Originally Posted by
bretto
wow very impressive ............. i LOVE your work !!!
It's not that impressive lol, really he only knows 7-8 commands, but when I put heelwork it sounds better
Just remembered also taught him 'infront'(sit infront of my legs and look up at me) took 2 seconds with the clicker
, sometimes it takes awhile with the clicker as you need to wait for the dog to offer the behaviour again but most realise quite quickly what it is they are being clicked for.
Its very easy to do, just need to put the time in(which is easy for me as at the mo i dont have a job
), the first week or 2 i did the 3-5 mins a couple of times a day, but recently I have been slacking a bit
with getting ready to move house and stuff.
So long as you have a good enough reward(treat wise) in the dogs eyes or a toy if they are not food motivated, then they will do anything, Kodi LOVES chicken and a lil bit of cheese, if you haven't tried a clicker then you should give it a go, Kodi picked it up really quick and Rose my bc picked it up in a few seconds, I have taught her many things with it, basics plus quite a few tricks.
It's only the basics that hes been taught, and not really that much, but we wanted to do as much with him at this age, whilst hes still small enough to correct i.e. if with kodi he knows what sit means so if he doesnt do it first time I push his but on the floor, or with down if he dont do it I put him in it... gently of course, I do that so that he knows he has to do what I say and since I plan to do obed with him, I need him to do what I tell him. Like they say start out as you mean to go on.
I also make him sit before putting his food down, before he gets offlead, before he gets his collar on. once we have the stand sorted I will get him to do that before the above happens. I need to work on his down though
Just remember each dog likes different things better, and they all learn at a different rate, example Rose loves doing tricks (face, bow, paw, high 10 etc.) but hates doing heelwork and all the basics except stays(cos she can sit/down and stare at all the other dogs
) and Rose was/is a challenge she is now 19months and its been a very long and hard process but she is settling down, and is now doing most stuff at training and focusing on us, whereas Kodi wouldnt dream of ignoring us (cept at play time when theres boxers to annoy
) but once hes 6-7 months i think he will 'forget' everything and be a pain and then calm down again, whereas Rose did the whole teenage thing since she was 7weeks til about x-mas, and has started to mellow a little.
SORRY thats sooo long
just trying to show that each dog is different(also cant stop typing when I start about my dogs
), Good Luck with everything and remember if you need any advice or help there is a ton of people on here who will help if you ask
p.s. Kodi isnt fully housetrained yet, as well I dont sit with my shoes on all day so sometimes Im not quick enough to get him out on time, I just try to remember to take him out every time after eating/playing/sleeping, also i praise him more when he does do it outside, than when he does it inside on a mat. he still does it where hes not suppose to sometimes though, but he's still young.
Edit: Just to add Kodi was just under 7 weeks when we got him, so I've had 2 months of training with him already, if I had got him at 9-11weeks then he wouldnt know some of the stuff he does.