I have found that using a fork or spoon to give treats at home and saying
easy or gentle at the same time works wonders - they hate biting down on
the metal utensil and it saves your hands. Usually after 2-3 times, they
are more gentle in taking the food and the "easy" then transfers over to
Thanks everyone for all of your advice...lots of good advice and training
experiences have been shared. In hindsight, I wish I had been quicker to
react and challenged the instructor's actions when they happened but I
didn't. I did return to the facility this evening and explained to the
instruct
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Cindy,
I am reiterating what you have already seen in response to the
class: turn and run the other way.
It's good that your dog had the flight response to a bad (painful)
experience, rather than the fight response. What a dog! I can't
say I would have been so composed, but then I am not a dog.
Hi Cindy,
I wouldn't even go one more week. This instructor is not using motivational
methods at all and punching a dog in the nose is not acceptable. You can
teach good manners for treats by having Nicco sit in front of you with the
treat in a closed fist, do not offer the fist nor move it. You ju
Rats, guys. I hit the send button before I signed. Sorry!
Andie Reid
Wilmington, NC
Cindy,
I've had a similar experience with a trainer who has great methods - up
to a point. Once the dogs are trained, her expectations get higher and
she tends to get rougher with them when they don't perform. We stopped
using her for training when it got to that point. I've seen her get a
li
Don't give your dog a common name! Mercedes also goes by Sadie, one of the
most common names in all of dogdom. We once attended a class with another
Sadie in it whose owner was a growly, grumbly person...always yelling at
his dog. My girl thought it was about her and didn't like it there. I
- Original Message -
From: "Cindy Reid" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
I am going one more week but if I come
> away with mixed feelings again then I'll quit this instructor and go
> elsewhere.
>
Cindy, I have been working with a fella who was made to scream by an
instructor...not in my control my
I would not go back to that class -- period and end of discussion. Punching
and jerking???!!! If someone did that to one of my dogs, I might be the one
doing the punching! Training can and does occur without cruelty. I am glad
you were uncomfortable with someone being mean to your dog -- trust your
In a message dated 05/27/2003 9:33:09 PM Central Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
<< I am going one more week but if I come away with mixed feelings again
then I'll quit this instructor and go elsewhere. >>
My own feeling is - go with your "gut" feeling. I have made it a policy of
my
I just went through a not so nice experience in an obedience class...The
instructor was trying to get ten month old Nicco to quit being such a shark
for his food rewards by teaching him "easy". She would keep the bait in a
closed fist and rap him on the nose when he was not being gentle
enough...t
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