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Originally Posted by samanthac The dog knows you are afraid. When a dog reacts like this, you have a split second to make a decision...deal with it quickly, swiftly and decisively with great conviction that does not leave a doubt in their mind, or back off. The second you back down it is too late and the dog will up the ante if you try to challenge them...hey it worked the first time.
Suffice it to say my dogs have all done this once...and only once. |
Hi Samantha (hope I am doing this right - quoting...) Anyway - just to clarify - Nina is in training - our last class is tomorrow night. It's the basics which she has down pat (sit, stay, down, come). However - she does not get "drop it" or "no" or "OUCH" or anything like that (see my other post today about jumping to get a better idea of what's going on here). I am currently looking into individual training for her and socialization classes too. I'm at a loss - people respond and tell me, as you did, to react quickly and swiftly - what reaction should I have? I don't know what to do. I turn my back on the jumping & biting (this is the playful stuff) and she doesn't stop. What steps should we be taking when we try to get her to stop the behavior? I guess that's the starting point. You are all absolutely right that a lot of this has been going on far too long and it needs to be corrected - and I do agree with beginning the basics again. I just need to know WHAT I should be doing in order to correct it. Thanks so much for everything. Debi