Another Agression topic, joy - MyCorgi.com2024-03-28T17:35:38Zhttp://mycorgi.com/forum/topics/another-agression-topic-joy?commentId=1150197%3AComment%3A603562&feed=yes&xn_auth=noObviously the question to neu…tag:mycorgi.com,2010-01-30:1150197:Comment:6035912010-01-30T01:56:17.790ZStanley & Charlottehttp://mycorgi.com/profile/stanley
Obviously the question to neuter or not is a personal decision but there's a lot of benefits to it.<br />
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This article says it better that I ever could<br />
<a href="http://www.healthyhomesforkidsandpets.com/articles/neuter.html" target="_blank">http://www.healthyhomesforkidsandpets.com/articles/neuter.html</a>
Obviously the question to neuter or not is a personal decision but there's a lot of benefits to it.<br />
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This article says it better that I ever could<br />
<a href="http://www.healthyhomesforkidsandpets.com/articles/neuter.html" target="_blank">http://www.healthyhomesforkidsandpets.com/articles/neuter.html</a> My Wynn is an unneutered male…tag:mycorgi.com,2010-01-30:1150197:Comment:6035622010-01-30T01:23:40.894ZJane Christensenhttp://mycorgi.com/profile/JaneChristensen
My Wynn is an unneutered male and he is probably the best behaved dog I have! I do not believe that unneutered makes any difference. I do believe in neutering but Wynn is my stud.
My Wynn is an unneutered male and he is probably the best behaved dog I have! I do not believe that unneutered makes any difference. I do believe in neutering but Wynn is my stud. for his overall health, there…tag:mycorgi.com,2010-01-30:1150197:Comment:6035592010-01-30T00:57:41.175ZKyle, Megan and Lokihttp://mycorgi.com/profile/KyleAMaitland
for his overall health, there is no reason to fix a male dog.
for his overall health, there is no reason to fix a male dog. Is there any reasons to keep…tag:mycorgi.com,2010-01-29:1150197:Comment:6032832010-01-29T17:43:33.617ZAlbert, Ava and J.J.http://mycorgi.com/profile/AlbertLoo
Is there any reasons to keep him intact, such as breeding? Training helps but keeping him intact may make the problem worst. Esp. if there are other intact males and a bitch in heat is around in the neighborhood. Fixing him will help deescalate the dominant behavior, not totally remove it, but it will help.
Is there any reasons to keep him intact, such as breeding? Training helps but keeping him intact may make the problem worst. Esp. if there are other intact males and a bitch in heat is around in the neighborhood. Fixing him will help deescalate the dominant behavior, not totally remove it, but it will help. Thank you Joanna, I will give…tag:mycorgi.com,2010-01-29:1150197:Comment:6031132010-01-29T11:05:02.025ZKyle, Megan and Lokihttp://mycorgi.com/profile/KyleAMaitland
Thank you Joanna, I will give this a shot. Trainers , unfortunately, are inaccessible as there are no decent ones on the bus track where I like, and I do not drive. So relatively speaking I am on my own for this not to mention I have enough in budget to keep him fed and whatnot. I will work on him willingly shifting his attention, he tends to train fairly easily when I don't do it backwards, that explains the increase from strange dogs, to occasional dogs he likes. I have made my work cut out…
Thank you Joanna, I will give this a shot. Trainers , unfortunately, are inaccessible as there are no decent ones on the bus track where I like, and I do not drive. So relatively speaking I am on my own for this not to mention I have enough in budget to keep him fed and whatnot. I will work on him willingly shifting his attention, he tends to train fairly easily when I don't do it backwards, that explains the increase from strange dogs, to occasional dogs he likes. I have made my work cut out for myself I suppose, here goes.<br />
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Generally off leash he hasn't had an issue, he only runs into dogs sometimes when he is though, but even stranger dogs are fine. Thank you so much Beth and Jo…tag:mycorgi.com,2010-01-29:1150197:Comment:6030022010-01-29T03:33:04.166ZLaRissa L. Headhttp://mycorgi.com/profile/LaRissaLHead
Thank you so much Beth and Joanna!<br />
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I really do want to set Roslyn up for success. I have made a few mistakes and have paid for them by having to "re-train" both our minds. Over all I am happy corgis are so intelligent and adapt so fast... she keeps me on my toes but she is a fast learner and has helped me with patience.<br />
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I never thought about the "catch and release" I will start working on that right away!I also like starting with the hike/walk first and grad. make it to the dog park. i would…
Thank you so much Beth and Joanna!<br />
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I really do want to set Roslyn up for success. I have made a few mistakes and have paid for them by having to "re-train" both our minds. Over all I am happy corgis are so intelligent and adapt so fast... she keeps me on my toes but she is a fast learner and has helped me with patience.<br />
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I never thought about the "catch and release" I will start working on that right away!I also like starting with the hike/walk first and grad. make it to the dog park. i would love to trust her fully off leash one day. I think camping this summer will be much more enjoyable with a dog that doesn't have to be on a tie out 24/7.<br />
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I think Roslyn has done wonderfully in the few months i had her. She started out very possessive and with few rules to listening fairly well and learning a ton of tricks. This is the first dog i have owned since i was a child, so i am proud of both of us.<br />
I have to admit though... i'm not sure i would have done so well if it weren't for this community. Reading posts and comments from breeders and long time owners has help tremendously! I see you've only had her a f…tag:mycorgi.com,2010-01-28:1150197:Comment:6027382010-01-28T23:17:45.884ZBethhttp://mycorgi.com/profile/Beth306
I see you've only had her a few months, so you are doing great to be as far as you are!<br />
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Like Joanna says, the secret is that you want them to come to you for a treat/release many times for every one time you do a capture. And if at all possible, when I need to capture mine to leash them after free play periods, I catch them without calling them, so the number of times I call them to me and then leash them is very low indeed. So if I'm out, for example, and need the dogs, I might just make a…
I see you've only had her a few months, so you are doing great to be as far as you are!<br />
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Like Joanna says, the secret is that you want them to come to you for a treat/release many times for every one time you do a capture. And if at all possible, when I need to capture mine to leash them after free play periods, I catch them without calling them, so the number of times I call them to me and then leash them is very low indeed. So if I'm out, for example, and need the dogs, I might just make a big dramatic show of noisily getting the treats out of my pocket. OR I might just say "Jack! Maddie!" and when they look get out the treats.<br />
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You really want to work with very low-level distractions before you start working with high-level ones. What I like to do as my first few attempts to measure off-leash responsiveness is to go hiking. And every five minutes or so during the hike, I call the dogs to me and give them yummy treats and send them back. Sometimes I have to say "ok!" and wave my arms in the "shoo" sign to get them to leave as they'll really focus on the treats.<br />
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When you add high-level distractions, start with the distraction very far away. If she gets excited when another dog is a block away, then use your "to me" command when the other dog is two blocks away, then a block and 2/3, the a block and a half, and so on. It's easier to keep her attention than to have lost it and get it back as well, so once you have her reliable at just before the point where she would normally react, then build up to using your command at that point and KEEPING her focus on you as the other dog gets closer by feeding yummy treats and using your happy voice. It will take some time but eventually you'll get there. The hardest part is the patience. It's human nature to want to jump right from keeping her attention when a dog is two blocks away to keeping it when the other dog is 10 feet away, and usually that won't succeed.<br />
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It also helps to try it the first few times when she's already tired, so say on your way from the dog park to the car instead of from the car to the dog park.<br />
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Set her up to succeed and don't ask when you know she won't respond. Every time you give a command and she ignores it, you are just teaching her it's ok to ignore. Try not to put a dog in the learning phase in a position where you need to correct.<br />
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I have this issue with Jack as he loves other dogs, but after much work I can keep his attention while another dog walks by. But if the other dog runs up and play-bows, all bets are off. It's all about motivation - f…tag:mycorgi.com,2010-01-28:1150197:Comment:6026322010-01-28T21:51:25.377ZJoanna Kimballhttp://mycorgi.com/profile/JoannaKimball
It's all about motivation - food motivates her less than the other dogs. So you either have to increase the food motivation (switch to cheese, or roast beef, or my dogs will stand on their heads for salmon) or decrease the reward that she gets from the other dogs. That's where I would (personally) put a leash signal, but it's a SIGNAL, not a drag or a pull. I'd go ti Petsmart armed with drippy roast beef pieces or baked liver or salmon, ask for a "to me!" and then continually reinforce a nice…
It's all about motivation - food motivates her less than the other dogs. So you either have to increase the food motivation (switch to cheese, or roast beef, or my dogs will stand on their heads for salmon) or decrease the reward that she gets from the other dogs. That's where I would (personally) put a leash signal, but it's a SIGNAL, not a drag or a pull. I'd go ti Petsmart armed with drippy roast beef pieces or baked liver or salmon, ask for a "to me!" and then continually reinforce a nice attention on you. If she breaks and heads away she gets a little signal (leash pop, or I'll say "EH!" (basically the buzzer sound on a gameshow - that "wrong answer" sound) to bring her attention back to you and then a happy "to me!" and right back into the treating.<br />
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At the dog park, she should have a catch-and-release routine. Most of the time when dogs stop listening to come it's because come means the fun is over. You want to train a "please check in with me and then I'll let you go again," where she runs to you, gets a treat, you restrain her very briefly, and then you let her go play. If you do 20 of those to every one time you actually end up leaving, she'll be rocketing to you when you call. I don't use "come" for that; I use a different word. Doesn't matter what you use. I know someone that uses "corgis!" for her little herd; I use "pup-pup-puppy!" which is the call I use to gather the litter and they seem to remember most of their lives. It's "come to me, I grab your collar or your scruff, I feed you stinky treasure treat, and then I let you go again."<br />
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But - and this is key - dogs love other dogs, and they have to have enough contact with other dogs that they're not starving for it. She needs to be able to really get her fill of dogs so she is not so overstimulated when she sees them. Question Joanna (or anyone th…tag:mycorgi.com,2010-01-28:1150197:Comment:6025922010-01-28T20:34:23.548ZLaRissa L. Headhttp://mycorgi.com/profile/LaRissaLHead
Question Joanna (or anyone that is great at dog training),<br />
I have also been training Roslyn "to me" and "leave it" while rewarding her. At home she has done so well she has even stopped chasing our cats and reacts every time. BUT as soon as i start adding outside stimuli to the mix (dog park, petsmart...) she has a unique selective hearing problem. She will "leave it" for a few seconds... but she will not "come". I don't think she is aggressive, just really wants to be near the dogs... or if a…
Question Joanna (or anyone that is great at dog training),<br />
I have also been training Roslyn "to me" and "leave it" while rewarding her. At home she has done so well she has even stopped chasing our cats and reacts every time. BUT as soon as i start adding outside stimuli to the mix (dog park, petsmart...) she has a unique selective hearing problem. She will "leave it" for a few seconds... but she will not "come". I don't think she is aggressive, just really wants to be near the dogs... or if a few dogs are playing chase she insists on herding... which we all know can include barking. I never minded the barking (knowing that it was the way she plays at a dog park), but i don't like to feel out of control of my dog at a park.<br />
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What are your suggestions for teaching with stimuli, and what is the next step if your dog chooses not to come to you once they are outside of your home?<br />
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Thank you in advance for any help. :) Thanks, Joanna. A light bulb…tag:mycorgi.com,2010-01-28:1150197:Comment:6025052010-01-28T19:01:53.181ZTheresa + Caitlynhttp://mycorgi.com/profile/TheresaCaitlyn
Thanks, Joanna. A light bulb turned on for <b>me</b>! This is the best how-to on teaching and using "to me" that I have read. I think I finally get it. :)<br />
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Are you familiar with Patricia McConnell's work? (You have a similar 'style' with "the most awesomest treat ever.")
Thanks, Joanna. A light bulb turned on for <b>me</b>! This is the best how-to on teaching and using "to me" that I have read. I think I finally get it. :)<br />
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Are you familiar with Patricia McConnell's work? (You have a similar 'style' with "the most awesomest treat ever.")