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Atticus and I attended our first training class tonight. Oh. My. God. This dog simply cannot focus when there are other dogs around. The teacher finally took us to a separate room, but even that didn't work. He KNEW all those other dogs were out there and he simply was too excited and intent on finding them and playing with them to focus in any way.
At home, we've "sort of" taught him sit, down and stay with a clicker. "Sort of" meaning he will sit and down and sit and down a few times, but then he'll start downing when I say sit or sitting when I say down.... i.e. he doesn't seem to know the words as well as he knows that SOMETHING is expected of him and he'll offer all the wrong things in response to, say, "sit." And even that doesn't last long... he gets bored with training pretty fast, which I think is probably due to the fact that he is a raw fed dog and the treats we're offering are just not that enticing after a taste or two.
I really want/need Atticus to be a "canine good citizen" sort of dog, so any advice anyone can offer would be much appreciated.
Oh - before I sign off, I do want to say that he's really well-behaved at home. All I have to do is utter that "EhEhEh!" kind of admonishment when he's into something he shouldn't be, and he stops (AND, thus far, leaves those things alone when left at home alone for a few hours). But when he's around other dogs, all bets are off.
AnnA
At home, we've "sort of" taught him sit, down and stay with a clicker. "Sort of" meaning he will sit and down and sit and down a few times, but then he'll start downing when I say sit or sitting when I say down.... i.e. he doesn't seem to know the words as well as he knows that SOMETHING is expected of him and he'll offer all the wrong things in response to, say, "sit." And even that doesn't last long... he gets bored with training pretty fast, which I think is probably due to the fact that he is a raw fed dog and the treats we're offering are just not that enticing after a taste or two.
I really want/need Atticus to be a "canine good citizen" sort of dog, so any advice anyone can offer would be much appreciated.
Oh - before I sign off, I do want to say that he's really well-behaved at home. All I have to do is utter that "EhEhEh!" kind of admonishment when he's into something he shouldn't be, and he stops (AND, thus far, leaves those things alone when left at home alone for a few hours). But when he's around other dogs, all bets are off.
AnnA