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Oops, by praise, I meant the training
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My Pit at times would get visibly anxious. It may be totally different reason/process than yours, but we would do a tiny obedience session with 4-5 very very very easy commands for him, sit, paw, five, etc. and praise a lot. Using that to build him out of it. I do not remember how long it took for him to totally get over it, but he did.
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Just from going over the chats and AMA this is what I gathered. The more pressure you put on a pup the more likely you are to squash his/her spirit. Depending on the temperament some may take more, some less. Training, like Rob said, is done through luring. From what I gathered, no corrections in training. Distractions come in much later — whether that is 6 months or more I do not recall. Likewise minimize the number of corrections by not letting the dog fail. The main tool for the pup not to get in trouble is the crate. This goes on for the first year. I’m not sure if there is a video that spells it all out. Perhaps in the puppy series?
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Another option, inspired by a recent chat, is to continue her training and not give her treats that are that high value until she has better control/relationship. If it is just used as a treat than a smaller treat, if it is to keep her entertained, perhaps a kong and you can vary the filling so that it is not that high value.
I would not take a small treat from my dog just for the sake of doing it though. That would be kind of unfair.
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Not sure if it would work, but what if you offer an even exchange for another bully stick. If it works, repeating a 3-4 more times, then let her have whichever one she has at the time. Then repeat again another day, and another, etc, etc. The same idea as training the dog to surrender a toy. If you decide to try this I would love to hear your results.
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We have used both together for a week so far and no issues.
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This is what it looks like
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From what I have seen on the AMAs and chats you do not want to put too much pressure on a puppy that young. So if you can do it with shaping and, like you said a wall, and the dog is happy to do it that is cool. But based on previous answers at 4 months we do as much as we can to let the puppy be a puppy.
It might be worthwhile to ask in the AMA or chat what would be a low pressure way to fix a sit.
If it is lopsided, the down or the sit, you can use a narrow platform a little bit longer than the dog and a couple of inches wider, 3-4 inches tall. Then do the sits and downs on that. The dog will self correct. In the beginning he/she may have a leg off the platform, but I do not think there is a need to correct as it will fix itself as you soldier on. I made one like that and covered with some carpet as just the wood was too slippery. Good luck!!
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Both of mine still eat grass. They are 6 and 4 years old. LOL. I think that is kind of normal. Overtime they became more discerning and they go mostly for the tall grass, as opposed to the lawn. They also stopped ripping the grass off the lawn and when they do go for it they are more the grazing type now.
When my Rottie was a young pup I think she got a kick of how powerful she was that she could rip things apart — but that might be anthropomorphizing.
I don’t remember if we did anything special to stop the ripping… probably just removed the opportunity for her to do that.
Sorry if that does not help much, but the ripping of the grass will become a found memory one day 🙂
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Topic: Teaching dogs language concepts (“words”)
There is a project with about 3,000 participants that is tracking people’s attempt to teach dogs, cats, horses and other animals to use buttons to communicate http://www.theycantalk.org and how.theycantalk.org — the most advanced dogs have access to 90+ buttons and use a good portion of those. You may have seen some of the accounts on Instagram, YT, TikTok. Once the dogs takes off, the communication seems to go well beyond requests and needs, and dogs combining words to form new meanings (“poop play” = fart) and ask interesting questions (“where mom poop?”)
It would be great to get some tips on how to teach/model basic concepts/words that can be done in a training session, as opposed to based on the dog’s needs (e.g. pressing the button every time the dog goes potty, has a meal, needs bowl refilled with water). The needs-based modeling often presents only a few opportunities to model, and the dog’s owner may not be focused enough to take advantage of those, leading to very few events being modelled.
There is a correlation between the number of times buttons are modelled and the usage of those buttons.
So being able to have training sessions with your dog for specific words/concepts would be pretty cool.
Thanks!