misbehaving
I've had my corgi since december now and he doesnt listen to me unless i have food if i tell him to sit he wont sit but if i have a treat in my hand he does it perfectly also when i let him out it a huge struggle to get him inside ill call him to come inside and he just sits there if i come out and try to grab him he runs away. the running away is also another huge problem he'll grab a sock or my shoe and ill tell him to drop it but instead he runs away one time he had a battery in his mouth he was chewing on it and when i went to pick him up he ran it took me 15 minutes just to catch him . .... do you guys have training tips i feel like he sees himself as the dominant one and i dont want him to continue on to think that
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Permalink Reply by Charlie on
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How old is he? I'm going to take a wild guess that he is 6-8 months old. Did he suddenly go deaf, forget everything you've spent paintaking time training him, start chewing on everything when you thought he'd stopped chewing, maybe backtracked on housetraining, and become generally more hyper? Sweet puppy turns into raging teenager overnight. Just guessing. Let us know his age...the advice will be a little different for babies, teens, or adults, but I'm guessing adolescent.
At any age you can use the NILIF techniques. Tons of good articles on Yahoo or Google with an "NILIF" (nothing in life is free) search.
His cute photo shows a very mischievious glint in his eyes. : - )
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Permalink Reply by Sam Tsang on
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A tired corgi is a good behaving corgi. Exercise him well, daily walks will train him to recognize you as his pack leader, never let him walk you. take charge and change directions often. A lot of times exercise alone can make a big difference in behavior change. Train your corgi with treats initially, the ween off to every other time, the less and less. Like Charlie said, teach him that nothing in life is free. your dog will learn to please you.
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Permalink Reply by Heather on
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I would not just let him run around loose all the time. When you are there, you can just have him drag a 6 ft leash or a line around, so he's still loose, but at least you can step on the leash to stop him from running away. Don't leave a leash on when you're not there, because he might get caught on something. Also, try work on the "happy recall", where you call him with an exagerated happy voice, so he gets all happy, and is more likely to come. When he comes, give him tons of praise.
If he runs, and you step on the leash, then grab it and slowly reel him towards you, with a happy voice, tell him "come". Eventually he'll catch on.
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I saw on your other post that he is 6 months, so yes, welcome to adolescence and the most challenging 12-18 months for you and your puppy! You'll need to be armed with lots of patience and a great sense of humor. He will be challenging everything you taught him, but also he will have periods when his brain really "zoinks out" due to raging hormones and sometimes painful final growth spurts. It is a good time to consider neutering him if you haven't already. He may seem to be blatantly disobedient during this period, but remember this is a temporary phase. Continue training, be consistent, but forgive him for the many mistakes he'll make. He will need to chew more while his new teeth are setting in his jawbones between now and 10 months. He will also go through a second fear period in a couple months, and be terrified of that kitchen trash can (or other common item) that he has seen everyday.
As Sam said, stepping up his exercise at this time is critical for keeping him calmer. Hyper energy spurts are also common in adolescence, so tiring him out is a good thing.
Charlie started adolesence almost magically right at 6 months (he's 9 months now). The treats I had weaned him off came back out, so he is getting lots of treats again to keep him focused and reinforce everything he learned between 3-6 months.
Everything you taught your young puppy is actually sinking into his subconscious right now. It may not seem like it as he zones out and looks at you like "I don't have to mind you", but it is. : - ) He does have to mind you. Keep it fun for him, keep training sessions very short but frequent.
One of the cool things is that you will have some days when he behaves perfectly and surprises you with how smart he really is (then the next day he acts like a teenage punk). LOL His brain is growing and he is developing the capacity for more focus and more advanced training techniques and tricks.
Anyway, what he is doing is normal, and temporary. Read up on NILIF as well as an article or two on dog adolescence. And keep your smile and laughter...you'll need it during this "crazy dog" phase.
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Permalink Reply by Avyon on
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yea doesn't the teenage phase just snap off just as it snapped on later on?
and it lasts for about half to a full year?
Im trying to remember all the advice given to me but its easier to remember once it actually happens to you lol.
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I'm hoping for a slow fade-out somewhere between now and 18-24 months versus a snap off. That would be a miracle. It always does seem like you wake up one day and the dog is suddenly a teenage spaz, and then a year or so later you wake up one day and suddenly realize you have a wonderful, mature obedient companion. LOL Snap on. Snap off.
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Permalink Reply by Linda Baker on
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AAAghhhh!My abby is 10 months old. She has selective hearing and a thing for barking at others when they are eating and she is done, barking to go outside and chase squirrels, barking for a toy that one of the others is playing with and the list goes on and on. I have an ultrasonic pet trainer which I used when she was 6 months old to get her to respond to "come" when called. It emits a high frequency tone that she detests. it offers a positive and a negative tone and she responds to both tones-I only have to show it to her to get her to respond at this point- I too was chasing her aound in the yard at 1:00 in the morning in my pjs and pink slippers!!!! She will respond quickly with the ultrasonic pet trainer-I rarely have to use it at all at this point. It did not work on the other corgis. But what a joy they are even with all of their shennanagans. They are well behaved as they mature and have a consistent and loving leader. They are very stubborn at times-you have to outsmart them.
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Permalink Reply by Viviana on
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wow thanks for all that advice i think its hilarous that my dog is afraid of boxes and my laundry hamper so he must be going through that phase another quick question what do you mean when you say painful growth spurts ?? and also how does neutering help with this?
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By six months, your dog is close to his adult size on the outside. The painful growth spurts I referred to are mostly internal. His bone density is filling in, organs and immunity system are fininshing development, and the growth plates in his legs are in the final phases of growth and will close around 12-14 months. This growth can be painful, but you probably won't ever notice that he is in pain. Dogs don't usually show pain like we humans do. But it can make him grumpier, distracted and less interested in listening to you.
Neutering can help minimize the symptoms of teenage adolesence because it cuts off the hormonal supply of testosterone. An unneutered adolesent dog will have huge spikes of testosterone which will make him more likely to want to roam, run, seek a female mate, and be generally bossy. About 1-2 months after neutering, the testosterone supply is reduced resulting in a generally calmer dog.
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