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Post by sibemom on Feb 5, 2007 14:42:49 GMT -5
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Post by bobbenson on Feb 5, 2007 14:43:41 GMT -5
Good advice. I never thought about training him to watch. I can change my screen name to Luke if you like (I think there was a play in words on that one)
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Post by sibemom on Feb 5, 2007 14:47:11 GMT -5
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Post by Dom on Feb 5, 2007 19:07:17 GMT -5
Sorry about that bobbenson. I know Sibemom has a son named Luke so that is why I asked if it was a slip. It didn't have anything to do with your name. Sibemom brought up another good point. Not only are kids and dogs alike, but people in general. We all like praise. Training your wife may not be as hard as you think. When we got Sadie my husband didn't want to spend a lot of time "training". For awhile I nagged. After reading a bunch of boards on dog behavior and training I applied it to my husband. No, I wasn't going to try and train my husband. I made it easier for him to enjoy it through applauding his efforts and saying "buzz" words like "Sadie really respects you" when he would stop her from jumping up on him. It was no longer "Ahhhh she is happy to see me". It turned into "Sit, good girl! You listen to daddy so well". The way I got him to help with the training process was I taught Sadie to crawl and wait before taking a treat until released without my husband present. When I thought Sadie had her mind wrapped around the commands I would introduce it in front of my husband. "I wonder if Sadie can learn to crawl?" I would get her treat bag and issue the command and she did it. My husband was amazed. The second part of the trick was only making her do it once for me then getting my husband to take over. So in other words I would teach the command and my husband would proof it. Eventually, my husband was teaching her things on his own. My response would always be astonishment and in turn that would make him want to teach her more. Praise is a good thing and we all like to get a pat on the back to keep us motivated. ;D Take advantage of your puppy being young. They are like sponges once they understand commands and learn them quickly. Your wife is a bit older so it may take more time. Remember even an old dog can learn new tricks.
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Post by bobbenson on Feb 6, 2007 2:10:58 GMT -5
I figured the Luke thing was just a typo A lot of good info here, thanks. My wife is coming around. At first it was kind of - it's your responsibility to train the dog. But it makes her mad that the dog doesn't jump on me and is obeying me (relatively speaking for the time we have had him). She is making him sit or down and giving him a treat if he complies. She is also searching forums for info which is good. God knows she won't take advice from me. The bigest problem I have with her is she says a command over and over as well as she raises her voice. She will get frustrated and smack him which just makes him think she wants to play and his behavior gets worse. By smack, I mean just that, nothing that would hurt the dog, but he thinks she is playing and he gets excited and plays rougher. When that happens I walk over to the dog and step between him and her and calmly tell him to sit. If he's to wound up for that, I put the choke chain / leash on him and sit down next to her. He almost instantly calms down that way now.
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