 Nov 2020
5,563 posts
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Wine Legs
oooh, I haven't heard of a Brittany before!
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Nov 2020
10:22am, 3 Nov 2020
5,564 posts
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Wine Legs
Wobbling, it looks like Jodie works at Woof Stop, which is where I've made enquiries about training too. I will send her a message!
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Nov 2020
10:37am, 3 Nov 2020
6,384 posts
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Wobbling
Let her & Trace at Woofstop know Boots says hi!
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Nov 2020
11:58am, 3 Nov 2020
18,459 posts
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Rosehip
Ralph has trained us to do things his way...
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Nov 2020
3:57pm, 4 Nov 2020
22,678 posts
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Dave A
I know you won’t, but please don’t smack your dog Roberto.
There are known methods on ‘punishment’ training that is intended to eliminate bad behaviour by punishing it. Punishment creates fear, which is how it is supposed to work. But with fear comes aggression ultimately, if the thing causing the fear doesn’t go away.
Please bin the trainer off if they are doing stupid shit like advising you smack your dog.
Reward based training is the best way.
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Nov 2020
4:24pm, 4 Nov 2020
1,422 posts
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Roberto
Dont worry DaveA, I would never do that. And had it not been the last session of puppy classes, we wouldn't have returned despite paying in advance. I dont even like using spray bottles with him but I do move him when he is digging where he shouldn't (he has his own digging area now), but try for all physical ontact to be positive.
Time out worked for us as recommended by the vet, but only when he was little enough to pick up easily, now we just say time out and he stops.
We are having success with the barking as well. We say quiet and shake the treats and he diverts all attention to us and stops and within a day, has picked up that quiet means stop.
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Nov 2020
4:30pm, 4 Nov 2020
6,386 posts
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Wobbling
Lovely session at the rescue this afternoon. Made real progress by walking Boots up and past a couple of dogs and moving him away from the dog as soon as his body language changed to indicate he was going to drop or lunge. By the end of the session, after he’d walked past the dogs (one at a time) more than 20 times, he wasn’t reacting at all. We’re going back in a couple of weeks and in the interim we’re to go back to using a collar rather than harness.
All very reassuring & Boots didn’t seem to mind being at the rescue again. The rescue manager said Boots will always have low-level anxiety due to his poor start in life & breed.
the theory for why he’s developed dog reactivity is that worried other dogs will take his place with us. Don’t know how much credence to give that, but the dog reactivity didn’t manifest at the rescue except from with one dog and ‘no dog’s get on with him’.
The fear of walking through strange doorways is a trait often seen in traveller dogs which rather suggests Boots was in at least 2 homes before he went to the rescue.
He’s been such a different dog these past few days, so calm & easy-going. It’ll be interesting to see how returning to regular walks will impact his stress levels.
I’m assured.
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Nov 2020
5:46pm, 4 Nov 2020
8,444 posts
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BaronessBL
That all sounds very positive. Some people we know have had two Saluki X lurchers which had been with travellers before they rehomed them - but having had the first one they specifically asked to rehome another from that background. They have both been nervous little souls and I think walks are always on lead and with extreme caution but they all seem happy enough. HOpefully Boots will continue to make progress.
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