Demon Dog!!!?

Question

Don't get me wrong, I love my pooch. It's just that with two cats ready for war and twenty-eight pigeons that are so tempting to chase, he causes mass chaos. As a matter of fact, he knocks over everything from the garbage can to me to my computer tower. How do I tame the mongrel without breaking his neck?

Answer 1

How old is he? What breed is he? Do his actions appear aggressive or playful? Tell me and i can tell you.

Answer 2

Dude, give him some basic obedience training. Go to the library and/or your local bookstore and do some reading.

DO NOT get suckered into taking a class at your local pet-mega-mart. Those peoples' "trainer" training consists of reading a book and watching a video. If you have previous experience as a trainer, THEY WILL NOT HIRE YOU! That means that you are paying for crappy training from someone who has NO CLUE about what they are doing.

That having been said...

Go to your local library or bookstore and read from a selection of books there. Try several of the methods that you read about (only one method at a time, tho) and see which one works best for you - not the dog. The dog will respond to whatever method you choose. That's exactly the way that I learned to train over 20 years ago and I now have taken over 150 dogs thru AKC obedience trials and have NEVER lost a "leg" (that's what they call a competition meet). As long as your dog performs the tasks that are required at the appropriate time, he gets the score. :D

Tip #1 - get used to the idea of having a properly fitted slip (chain) choker on the dog at all times. If a method tells you to use anything other than a slip choker, it is not a method approved for use by the AKC and may cause serious injury to the dog. Harnesses, belt (aka flat) collars, and pinch collars (aka German chokers) are infinitely more dangerous than a slip choker. Also, if you only put the collar on for training, the dog will figure out in about 3.5 seconds that he doesn't have to listen to you when the collar isn't on b/c you have no way of reinforcing your commands.

Tip #2 - Don't use treats. Treats are great for every now and again but they are NOT a training aide. The dog will learn that if he does X then he gets a treat. What do you do if you don't have a treat and you give the dog a command? If he does X and you suddenly don't give him a treat, then you have broken the deal. Unless you plan on walking around for the rest of your life with "Milkbones" crumbs in your pockets, stay away from treat training.

Tip #3 - NEVER call your dog to you for discipline purposes. If you do, your dog will learn to associate his name with getting into trouble. Then, later, when you are trying to train the dog to come on command, you wonder why he takes off every time you call him. If he screws up, go get him and take him to the site of the infraction by pulling firmly (but carefully) on the choker and making him down-stay for 1 minute per month of age up to 5 minutes.

Tip #4 - Be consistent. Don't use the "down" correction when you want the dog to sit sometimes and the right one other times.

Tip #5 - Praise 20x more often (at least!) than you correct. Frequent praise teaches the dog very quickly what the boundaries of proper behavior are. They will work HARD to stay within those boundaries. If he's chewing on the right thing, then he gets a loving pat on the head and a "good boy". If he happens to be running to you, then use the "come" command to get him used to hearing it and praise him with good luvin' scratches when he does so.

Answer 3

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Answer 4

he needs a job. Every dog was born to do something, so take him to the park, start doing Fly ball with him, start spending quality time with him so that he doesn't have to be bad to get your attention.
If you yell and chase him when he does these things, you are creating your own monster, give him a treat, and next time he tries to assanate one of your family, sweetly call him to you with the treat, if you consistently do that and take him places with you where you can have alone time, he will not be insecure anymore and he will actually make friends with his potential meals!
Good luck!

Answer 5

He needs exercise.... he's bored and dogs just love to run. I have to take my 18 month old dog out to just run several times in the evening. So much energy after being cooped up. He should calm down with age......I hope.
Good luck.

Answer 6

Use the dog whisper method, Say shhhhht loudly when he starts bad behavior then yank his leash back. Watch the show!!!

Answer 7

Why put up with it? I mean really, why? This is what baffles me about dog owners. There is no law that says you have to own and care for a dog.

Answer 8

Throw him into a bird-bath and say you've been bathtized and maybe w/ it now being tramutyized it will behave.

Answer 9

when he runs, try to pick him up really fast while still in motion. then tell him no. then if he still misbehaves, lightly hit him on the nose. that helps in training a dog.

Answer 10

Obedience training is the way to go!