Doggone good dog thread

[P8riot]

If you take him in public, people will ask you his name. Dont give them the real one. I always politely give them a fake name. They use it and he just looks at them. Reason...I want my dog to ONLY listen to me. Thats also why I dont train them in English

 

[P8riot]

Best time to train...feeding time. Put however much kibble you feed him in your pocket. Give him some commands. If he doesnt listen, no need to yell at him. He just doesnt eat. Just walk away and ignore him. He will most likely follow you. Try again and repeat until he listens and then reward the crap out of him. He will eventually realise good behavior fills his tummy! Its an easy way to make sure youre not yelling and making bad memories. This period is all about over rewarding his good behavior and pounding that good behavior gets him good things into his brain. He is a GSD so this will be very easy.

 

[bowhunter1023]

IMO, teaching a dog to heel and stay are the two most important commands/responses for 99% of dog owners. I can call all 3 of mine to heel in any situation and 2 of the 3 are rock steady on sit/stay. It separates them from the pack, pun intended. Get any pup to master those and the rest is icing on the cake (unless they're working dogs of course).

Great looking pup brother. Glad you didn't waste time and hopped back on the band wagon. I've not been without a dog since the 90s and I'm not sure I'd know what to do if I were without. I hope to meet him some day!

 

[Dustinb80]

Best time to train...feeding time. Put however much kibble you feed him in your pocket. Give him some commands. If he doesnt listen, no need to yell at him. He just doesnt eat. Just walk away and ignore him. He will most likely follow you. Try again and repeat until he listens and then reward the crap out of him. He will eventually realise good behavior fills his tummy! Its an easy way to make sure youre not yelling and making bad memories. This period is all about over rewarding his good behavior and pounding that good behavior gets him good things into his brain. He is a GSD so this will be very easy.

Just did a quick session. Used "Eyes" to get his attention and rewarded. Just now realized i used good boy instead of yes as the reward word. Need to train myself too lol

 

[P8riot]

Well, its all in what words you want to use and voice tone plays a huge part too. As long as you keep it consistent between you AND your wife. My wife and I had an agreement where if we used the wrong word, we got to slap the other. Playfully... at first ofcourse! But it does train you to think about it.

 

[Dustinb80]

Noticed when we walked into the breeders house that all of her dogs went crazy and she yelled NEIN really loud and they all shut up lol. So we are going to try that for no since we are currently battling his desire to chew or bite

 

[P8riot]

Perfect! That is German obviously! A lot of police officers use German. Makes sense. I have my 3 trained in French, Dutch, and Russian. My wife has a bit of Ukrainian/Russian in her heritage and thought it would be cool.

 

[P8riot]

Youtube Michael Ellis. He has great videos. Same concepts I discussed and he really helped me get my dog trained.

 

[Sgt Fury]

Noticed when we walked into the breeders house that all of her dogs went crazy and she yelled NEIN really loud and they all shut up lol. So we are going to try that for no since we are currently battling his desire to chew or bite

 

[Left field]

Perfect! That is German obviously! A lot of police officers use German. Makes sense. I have my 3 trained in French, Dutch, and Russian. My wife has a bit of Ukrainian/Russian in her heritage and thought it would be cool.

Exactly, German has short words ,pronunciation dogs understand , that doesn’t sound like anything else

 

[Jamie]

Not sure if this will work or not, but we were going through some old pics and found this video of Slick the day or the day after we brought him home in July of 2016. Our old Lab Lewis was 13 in this video, his brother Clark only made it to twelve.

Ornery little fucker.

https://www.amazon.com/photos/shared/6aEjPrcmT8KiqOSc1bAZxA.hXnFJkKqHhsQijGTw0YlTv

 

[Left field]

Not sure if this will work or not, but we were going through some old pics and found this video of Slick the day or the day after we brought him home in July of 2016. Our old Lab Lewis was 13 in this video, his brother Clark only made it to twelve.

Ornery little fucker.

https://www.amazon.com/photos/shared/6aEjPrcmT8KiqOSc1bAZxA.hXnFJkKqHhsQijGTw0YlTv

If Dustin was a dog

 

[Outdoorsfellar]

TikTok - Make Your Day

 

[Big_Holla]

Our dog Sadie sure has taken to the farm when we come down. Loves her rides on the 4 wheeler and especially the walks. Took her down in the big holla over the weekend and man she loved the water!

 

["J"]

Travel buddy in the back, she’s a great dog when on the road. Wife? Not so much .

 

[hickslawns]

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Travel buddy in the back, she’s a great dog when on the road. Wife? Not so much .

Take her out of the dog box in the bed of the truck. Let her ride in the cab. She'll probably be a better travel companion. More relaxed like the dog.

 

["J"]

Take her out of the dog box in the bed of the truck. Let her ride in the cab. She'll probably be a better travel companion. More relaxed like the dog.

That’ll never happen

 

[Dustinb80]

 

["J"]

Oldie but a goody….

 

[Outdoorsfellar]

Where does the time go, I certainly do not know. It's been a year. I don't miss the hair, but I do miss the stare .....