Training - Experiences, Challenges, and Mindsets

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Comment by BG and Gavin on December 8, 2013 at 2:14pm

Great work Sue and Lily Grace!!

Comment by Linda, Charlie Brown and Beau on December 8, 2013 at 9:04am

Sue ~ Congratulations.  WTG!

Comment by Karen, Jasper and Jackdoodle on December 8, 2013 at 8:42am

WTG, Lily Grace & mom! 

Comment by DJ & Chance on December 8, 2013 at 8:30am

Congratulations!

Comment by F, Calla & Luca on December 8, 2013 at 8:19am

Congratulations Sue and Liliy Grace!

Comment by Sue & Lily Grace on December 8, 2013 at 8:09am

Lily Grace passed her Canine Good Citizen test yesterday.  I am sure Lily could care less but her Momma has been working hard to see her through this.  Hopefully we can go on to become a therapy dog and she can get all the cuddling she loves

Comment by Shari Becker on December 6, 2013 at 8:20am

Hi Jane, Sorry about that. Will try to do that ASAP.

Comment by Jane, Guinness and Murphy on December 6, 2013 at 5:55am

Shari, would you mind starting a discussion with your questions....that way you'll get more responses.  If you'd rather, let me know and I can do the "cut and paste".

Comment by Gwyndolyn Morasko on December 5, 2013 at 10:33pm

And as for the price of the training, I WISH that my trainer was as affordable as yours.  I'm only doing 6 sessions for $115 each.  That is the normal price for one dog.  Since she is only staying for the one hour, and since she knows and loves my pups from daycare, she is working with both for the same price.  But $100 per hour for private training is very common.  Your best bet is to go to a PetSmart for group beginner or even puppy kindergarten classes.  I think I paid $150 or $190 for 8 group sessions for his puppy school.  (I must admit that I wasn't that impressed with the teacher, but the socializing and distractions of the customers and other dogs in the store during lessons made it worth it to get him used to listening around distractions. 

Comment by Gwyndolyn Morasko on December 5, 2013 at 10:26pm

I caught the "85% potty trained at 9 months" comment.  I remember being concerned when Kona had an accident at 11 weeks old!  He was using the "hit the hanging bell at the back door" method by about 10 weeks old, and his last "intentional" accident was at 11 or 12 weeks old.  The few after that were very unintentional accidents and completely my fault for not hearing the bell.  Poor guy crossed his legs for just so long!  If you haven't tried the bell method, you can google it.  When I adopted a 10 month old stray this summer, she learned it from Kona in one day, so older puppies can learn quickly too.

Crating at dinner time with zero reprieve is what worked for Kona.  Now that he has a sister, he reverts to barking a few times, when I'm eating but I just growl my alpha mom growl at him and he lays down pretty quickly. Sometimes I have to stand up over him and growl, but mostly seated growling does the trick.  The trainer I hired last month to help with some of the barking and recall issues told me that holding him down to stop bad behavior was rewarding him because his mom was touching him.  The non-touching growling is more how his mom would correct her pups from a distance. You might feel silly growling, but it is working for me.  (And this barking and begging behavior didn't start for him until I adopted Maggie when Kona was 10 months old, so it can be reversed even as an older pup, but only with consistent approach by everyone in the house.) As a young pup, he was extremely good about being silent in his crate while I ate.  I must have done it from day one, so he always just laid down for a nap until I got up from the table and cleared the dishes.  Then he would stand up and be ready to be let out of his crate.  (I wish he was that good when I'm eating a snack in another room an not at the table!  Maggie can be lying on my lap while I have food inches from her nose, but she NEVER begs.  The scraggly stray is the sweet obedient one.  Who knew!?!  I wish Kona would learn from her! 

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