early morning walk
good morning all. I am in need of advise, I adopted Eli over 2 weeks ago. A little problem has arisen,He wants to go out for a walk the minute he wakes up, so this means at around 5 am in the morning he wakes me up and whines and barks until I take him, he is not satisfied with going out in the yard until I am ready and he won't sit patiently while I get ready either, the barking and whining continue until he get's his walk. Now I am an early riser around 5:30, but find the early morning chaos to be really stressful, any advise on how to break him of this habit? thanks
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Permalink Reply by Anna Morelli on
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He is excited about the idea of going and very quickly learned the sequence of events that leads up to the walk. Try changing your pattern. When you have a dog that carries on like that, because he is happy about what is coming up next ( it could be feeding time ) the tendency for the person is to speed things up, but you can never speed things up enough..... Try instead to slow things down and make changes in your sequence of events, so it is not so predictable. General obedience training will help you more effectively be in charge of your new dog and your environment. Look for a good class to enroll him in soon.
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Permalink Reply by Donna Parnell on
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thanks, we are going to go to class, but will try that idea of changing my habits first thing in the morning....
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When you adopt a dog, it usually takes a couple of weeks for them to really begin feeling at home. Once they start to feel it's their place, they also begin to become more assertive and test their boundaries. You need to set clear limits of what pleases you and what behavior does not please you and he has to learn to understand and respond to you by offering the appropriate behavior. Classes and regular training practice with positive reinforcement will help all of that adjustment and help him become your best buddy in the process.
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Permalink Reply by Andrea on
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Are you crating? I've found that keeping them crated and a sheet over the crate will keep them calm enough until it's walk time. We do this with Ein. She stays in her crate until it's time for her morning walk. We have things to do in the mornings too. I have babies to change and if I don't get a shower before the kids wake up then I won't get one at all.
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when I adopted him, I was told he was crate trained, but he only will go in and be calm if the door is open, if I shut the door, he scratches and barks to get out.....I was wondering if I should work on that....
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Permalink Reply by Bev Levy on
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I have one dog that has to be crated when we leave because she chews things up and I spread a little cheese or peanut butter inside a Kong for her. She races into her kennel when she sees the Kong! I believe it gives her someting calming to do when I leave so she will sleep. She only gets this when she is in the crate so it is a special treat.
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Have you tried covering the crate with a sheet? We've found that at first Ein didn't like the crate. We would put a treat inside and then close her in. By covering the crate we calmed her crate anxiety. It only took us maybe 2 or 3 days to get her to stop freaking and whining when in a crate. Also, put on some soft music for the pup, it too will calm anxieties. We also have a toy in with Ein cuz it helpsher stay occupied while she's in the during the day or in the early morning when we're trying to get the kiddo's ready.
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If he goes in voluntarily, I would have him occasionally find a small treat in there . Little by little you may see that he just tends to be in there more often or longer ( door open). At that point, go and give him a treat and close the door briefly for ten minutes or so, then go open it with no fuss. Teach him the door may be opened or closed and he's still OK. When you can do 1 hr. in the day, try crating at night. Partially covering the crate may help. He is still very new to everything and you have no way of knowing what associations he's made with the crate, but the fact that he goes in there with the door open is a very good sign and a good starting point. You can do as Bev suggests when you start closing the door. Just don't open the door if he's been barking or pawing. If you go slow, you should not get this reaction.
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good advise thanks
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Permalink Reply by Leslie Ross on
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how old is he?
Mine (Lulu 16 weeks) took to the crate after a day.
I ignored her whining and she settled right in.
She has always slept through the night (8 hrs)
I also taught her a "trick" ..."go to bed"
I throw a treat in the crate and tell her go to bed.
She thinks its FUN.
When I put her in at 10PM, I tell her go to bed give her a treat and close the door. Rarely a whine.
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Eli is 3 years old, he was ,he was brought up in the country and even though he was put in a crate and she said he was crate trained, all i know is he hates it and just am having no luck with it, might not use it anymore....
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Permalink Reply by Melissa and Franklin! on
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When I adopted Kirby I was told he was crate trained. He also had severe crate anxiety to the point he would hurt himself. I used an ex-pen so I could keep him confined and I started playing crate games with him in the evening. You can search it on google or youtube to get ideas of how to play. We did this for about a week and he began to associate the crate with positive things. Eventually (probably over about a month) I was able to get him to go in the crate with no fuss and keep him locked in there during the day. For him I got an extra large crate so he had more room and I could fit a bed and he seemed to do much better than when I had him in a crate appropriate for his size.
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