Training Help
Lately i have been training Neeka to be in the showroom at work, usually i have her in a penned off office area because she follows people out. When a customer comes in, i tell her to sit and stay, and she will, then i give her praise (she wont eat treats) and if a customer asks to see her i say "go see" and she will but from then on i cant get control of her again, she gets soo excited and wont listen when i tell her to come back/sit/not jump. When there is no customers i let her follow me around, but don't let her go in certain areas (like by the door or where i can't see her) and she does well but the minute someone pets her she wont listen to me until they leave!! any suggestions? people are always petting her at work/giving her attention and i have customers who stop in just to see her so i don't want to ask people not to pet her.
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Permalink Reply by John Wolff on
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Maybe Neeka is bored, so when she gets attention, she goes overboard.
It might help to find some irresistibly tasty but tiny treats (match-head size is big enough). I have some great pocket-sized air-tight screw-cap containers.
I let Al form the unacceptable habit of greeting my return by jumping up on me. Hard to discourage such endearing behavior, but what if he did that to a small child? My wife got a squirt bottle. We started the "Off!" command, enforced by a water squirt. Now, we hardly even need the squirt bottle, we just threaten, "Water bottle!"
Do you have a crate at work? At home, our dogs will reliably go into their crates upon the command, "Go to your room!"
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Permalink Reply by alynne on
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No we have never crate trained her (i know we are bad, but my bf is out of town alot and one of the reasons we got a dog to sleep with me/keep me company when he is gone) but she has her own penned in area at work and will go if i tell her too unless someone is giving her attention. She has a million treats/toys but i have been taking her to work since she was about 2.5 months old so she looves people. (even on walks she sees someone she will just rolls over when they walk by or try to shake their paw for pets haha) i am going to try the water bottle thing, one of the main reasons i keep her penned alot at work is because i am afraid she will jump on a child/scare one. im thinking of also getting one of those beef bubble blowing machines too keep her busy at work (has anyone tried one? they look pretty cool)
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Our dogs are crate-trained, and have their private dens, but after a year or so sleeping sleeping in their crates, we've let them sleep on the bed. I love to curl up with them. So yopu can mix these practices, crating and sleeping on the bed.
We crate them while we're out of the house, mostly for safety. Before, we once came home to find our first corgi with a potato-chip bag stuck over her head. She'd fished it out of a wastebasket. She didn't suffocate, but was really traumatized. CUT THE BOTTOMS OFF EMPTY SNACK BAGS!
Try the squirt-bottle enforcement of the "OFF!" command.
Corgis seem to need a job -- like all herding dogs -- if they don't have one, they'll invent one, and it may be an inconvenient one.
A good supply of beef bones can keep a corgi busy.
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Permalink Reply by Sam Tsang on
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You can try the clicker, train her with it and you may use it like a remote control.
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Permalink Reply by Charlie on
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I would have her wear a leash tab (cut a leash so that you have a "handle", but short enough it doesn't drag the ground). When someone asks to pet her, say "Yes, but wait a second. She's in training. Let me get her to sit first." Go over with the person, have her sit and hang onto the leash tab so she can't jump. Then the person can pet her. If you need to, put one hand gently on her rear end to keep her in sit. "Good Girl!" praise and a treat when she sits politely. Pretty soon, she'll know that she has to sit politely with people to get attention, and you won't have to be right next to her.
Corgis just seem to love to jump up on people to get attention. I've been "training" the humans we meet on our walks to wait to pet Charlie until he sits. I ask them to quit petting if he even tries to jump, and pet him again when he sits calmly. He's getting pretty good at sitting now when he sees people (maybe a little over half the time) and amazingly automatically sits almost everytime for children.
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Permalink Reply by Sam on
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My thought would be to try to encourage visitors to pet her only if she sits. Let them know she is in training and you are working on controlling her level of excitement when greeting people. You may also consider putting her on lead when she has visitors so you can control her level of interaction. I would not use any negative enforcements here as you really want her to view visitors as a good thing. You may also consider getting her out for a walk/play time before going to work and a little time at lunch. Sounds like a typically young and fun loving girl. You may also consider putting her on lead and tying her to you if you are able. This keeps you aware, in close proximity and gives you the ability to redirect her attentions quickly. Sounds like you are doing a great job!
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i actually found when i walked her first thing in the morning when i got up on top of her other walks she is better behaved haha, i have just been a little lazy i guess, we do walk to work every morning and home which is about 30 min each way but i know its not enough. also if im not busy i throw a ball at work for her across the shop and the tires her out, its true what they say, a tired puppy is a happy puppy haha. i have been very very busy at work lately so i haven't been training her as much, although yesterday i penned in a differn't area where she could see out the windows and when we got home she was so tired she was out like a light so she might have just been bored, expecially since our life is so routine. thanks for the suggestions!
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