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LaurenB New Member  Posts: 8 |
posted 11-29-2003 04:06 PM
 
My baby does know the meaning of no, sometimes she lsitens and sometimes she chooses not too. I do not hit my dog with my hand. I do use a rolled up magazine or newspaper, however you take that Nik, it is your business. I guess you don't whip your dogs at all. But that's you, and this is me, accept it. To everybody else, thank you for your advice, I really appreciate the help. ------------------ IP: Logged |
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Karriesue Member  Posts: 139 |
posted 11-29-2003 06:29 PM
Lauren, you say she knows the meaning of the word no. Depending on how you are training her she may or may not understand what you are telling her so you shouldn't automatically assume that she knows what you are talking about. All she may understand is that you are angry so there might be some miscommunication going on. Have you read up on training materials yet? Hopefully you have and are getting some ideas. Remember she is only 2 mos old (a very young pup) and it will take time to train her. It will not happen overnight. One thing I found is my dogs will do absolutely anything for treats. Try it and reward her for good behavior. Soon she will realize that she gets something yummy everytime she does what you ask. I will say I am not for the rolled up newspaper thing either but some people use it. That is your decision. I guess what I am trying to get at is that you don't need to use fear and a swat for punishment when there are other more successful ways to get their attention like treats. From what I understand Beagles are stubborn so it may take even longer for training. Take some deep breaths, be patient, and soon you will see results. I have found that rewarding good behavior works best and also using key words that they can recognize quickly. Good luck. IP: Logged |
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Maisey Member Posts: 627 |
posted 11-29-2003 08:19 PM
Lauren, your original question was...will your dog grow out of being afraid of you because you spank her. The answer is no, it doesn't matter what you are spanking her with, the fact is you yourself said she is scared of you or your boyfriend. It also doesn't change the fact that she is only 8 weeks old, you are expecting too much. She may understand that "NO" means to stop...does she understand WHAT she is supposed to stop and what she is supposed to do instead? You want the focus to be on what it is you want her to do, not really the bad thing. For example, if she is chewing on a chair leg, don't spank her or get out the news paper, very calmly walk to her and say "NO", place a toy or something she can chew on in front of her. When she begins chewing on it ...reward her big time. She will begin to understand that some things are hers to chew, others are not. The focus is on what will get her praise instead of that newspaper. IP: Logged |
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Karriesue Member Posts: 139 |
posted 11-29-2003 08:22 PM
Maisey, I think you said it better than I did. Thank you! IP: Logged |
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goob Member Posts: 370 |
posted 11-29-2003 09:53 PM
Maisey is right, telling a dog "no" everytime they do something you don't like will not help to fix the problem, you have to first be sure they know what you want, and the option to do the right thing must be clear. Hitting a dog with an object is in effect no better than hitting them with your hand, it will only result in a dog that becomes fearful when it sees a person has an object in their hand. Fearful dogs are NOT fun to live with, and if you continue down this path, that's likely what you'll end up with, since your pup is already showing signs of fear towards you. Instead, you must teach her the right things to do, provide her with acceptable outlets for her puppy behaviors, lightly correct when she does wrong, then head her in the RIGHT direction, as Maisey detailed in her post. At 8 weeks old, this pup is a BABY, and is not capable of understanding these types of things yet. In addition, experiences set at this age will have a great influence on how your pup's temperament is when she matures, so bad experiences now will stay with her for the rest of her life. IP: Logged |
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Nik Member Posts: 14 |
posted 11-30-2003 02:24 AM
I wish you'd get over this personal vendetta you have against me... If you're interested here's a few things I did with my pup to teach him no means no in different ways... He did chew to start with, not a great amount but on the bottom of the door, the rope around the room (I have wooden flooring edged with rope) and the bottom of the computer desk. The first time he showed an interest in chewing on them I gave him a huge peice of cardboard to go at. (I broke a cardboard box into peices for this) I said a firm 'no' whilst his teeth were still on the peice of furniture and gave him the cardboard to play with, saying 'yours'. Sure it makes a mess but it takes 2 minutes to clean up and all my furniture is still intact. Within 2 days he wasn't interested anymore. He never even sniffs at any furniture now and his cardboard playing time is down to once a day for around 5 minutes before he's bored of it. I have cats so where I was saying 'no' in the beginning, I'm now using 'leave it'. He responds to this so much better. I've found this also works really well when I'm walking him and there's something unsavory on the ground he'd like to eat, or if you drop something you don't want him to have, like the TV remote. It's taken around 3 weeks but now he leaves everything first time and looks at me asif to appologise. The only other thing I can really think of right now is to distract rather than punish. There are times for both and it's just a matter of finding which one works for which behavior. IP: Logged |
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