Right from the outset, teach your puppy to sit when greeting people. Jumping deserves a special mention because it is the cause of so much frustration and abuse. After handfeeding your dog just one meal in this fashion indoors and on one long walk with sits every 25-yards, you’ll have a calmer and much more attentive dog. When walking Rover, stand still every 25 yards and wait for him to sit, then praise him and continue the walk. Move from room to room repeating this exercise. In no time at all you will be able to count out 20 “good dogs” as Rover sits and stays calmly, looking up at you expectantly. Maybe cout out the seconds in “good dogs”-“Good dog one, good dog two, good dog three, etc.” If Rover breaks his sit while you are counting, simply turn your back on him, take a three-second timeout, and repeat the sequence again. Repeat the above sequence until Rover sits immediately after you take each step and then begin to progressively increase the delay before offering the kibble. Then take a gigantic step (to reactivate Rover), and stand still with another piece of kibble in your hand. Praise him and offer the piece of kibble as soon as he sits (or lies down-your choice). Your dog will wiggle, waggle, circle, twirl, jump-up, lick, paw, back-up, and bark…but eventually he will sit or lie down. Characteristically, the dog will run through his entire behavior repertoire. Stand perfectly still and give no instructions simply watch to see what your dog does. Hold a piece of kibble in your hand but don’t give it to your dog. Simple reward training methods work wonders with out-of-control adolescent and adult dogs. Within just a couple of days you’ll have a totally different dog.
#Shush puppy series#
Pause every 25 yards and instruct your puppy to perform a series of body positions: for example, sit-down-sit-stand-down-stand. Practice in every room of the house, in the care (while stationary), and on walks.
Rather than feeding your puppy from a bowl, weigh out his kibble in the morning and use individual pieces as lures and rewards during oodles of five-second training interludes throughout the day. Take the initiative and direct your puppy’s behavior by teaching her to lie down on request. Lying down and most behavior problems are mutually exclusive your dog cannot lie down and misbehave at the same time. If she lies down obediently, she cannot run around the living room, chase her tail, chase the cat, jump on the furniture, jump up and down in the car, run out the front door, or chase and jump on children.
Rather than telling the pup “No, no, no!” and “NO!” for everything she does that annoys you, simply ask her to lie down, and then praise and reward her for doing so. Simple instructions such as “Sit” and “Lie down” are extremely effective solutions for nearly all doggy activity problems. Lure-reward train your puppy or dog to come, sit, and lie down. Both dog noise and exuberance may be controlled and channeled into appropriate outlets.
#Shush puppy how to#
Teach your puppy (or adult dog) to settle down and shush when requested and how to greet people in a mannerly fashion. Indeed, in the words of Confuscius, “There is no need to use an axe to remove a fly from the forehead of a friend.” Why not just teach dogs to sit when greeting people?īe smart. Surely these methods are a bit cruel for a dog that’s just trying to say hello. For example, “The Trainers from the Dark Side” recommend teaching a dog not to jump up by shouting at the dog squirting him the face with water or lemon juice swatting him on the nose with a rolled-up newspaper yanking on the dog’s leash hanging the dog by his choke-collar squeezing the dog’s front paws treading on his hind paws kneeing the dog in the chest or flipping the dog over backwards.
Sadly, adult dogs receive considerable abuse for expressing their enthusiasm and exuberance. For example, eagerly jumping puppies are petted by people, who later get angry when the dog jumps up as an adult. However, adult dogs are noisy and hyperactive because they are untrained and have unintentionally been encouraged to act that way. Puppies are exuberant when greeting, playing, and when expressing friendliness and appeasement. Puppies are naturally noisy and hyperactive.
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