she is fine when i am holding it but if i drop it on the ground and call her she will not come. And when i go out for a hour or so i chain her up and she wont walk on that eather. she seems scared shes 8 months old but shes only been using the chain for around 2 weeks will she she start to walk around soon?
2006-07-31 23:30:46 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Dogs
Maybe something happened to her when she was younger that has put this fear into her. Positive reinforcement will do wonders. Start slowly by giving her a treat while you drop the leash with the other hand and tell her what a good girl she is. Before too long the leash will start making her think "treat".
You can try the same thing with her outdoor chain. Give her a treat while you put the chain on her and again tell her what a good girl she is. Since walking around is the biggest issue outside I would try putting a treat in front of her on the ground just far enough that she will have to walk a few steps. You can move the treat a little farther every day just make sure it is never so far that she can't reach it.
One of my cousin's dogs does not care fo his leash at all because the only time he wears it, he goes to the vet. My dogs LOVE their leashes because they go to a weekly play-date, they go to my parents house to visit, once in blue moon they get a soft serve from McDonald's, and sometimes we go to the park. They never expect the vet visit because most of the time they have a leash on they are going to do something fun.
2006-08-01 00:01:50 · answer #1 · answered by oushiyasha 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The dog always needs to be supervised when indoors. Every time the dog goes to the toilet in the house, and he is not caught and corrected, the behaviour is reinforced and he will think it is acceptable behaviour.
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• Take your dog on lead to the area where you would like him to relieve himself
• Use the word “toilet” when the dog is going to the toilet so he learns to associate the word with the action
• Reward with high praise and a treat reward so this behaviour is keenly repeated by the dog
• If the dog tries to jump and play with you ignore this behaviour until the dog focuses on sniffing the ground and starting to cue for the signs of relieving himself
• Remember to be patient – as this may take time
• If consistent, in weeks to a couple of months you should be able to do without the lead and your dog should be able to relieve himself on cue when hearing the command “toilet”
As prevention is better than cure; get in the habit of closing doors and not allowing your dog free access to areas that are unsupervised. NB: Baby dividers between rooms and hallways can be very effective to keep dog out. It is interesting to note that carpeted rooms are attractive to puppies as they hold the scent particularly well.
Make sure your cleaning the urine up completely! There are a number of excellent cleaning products that you can now purchase from pet stores that eliminate the smell of urine or feces. If the pup can smell any urine or feces, remembering it has a much stronger sense of smell than us; it will encourage him to go again on the same spot.
If you are to catch your dog in the act simply give the “a-ah” command. Pick the dog up and place outdoors or on paper so that he can finish his deed there. Remember that if you do not catch the dog within 3 seconds of an undesirable act he will have no comprehension of what you are correcting him for. This may worsen his toileting habits as the dog will learn to be deceptive as he will now want to hide away.
2016-07-19 15:03:16 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi,
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Hope it helps.
2014-09-14 08:09:35 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Perhaps she doesn't like the look of it or the noise it makes. It's not paticularly the chain that she's frightened of. She will come around if you continut to expose her to it. Make her walk over to it and see that it will not hurt her.
2006-07-31 23:35:55 · answer #4 · answered by Imani 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
She could be scared of other dogs or traffic.
Your puppy is only young and she will be frightened first all all. Just be patient and she`ll be fine.
2006-07-31 23:36:37 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋