Member Ed
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Seems that it was too much pressure for him. My female Rottie in a few occasions has gone for people, specially when she was young. No barking, no nothing, just lunge with a big open mouth. You have to read them. She got a lot better with time and training.
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Does she cook? Dogs are often great fans of whoever is cooking 🙂
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I would use yes to reward and release a sit, down, stand, and to reward any tricks. I would use free to let him out into the yard, to release him from a place command, to release him from the crate, to release him from a platform where we had been training, to release him at the end of the training session, to release him from an invisible boundary, etc. The yes comes with a mental image of a cookie (reward). The free tells the dog he is done and he is free to do and go as he pleases. When in doubt I would go for yes.
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Not quite a sequence, but more like language… “yes” is “you did a good job congrats”, “good” is “that is great keep doing what you are doing”, “free” or “break” is “hey bubba, you are free to do whatever you want”. So you kind of use them as it makes sense. When you say “you did a good job congrats” it is implied that the job is over. When you say “that is great keep doing what you are doing” it is implied that the job is not done, yet and the dog is not released. And so forth. Hope it makes sense.
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Correct. Yes is a reward word and a release word all combined. Free or break are just release words. Young pups will not have the ability to hold a position. So you kind of release them immediately. His butt hits the ground and we go “yes” + treat. Fun fun fun
BTW, you use “yes” for the entire life of the dog. You just hold off and introduce the “good” bridge word (keep doing what you are doing) and then “Yes” at the end to reward + release.
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Correct. Yes is a reward word and a release word all combined. Free or break are just release words. Young pups will not have the ability to hold a position. So you kind of release them immediately. His butt hits the ground and we go “yes” + treat. Fun fun fun
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I do not understand. Those are all things puppies do. Did I miss something? Though the humping mine usually try with each other and I do not allow it. Pawing and whining happen a lot. He is just playing.
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Crating when she gets cranky should help. She may have associated some sort of negative experience with paw cleaning. I would go with a strategy similar to nail clipping which is touch reward, next day touch, hold briefly, reward. Then next time the same, but touching a towel, and so forth till the whole sequence is built with one paw, then 2 and so forth. I would go with these gentler methods first and see what results I’m able to achieve.
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Seems to be a relationship matter. He is likely not clear on his or your position. The recommendation tends to be structure. You ritualize all activity, control everything the dog gets and the dog does not get anything for free. Crating will likely play a big role on it too. I’m not quite sure there is a video lesson on that. Maybe someone can point it out if one does exist.