When she was at the shelter before i brought her home(ive had har for two days)she followed hand comands. She did this for complete stangers who came and looked at her while i was waiting to pick her up. Now that she is here i cant get her to do it for me. I'm using the same gesturs they used at the shelter, could someone please help me or tell me why she won"t do this for me. She follows me everywhere I go , so I dont thnk it's because she is not comfortable with me. And like I said she was doing them for stangers at the shelter.
2006-07-09 02:20:11 · 10 answers · asked by flowergirl1994 3 in Pets ➔ Dogs
I need to add she was not trained at the shelter. Someone found her wandering the streets and brought her in. She was there for a month though before i adopted her.
2006-07-09 05:01:53 · update #1
Dogs aren't robots or cars. Training is about building a relationship with the dog. If you don't practice and enforce the commands, the dog will quickly learn to ignore you - even though she loves you and follows you around. Call the shelter - maybe their trainer would be willing to give you a few lessons.
And read some great books on training, so you will understand the dog better. (Try not to pick books randomly - there are a lot of bad books out there also!) These are some of my favorites and you can get them on Amazon.com
What All Good Dogs Should Know – Volhard http://www.volhard.com/
Good Owners, Great Dogs - Brian Kilcommins
Dog Tricks : Eighty-Eight Challenging Activities for Your Dog from World-Class Trainers by Haggerty and Benjamin
Don't Shoot the Dog - Pryor
Training Your Dog: The Step by Step Method - Volhard
Dog Problems - Benjamin
Cesar's Way - Cesar Millan
Also, watch the Dog Whisperer on the National Geographic Channel. Cesar Millan is the best trainer I've ever seen on TV.
http://www.dogpsychologycenter.com/
2006-07-09 04:56:55 · answer #1 · answered by Danger, Will Robinson! 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Make sure you have her full attention and be firm and use the voice command and hand signal for a couple days to get her adjusted to everything. That's how I trained my dog and several others from the beginning. You always use the hand signal when you give a voice command. They will learn both that way and then which ever way you give the command she will follow. It is going to take her some time to get comfortable in her new environment. Look at how kids are perfect little angels at someone elses house, but after a week of the kid being in that house they are confortable enough that they start acting like they always do at home also.
2006-07-09 09:58:09 · answer #2 · answered by Tammy R 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Give her more time to acclimate to her new home. Everything there is new to her especially the smells. Labs have extremely sensitive noses and identify people and things by scent. She's on overload with new scents right now and is likely very distracted. Give her a week or so. Then go where there are no distractions and try again. Continue to practice these with her or in time she will forget them. Good Luck. Enjoy your dog.
2006-07-09 09:25:23 · answer #3 · answered by J Somethingorother 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Give her time to adjust. She's still trying to absorb everything and get used to her new home. You may also want to stop by the shelter and make sure that you're doing the signals exactly the same way.
2006-07-09 09:24:42 · answer #4 · answered by Annie's World 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Be sure you are correct in how you give the hand signals, and you have to have her full attention before giving the signal.
It is important that you give the command just once and she should respond. If she doesn't , apply the proper correction for the command and praise when the correct behavior occurs.
If she responds to other people and not you she believes herself dominant over you or the alpha dog of the pack. You have to assert yourself as the top dog or you will not be able to control her behavior.
2006-07-09 09:50:42 · answer #5 · answered by allannela 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
She may associate the shelter with those comands.Give her time and continue to work with her. do you have any other pets at home ? this may distract her,even though their were other pets at the shelter..because it may be somthing new,a difrent kind of pet.
Try taking her outside and trying the comands.
I think she is just trying to get used to a new atmosphere,she will come around.
2006-07-09 09:30:33 · answer #6 · answered by Lisa C 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Give her somemore time to get used to your home. She was just doing them at the shelter becasue she knew she had to do them. Thats were she was taught. And know, you have to let her know that she is to do them for you to. Not just for the other people at the shelter. In a few days she'll be listening. I love labs, I have one named Zoey.
2006-07-09 10:50:29 · answer #7 · answered by Wish I still had all my dogs!!!! 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The dog is pretty smart. It did it because it wanted out of the cage. Now that it's out it don't feel the need anymore so it doesn't waste it's time. If that's the biggest worry then don't worry. Labs are famous for a lot worse.
2006-07-09 09:25:40 · answer #8 · answered by Ricky J. 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How confusing... I have just realised you are talking about a chocolate coloured Labrador, not a laboratory for messing around with chocolate...... Sorry, I don't know. Call the shelter.
2006-07-09 09:26:30 · answer #9 · answered by fiend_indeed 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if you've only had her for two days, i'd say she is going thru some type of separation anxiety, give her time and be patient....if she really knows, then she'll do it when she's comfortable in her new sorroundings....congrats, i have two labs and they are wonderful dogs...
2006-07-09 09:25:43 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋