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>Try teaching "Touch" You can do this with treats >there are many ways to teach this and while teaching >it you can teach her not to bite. here's how I did it >I first got my dogs attention on my hand by putting a >treat in it and letting her smell it. every time she >tuched her nose to my hand I gave her a treat from my >other hand she soon learned that every time she toched >her nose to my hand a treat came from my other hand. I >did not start saying touch until she knew the motion. >I always say her name before any command. "Reina >Touch" after that I worked on Touch unitl all I had to >do was say "Reina touch" and she would touch my hand >BUT and here is the hard part I never gave her a treat >if she used her mouth to touch. only when she used >her nose. Before I did this I first tought her to >respond to her name by calling her and as soon as she >responded in any way I gave her a treat. I then would >play games and have her touch everything I could think >of. As soon as she would start getting >rambunctious(sp) I would start playing the touch game >and if she started biting I stopped and ignored her or >crated her if she got to bitey. She learned vary >quickly that touch was way more fun the biting. Oh >yeah when she did bite I would yelp the same as a dog >would she learned that sound ment she was being to >rough. hope this helps. > > > > > > >>Thanks - I will keep that in mind when she's old >>enough for a training collar. Last night I tried >>keeping a leash on her when in house so I could stop >>her from jumping at me, but the whole time I had the >>leash on her while sitting on the floor with her, she >>just chewed the leash the whole time. And trying to >>get her to stop chewing it was impossible. I think >>I'll go and get some of the bitter apple stuff and put >>that on the leash so that she won't just chew it the >>whole time (and a new leash because she chewed through >>that one!). >>What is a good age to start training with a Halti for >>example?
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