How do you encourage your friendly dog not to run off with strangers or jump on them?
I have a 17 month young West Highland Terrier who is very friendly and not afraid of anyone or other animals. It’s a fantastic trait, however how would one go about training him to not just run away. We would like to teach him this because he sometimes has broken free from his harness as he is on leash all the times so it’s more for safety and peace of mind. He’s been to puppy obedience school earlier this year, but wasn’t a good student–he always preferred to play with the other dogs or people rather than pay attention to lessons being taught . We even have trouble training him to stop jumping on people. We’ve tried all the techniques to ignore him when he tries to jump on people (e.g. turning our back) but it fails to produce any results. He has an attention span of a flea. LOL. I’d appreciate hearing of positive training reward techniques as many of the websites repeat what we’ve already found isn’t working.
First thing puppy classes are not for the puppy it is for the person. If a dog fails a class it is because of the person, not the dog. A dog is just a dog and will do what a dog does until a person steps in and says “NO”.
You are giving your dog mixed signals. You do not want him doing this, but it is so darn cute! You HAVE to loose this! You are boss and at this moment your dog is the boss.
Now that your dog has learned that is is ok to do this (you did not mean to teach your dog this) pay the money and get a profetional…..or at least go to another class until you get it right. The dog is there for you to practice with….
The pound is full of cute little pooch’s that people have failed.
Training is knowledge, but also a frame of mind. Until the person is into this mind set a pooch will never learn. The person will get frustrated and the pooch will pay the price….
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