help with new dog

[bwerb]

Dectek once bubbled...
if well flattened and slung with a snap bolt to your left chest and waist D rings.

On the serious side. Take a soda can and put 12-15 pennies in the can and Duct tape over the opening. Keep the can close at hand and try to have it in your hand during the activities when the dog likes to nip. Just as the dog makes mouth contact....vigorously rattle the can or throw it on the floor at the dog's feet. Just as the dog is startled and stops the offending action ....give a firm NO command. A few seconds later when the dog is not acting inappropriately give praise. It will only take a few times for the behavior to change.

This totally depends on the dog...first day I brought Denali home at 8 weeks, I had my penny can ready to go...bad behavior...shake can and throw...dog looks at me like I'm nuts and keeps going. Hmm, Labrador Retriever, gun dog, bred to stand next to hunter silently until gun goes off and bird hits water...loud noises don't even phase them. Two weeks later we set off a huge potato gun right next to him...these things can be incredibly loud, he doesn't even flinch. Now next to a high strung Pomeranian or something, this might be just the trick...be sure they have "used the facilities" though or you're going to be cleaning up big time

 

[Butch103]

O-ring once bubbled...
Smack her?

ROTFLMAO!!!!!!!!!!!

I wondered as soon as I read the first post who would be the first............I just didn't have the kahunas................

 

[Rooster1]

jepuskar once bubbled...
There is nothing wrong with a little physical punishment, be it an animal or a child. My dog Rocky was a Lhaso Apso..stubborn little prick too. Well when we first got him he would take off on us if we left the back gate open..he just booked. Well after a couple beatings with a wiffle ball bat that dog stayed in the yard...he would get out of the backyard, but would not leave the property..little bastard knew better.

I did a couple things growing up that caused my mom to whup my booty and looking back I deserved it too...

This time out method is a bunch of BS..your kid got a smart mouth, you best check that fool. It's is probably your fault in how you are raising the little shi!t to begin with. Maybe you need to take parenting classes or something.....maybe its he father of the kid....thats if you know who the father is.

ROFLMAO Nearly blew a gut reading this post!

On a serious note in case anyone wants to flame Jepuskar, O-Ring and myself, to my defence I own a Jack Russell for 10 years now and gets treated with lots of love and she has only had me heat up the branding iron once...O.K twice

 

[KyMermaidDivr]

as far as the "smacking" ... :whip:

First of all, being a shelter dog, it's hard to say what kind of trauma the dog has been through in it's earlier years and there are several fear periods a puppy goes through during it's developing years. It may have been separated from it's littermates and Mom from birth ... never had a chance to learn any of life's important lessons from being a part of a dog family. Some of those things are hard to make up. Reasons to tread carefully. (For this reason, I don't recommend biting your dog back) The dog could be teething or acting out for some other unknown reason due to something it missed out during it's early developemental doggie cognitive stages and the positive reinforcement of saying in a stern voice "NO" and replacing the behavior with a toy, then praising the pup in a happy voice is great. You are doing wonderful by you and your pup by enrolling in an obedience class ASAP (very important to begin to establish Alpha) and just be sure it's full of positive reinforcements. This is also the time in a dog's life it begins to go through that awful adolescence age. EWWWW! (very trying!) TREATS, TREATS and more treats is always a great way to begin and then you can slowly take that away, but you will learn that in class. I've found classes using the "clicker" method to be very rewarding and a quick way for a dog to get the message of positive learning. Have fun with your class and hopefully you don't stop at just the first class. Good Luck!

 

[O-ring]

Anyone up for smacking KyMermaidDivr too?

 

[KyMermaidDivr]

O-ring once bubbled...
Anyone up for smacking KyMermaidDivr too?

sst: :moon: :angel:

No moonpie vest for you!

 

[O-ring]

KyMermaidDivr once bubbled...

Are you here to collect that smacking?

 

[KyMermaidDivr]

O-ring once bubbled...

Are you here to collect that smacking?

Look above, sweetie! ut: You're the one that will be missing out.

 

[O-ring]

KyMermaidDivr once bubbled...


Look above, sweetie! ut: You're the one that will be missing out.

What's a moonpie vest?

 

[KyMermaidDivr]

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What's a moonpie vest?

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