Re: How do I fix a stubborn dog?

You're INSANE. You MURDERED a whole shelter
full of critters over a case of ringworm.

"Sunflower" <sunflwrNOSPAM@midsouth.rr.com> wrote in message
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>
> "Thomas J. Girsch" <tgirsch@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> --OK, I admit it: I'm stumped. Much of the time, my dog just
plum doesn't
> listen. He's very stubborn. He has no idea that a command is, in
fact, a
> command, rather than just a request.
>
> Then you haven't taught him properly. Do you speak dog? Does
the dog speak
> human? Then how do you know you're communicating correctly with
the dog so
> he understands? You obviously *aren't.
>
> --What's frustrating is that he knows virtually all of the
commands, and
> when he feels like it, he responds just fine. ("Heel" is a
little iffy, but
> the rest -- sit, down, come, kennel -- he understands
perfectly.) That he
> won't reliably come when called is a big problem. But when he's
in one of
> his stubborn moods, nothing seems to work. He ignores treats,
praise,
> everything. (I never scold, because if I did, he would really
not want to
> come.)
>
> He isn't trained. And he *DOESN'T* "know". Dogs have to be
trained to
> understand commands. Just repeating the command in English is
NOT training.
>
> --In the interim, we've resorted to not letting him outside off
a leash
> except in the mornings when he goes out to go to the bathroom,
and reliably
> comes back in to go back to sleep. But that's a workaround, not
a
> correction. I'm looking for humane, long-term corrections to
this behavior.
> Any suggestions?
>
> Take him to obedience class so that you can be trained to learn
*how* to
> communicate with him. You're not doing that right now. Most
dogs love to
> please their owners once they understand what their owners
actually want.
> YOU are the one that needs to be trained to train your dog.
Neither of you
> will learn by a net posting or a book. YOu need personal
interaction. And,
> neuter your dog. That will help to lengthen his attention span.
>
>

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The Puppy Wizard	Re: How do I fix a stubborn dog? You're INSANE. You MURDERED a whole shelter full of critters over a case of ringworm. "Sunflower" <sunflwrNOSPAM@midsouth.rr.com> wrote in message news:uD6gd.7059$EO3.5826@fe1.columbus.rr.com... > > "Thomas J. Girsch" <tgirsch@yahoo.com> wrote in message > news:L5Yfd.57415$5v2.38163@fe2.columbus.rr.com... > --OK, I admit it: I'm stumped. Much of the time, my dog just plum doesn't > listen. He's very stubborn. He has no idea that a command is, in fact, a > command, rather than just a request. > > Then you haven't taught him properly. Do you speak dog? Does the dog speak > human? Then how do you know you're communicating correctly with the dog so > he understands? You obviously aren't. > > --What's frustrating is that he knows virtually all of the commands, and > when he feels like it, he responds just fine. ("Heel" is a little iffy, but > the rest -- sit, down, come, kennel -- he understands perfectly.) That he > won't reliably come when called is a big problem. But when he's in one of > his stubborn moods, nothing seems to work. He ignores treats, praise, > everything. (I never scold, because if I did, he would really not want to > come.) > > He isn't trained. And he DOESN'T* "know". Dogs have to be trained to > understand commands. Just repeating the command in English is NOT training. > > --In the interim, we've resorted to not letting him outside off a leash > except in the mornings when he goes out to go to the bathroom, and reliably > comes back in to go back to sleep. But that's a workaround, not a > correction. I'm looking for humane, long-term corrections to this behavior. > Any suggestions? > > Take him to obedience class so that you can be trained to learn how to > communicate with him. You're not doing that right now. Most dogs love to > please their owners once they understand what their owners actually want. > YOU are the one that needs to be trained to train your dog. Neither of you > will learn by a net posting or a book. YOu need personal interaction. And, > neuter your dog. That will help to lengthen his attention span. > >