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Big dog boxer motorcycle1/3/2024 ![]() ![]() As soon as the dog does submit, your correction should stop so the dog understands THAT is what you wanted. The dog must submit to the person or object. If the dog turns but is still very alert and perky with perhaps wide eyes, standing tall and proud, your job is not done. You have to watch for signs of the dog giving up. Do not stop until the dog has turned his attention away from the object it is focused on. You have to follow through until the end. Some dogs will give it up after only one correction and some will hold out for 10 minutes or longer, trying to evade your blocks. Stopping the behavior can sometimes take time, depending on the will of the dog. Just as important as following through, the correction needs to stop the second the desired result is achieved. The more you allow the dog to win, the stronger minded and more stubborn your dog will become. ![]() The process starts all over again until the humans deem the correction as useless, and the dog wins. The dog only stops for a short time and the humans think their job is done, when the dog never did give it up, it only paused for a bit. They tell the dog "no," but are not watching for signs of the dog giving up. Often, people only halfway correct the dog they do not finish to the end. Make sure you follow through in your corrections. Sometimes when you tell a dog not to do something, he is not sure what it is he should be doing, and you need to give him this direction. For example: if you are inside the home, lead him to his bed and tell him to lie down. After he gives up, if he looks confused as to what to do next, direct him. Do not back away until the puppy or dog turns and gives up. You can "bite" the puppy or dog with your hand if you need to. If Bruno went left, I stepped left, if Bruno went right, I stepped right. I had someone else ride the bike, and I stepped between Bruno and the path of the bike. In this case my goal was to teach Bruno to follow the bike, but not obsess over it. I had to "claim" my bike and stop him from chasing and barking at it. I bought a dirt bike and when the first person started to ride it, Bruno the Boxer started barking at the tires. This reminds me of Bruno and the motorcycle. The behaviors mean the same thing no matter what size the dog might be.ĭogs can have a lack of or lose respect with adults, and objects, not just with the children. It does not matter if the dog is large, medium or toy-sized. They also need to teach their children how to be leaders. In cases such as this, the parents need to step in and "claim" the kids, communicating to the dog that he must respect them. This is where a lot of people go wrong, they do not see the warning signs and they do not act like leaders. Everything belongs to the humans the children are not property the dog can own. ![]() For example: if your child is playing with their friend and they get hurt or start to play in a manner that your dog feels is too rough, the dog might decide to protect his "property" against the other child.Ī dog should own NO property. It may cause issues with your child's friends they will not be safe in your house. If the puppy grows up to own the child in the house it can be very dangerous as the dog guards the child as their property. This will become a problem as the puppy grows up into an adolescent and adult. A high level of excitement is a weakness to a dog, and if all you show the puppy is excitement and play, and never show him leadership, the pup will start to see himself as above the kids in the pack order. This behavior can start off caused by the child's excitement. Rushing humans or objects is not respect, but quite the opposite. They do not come barreling over jumping on it. They are best buddies just wanting to play, but actually when a dog respects a human or object they give it space. Most see behaviors like this and interpret them as the puppy loving the child. The pup was also behaving this way towards their older daughter. The child did not even have a chance to come all the way down the steps after waking before the 8-week-old pup was chasing him in an excited manner. The German Shepherd puppy would run after the autistic son as soon as he spotted him in the morning. The puppy was not respecting their space. The puppy was starting t chase and jump all over the kids whenever he saw them, treating them more like littermates than his leaders. In helping my friend with her puppy-raising, I noticed an issue beginning to develop-one that happens to a lot of people, even without special-needs children that most owners do not stop in the beginning signs of the problem, but rather wait until it is a full-blown issue. ![]()
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