We have tried to just stand there calmly and wait for him to calm down, and he does, but the second we start walking again, he will go ahead of us and start pulling like crazy. He gets a few walks a day, most are short walks, like 15 minutes long, and one long walk that ends in an enclosed park area where we can let go off the lead and he can run freely for about 45 minutes.

We don't know what to do to correct this behavior. Also, he goes berserk when he sees the lead, as he knows the walk is coming, but no matter what I try, he won't calm down. I tried to just back off every time he goes crazy, as if telling him "I won't put on the lead until you behave", but I can do that 100 times, and 100 times he will go crazy again when I lean down to put the collar on. He is around 6 or 7 months old now, but he's grown a lot, and he's surprisingly strong for his size, so all the pulling for 15 to 20 minutes can get tiring!

Im going to email the trainer as well and ask her opinion but just want to get other peoples views.

I know the socialisation is important and they need exposing to as much as poss at an early age but the intense classroom environment doesnt really seem to suit daisy? has anyone else found this or do i hust have an odd one out-lol.x

My dog is really obedient and knows a handful of commands and that's not my issue my issue is, that he pees around my house. The front door is open and h knows were to go but he doesn't he constantly goes into one of the rooms and then when he walks past my father we instantly know he done something. We scowl him but my dad can't handle him. We taught him, he knows but it's as if he's not really bothered about it.

Any tips would be appreciated, Thank you Agata

I have small kids and cann't put up with this - any advise would be greatly appreciated - I really don't want to rehome her as we have all grown very attached.

Layla (about 6-7yrs) our new addition has been with us for just 2 days and is settling in well.

I wondered if anyone has any experience to share to assist on the following:-

1. REcall

I am to speed with how we trained our Toby on recall, long lines etc and loads of practice - he now comes to a whistle and 'here' most of the time unless he has found fox poo:-( as he was only 8 mths when we got him but Layla does come back to put her lead on and seems to follow but is a little deaf on intermittent recall as and when only staying close when it is the end of the walk

Layla is firstly getting used to her new name, but when we went to our local woods today I felt really bad keeping her on the lead as she was obviously so interested in all going on around her so thought it would be safe to let her off. She is a real squirrel hunter so is off and about looking up trees on her hind legs and runs and runs. When in hunt mode though she cannot be distracted by recall - my whistle, calls etc fall on deaf ears and Toby is the only one who responds, when she eventually catched sight of him she follows but this needs quite a bit of patience.

I know it is really early days with her, and my intention was to keep her on lead for the first two weeks practicing recall on my extender lead, however she loves being off lead so much I am wondering if I can mix it up a bit to ensure she gets the best of both worlds? Having never had an older dog to train I am not sure whether I am setting myself up to fail here or whether you can teach an old dog new tricks as they say??

She does not run off and get lost so to speak but she does run and run as she follows which is very different to toby who just stays within a few feet plodding along. Has anyone any advice?

1. Being left alone.

Layla had an initial unsettled night with us as expected, but I have noticed having been in the house with her over the last few days that she does not like to be alone for more than a few hours. She will settle initially but after a few hours will then whine and claw at the door in distress. I got up in the night and she settled again after I went to see her, but it happened again last night and today when I tried to put her away in the kitchen to build up her time alone skills. She is not alone totally as the cat and Toby are with her, but there behaviour of just sleeping thru does not seem to help her at the moment.

Can anyone advise on this as she is obviously ok to be alone but I need to know the right approach to build up her time threshold also OH is not happy about the door being clawed! We do have a toddler gate but I think she would be able to jump over it.

Thanks in advance

Now Toby knows: Sit Come Leave it Lie Down Wait (Stay) Bang (play dead) Paw (both paws) High Five Spin (full 360 spin) Speak Touch (touches his toys with his paw for example; Touch ball, hoop, bone etc.) Roll over In bed Up Down (off furniture) In! (inside the house) Not too far (When he runs a bit too ahead off lead he stops and looks at me until i have caught up lol)

Oh and he's very quickly learnt what Cheese means and Walkies lol. Not too shabby eh!! Its just a shame the previous owner didn't have the time/patience to do this with him earlier when he was a pup, he has so much potential and so much energy its good to give him an outlet, he could have been a super dog by now!!

Anyway just thought I'd let you all know how he is doing!! So do you think a name change is in order?? lol (not really going to change his name!)

She seemed fine at first i need tips to stop this happening i plan on trying the "pet corrector spray" but is there anything else i can try??? she is fed on james wellbeloved puppy and has this as treats for training and has the odd puppy treat so i know its not hyperactivity (im a pet nutritionist)

my mum is close to wanting to rehome her because of this and im trying to convince her its all to do with puppies (we have kept GSD's, cavaliers, pyrinean mountain dogs, chihuahuas and great danes) so never really had the active puppy.

She is having her second injection on th 17th July so i cant even take her out to ware her out.

She has a teething stick, Kong, tennis balls, lots of squeakies etc so shes not bored but she just is too playful for my other dogs and n eed urgent help on what to try until i can walk her which will hopefully knock her out before i go to work and when its bed time lol

Please somebody help me i move out in 5 weeks so i need something to help me to please my mum (as shes her carer whilst im at work)

Can you still train an older jack? Reason is I'm not sure what training the older dog will have when we get her...if she's not had much then I wondered whether she will pick up training such as "leave it"

I don't know if this has already been discussed either, if it has my apologies.

Sit him down in front of you with a few treats to hand. (Making sure he sits throughout this exercise helps a lot because it means you are in control - he should be sat at all times throughout) Very slowly pop a single treat on the ground next to him, your slow movements will make him really calm, as you do it say 'leave it' calmly but firmly (it might help to put your finger up in a commanding way - it depends on your dog and how he reacts to hand actions, Toby responds better with verbal commands and actions). While you do this have two or three treats in the same hand that you put the single treat on the floor so he can smell them (his nose will be all over the floor and in your hand which is fine, as long as he doesn't go for the single treat you lay down on the floor), don't let him get the single treat, ever! This is the whole point of it, you want him to 'leave it'. If he just keeps trying to get the treats out of your hand, then hold them in your other hand while making them visible to your dog and put the single treat next to him slowly, make sure he is focused on the treats in your hand and not the one on the floor. Try not to make him excited, and don't give in even if he begs/wimpers/cries for the treat, he won't learn anything otherwise other than if he cries you will give him what he wants.

Make sure he notices the other treats in your hand and keeps focused on you. He will keep looking down at the single treat on the floor and will more than likely try to go for it x1000000 times! patience is a virtue and is essential. If he goes to get it say 'ah ah ah' or whatever noise you feel comfortable with making, not in a scolding way (it is supposed to be a treat/training session after all) but enough for him to know that he is being a little bit naughty by getting the treat, if he goes for it, pick it up and take it off him - he needs to learn to 'leave it' - avoid turning it into a game where you make a mad grab for it though, if needs be hold his collar until you have picked it up, calm though. Get his attention with the other treats in your hand by putting them under his noise, again very slow movements (make sure he is still sat throughout - otherwise start the whole process again). Keep his eyes focused on the treats in your hand (he will see that you have more treats in your hand then the one on the floor so will be more tempted to wait for them then the one on the floor). Make sure he waits patiently for a few seconds and then tell him 'good boy' and feed him a treat from your hand, lots of fusses are necessary here, especially if your JRT responds particularly well to attention and fuss. - Please note, as soon as you have fed him the treat from your hand, the first couple of times Toby actually went to pick up the treat that I said 'leave it', so for the first few attempts, pick up the single treat off the floor once you have given him the treat in your hand so that he understands 'leave it' means he can't have it. Keep doing this exercise over and over for a little while until he starts to understand it. I'm at the point now where I can throw a treat at Toby's feet, say leave it and he doesn't touch it!! Never never never give him the thing that you want him to leave. That defeats the whole object of the process, thats like saying, leave it for 30 seconds and then you can have it. If your outside and hes having a good sniff of the neighbours dogs poo and you say leave it, I can guarantee in 30 seconds he will think it is ok to get it.

I still find it quite hard to get him to leave stones, for some reason he is mad about them, but he is slowly learning, and he is much better than a week ago. Don't forget to fuss him every time he does what you want.

I hope that helps, like I said I am no expert but I found this really worked. I'll be happy to offer any advice I have from my own experiences should you require it.

Thanks!

Lyndsay

I hope nobody minds my posting this, but if anyone is interested I would like you to try this at home and you will need two people. I cant get across strongly enough that I dogs do not understand the spoken word, they learn tone and inflection in our voices and associate to an exercise. They also do not remember after doing something just once. And we could be speaking chinese, japanese, double dutch the cannot understand the spoken word. I do this exercise when teaching people to clicker train their dogs to note how difficult it is for them to learn.

I shall explain the exercise first. You are going to want the other person that is doing this with you to perform an exercise without any spoken word, eye indication, or hand indication. You can use any word, but for this exercise please use 'boosh'. I shall now tell you (and only you know) that 'boosh' means sit on the sofa (or chair) but in a particular place.

Your partner is to stand in front of you and you tell them that you are going to use a word to get them to perform a certain thing. So you then say 'boosh' (this is when we start laughing) they then have to go through the process of trying to work out just what it is that you want them to do, you must repeat 'boosh' every 3-4 seconds. When they get to the part of the room you want them to be in then you must reward (I use chocolate when teaching this) them and say 'boosh', if they go to sit on the sofa, then you must reward straight away and fuss them.

Your dog or puppy finds it harder than this to learn what a certain word means, so please be more patient with them and give them time. Janx

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Many thanks, Daniela

I was lucky enough to take some time off work when she came and have been taking her regularly to a toilet spot and accidents inside have been minimal ( thank goodness!).

That said she doesnt seem to show any desire to head there on her own, its always me taking her down. How can I make her take the initiative???

Also I have to work full days 3 days p w and have been leaving her in the kitchen ( large, bright, tiled floors :-) ) and I realise that this could put her training back as I leave pads but cant MAKE her use them. I dont think it would be right having her in the crate all that time so again, any suggestions???

Thanks in advance

Anyone got any ideas?

Thanks.

I bought a crate for here yesterday and am trying to train here and was hoping for some advice/comments suggestions on what I am doing.

First few nights I left her in kitchen ( tiled floor! ) in a basket with puppy pad. She used the pad 60% of the time. During the day I am taking her down to the garage ( townhouse so no garden :-( although parks 100 yrds away when her vaccinations kick in ). In the garage she has got quite good at toileting, although I have struggled to get her to keep on the same spot. To be honest just happy she does it so rewarding with lots of praise for now. Once she can go out alleyway on the other side of garage door perfect spot for doing her business.

I have put her basket in the crate and made it the most comfy place for her to be, also using it for her food & water to get her used to it. Have also begun to close the door while I am in the room and although she whimpers a bit, I can calm her and she is asleep in it right now. Only thing is she wakes at around 4.30 and wails and wails and wails. I am reluctant to get her out as this would be seen as reward for crying, so should I set my alarm for 3 and take her out for a wee? She got through last night dry, as I am taking her water in at 7ish to empty her bladder a little.

Any help or advice greatly appreciated

Also whilst walking another couples labrador suddenly bolted and ran off and they couldn't find it that's scared me even more, I want to know thyt'll be safe!

I am new to this and I have learnt so much in just one evening about all your experiences and how I can learn from this.

Roxy is my Jackrussel x Chihuahua, I got her when she was about 6 months old she is now just turned 1. I am having a bit of trouble keeping her attention when she get a smell of something, having terrier in her its in her breed to be a "sniffer" but i honestly cannot get any attention from her once she can smell something and i wont get it back untill she find it. treats are a must when we go out for walks!! and she 9/10 comes back to them straight away.

does any one else come across this with their dog, any tips on how I can get her attention.

Lucy and Roxy

Anyway, i have tried getting him to sit, saying sttaay, and slowly backing away...and he follows me, i do it again...and he does the same!! after a few goes at this, he gets all frustrated and so we move onto something else. its so frustrating, cos he sooo wants to do it! its like he's thinking " if you would just show me what this stay thing is, i would do it!!!" any ideas pls? xx

He hasn't been out in public (as he still hasn't had his second injections yet) and is still just exploring the back garden. I'd like to be able to take him for a walk when he's ready and not have to drag him everywhere. ;-)

as it was such a lovely day, we decided to show tessa what fun you could have with water, not only that I was trying to tidy up our pond, and she was very inquisitive, well you can see from the pictures how she liked the water splashed at her.

It was hillarious to see her hopping out of the way, but she was enjoying it.