Any1 think this will be an effective way of training a dog?

Question

my dog is 11 months old and WAY out of control! I have tried 2 different trainers and neither of them are working. The first one worked a little bit to get her to listen to me on a leash but the second trainer was supposed to train her to listen to me in the house off the leash-that is not working at all. She is just all over the place...jumping on people and furniture,barking,biting,chewing everything in sight...just crazy. So my new idea is that since I can get her to listen to me on the leash, do u thinnk if I keep her leash on all the time when I'm home and make her stay w/me everywhere I go-like to the kitchen or bathroom-will she eventually learn how she is supposed to act off the leash?

Answer 1

Yes I think that is a good idea. I have a drag lead on my dog all the time. A lead will help you control your dog more easily because dogs can run much faster than we can. Note that you don't need to carry the lead, just leave it free. Use a light lead, and clip off the loop at the end so it doesn't catch on anything. Make sure to use a flat collar and NOT a training collar. When you dog does something inappropriate, non-mark her (ack, ack) and stop her with the lead if necessary. For example if she jumps on you, turn away; if she gets on the furniture, use the lead to get her down.

Time-out. If your dog continues with her bad behavior after you have told her to stop, then say "time-out" and remove her to a time-out area (a safe but boring room, e.g. laundry room). Leave her in there for a couple of minutes and let her out. If she starts up again, non-mark her (ack, ack), and say time-out and put her back in time-out. This time lengthen the duration to about 10-15 minutes. Note that if your dog stops the bad behavior, make sure to praise her a lot and give her good treats. Keep this up and your dog will learn that certain behaviors get her rewards while others get her into a boring room with nothing to do.

NILIF program. A great way to establish yourself as leader is through the control of resources. Don't give anything to your dog (including pets and affection) unless she does something for you first. For example ask her for a "sit" before you give her food, toys, affection, or freedom.

Obedience training. Try and do some obedience training sessions everyday. Enroll in a class or get a good positive reinforcement book, and practice with her for short sessions (10-15 minutes) every day. This will help establish you as a leader, improve your bond with your dog, exercise your dog's mind, and give you good tools that you can use to help control her in the house.

Exercise: Exercise will help drain some of your puppy's energy and make him less hyper. Take him for long walks, and play fun games with him (e.g. fetch, soccer, flirt pole, etc.).  

Answer 2

I think that its a good idea.  If she acts like a maniac off the leash, put her on.  When she calms down take the leash back off. give her treats and praise while she is off the leash and being good.  

Answer 3

Some people do that.  I am not understanding why you need a leash to train your puppy.  For 'no jumping" you say "no jumping" lift the legs off of you and dance the dog backwards.  When the dog sits, say "good girl"  She learns that jumping makes you unhappy, and sitting gets her praises.  Repeat as many times as it takes.  For "no biting" I say "no biting" point and snap my fingers at the puppy to make sure I have her attention, when she behaves, I say "good girl"  Repeat as many times as it takes.  I would also make sure she has plenty of things she is allowed to chew on so she knows what is hers and what is not.  You should be practicing how to be good in the house, so correct her when she starts to bite furniture right away.  For "no barking"  I say "no barking" over and over and over and over until she stops barking.  When she stops barking, I say, "good girl"  Repeat as many times as it takes.  Dogs want to please you, so it is your job to teach them what behaviors you allow, and what you do not allow.  You have to repeat things in training, and it gets stressful, but you don't quit.  You do have to remember to praise the dog when it does good, so it knows to repeat that behavior.  I would make sure someone is taking the puppy for walks or some serious running play time so you drain all that puppy energy.  You know for each of my dogs, I used a different word, sound, or hand signal.  If a command wasn't working, I switched the command.  So while "tsst" works for one of my dogs, "shame" or "off" works for the other one.  It took us one day to find the commands Andy responds too, but two days of going through commands for our new puppy, so keep that in mind too.  

Answer 4

Well you never know that could work. Also try rewarding her when she does good things and listens to you. Give her a treat, or an earscratching! My dog also had problems on a leash but I've been walking him everyday and he is much better. Also I just got back from the beach with him. That helped him become much calmer with people and dogs because there were so many at the beach.  

Answer 5

No. That won't work. At all.

Sounds to me like your girl has a lot of energy and needs a good outlet. And, professional training won't work unless YOU keep up her lessons at home.

So, continue with her training, and set aside time daily to go over the lessons with her on your own. Before the recap, take her for a good long walk to drain some of that energy. I would also look into flyball or agility as an extra outlet, and a fun way for you two to strengthen your bond.

Answer 6

why would she need to be leashed?   Proper supervision and exercise can fix most of these problems.

Chewing on thing she shouldn't be?  More toys, less junk laying around, and more supervision.  If she starts to chew the couch, spray her with a water bottle and redirect her.

Jumping on people?  Where are her Off and Sit commands?  Are you regularly working on these things?  WHen she jumps on someone, are you using the commands and not moving on until she obeys?  

Barking?  Is she a breed that barks?  

Biting?  How does the trainer say to deal with this?  Why is she biting?  Was she rough housed with as a pup?  Is she still?  Are you using your hands as toys?

There sound like several issues here.

1.  The dog is not exercised or worked enough.  Frisbee, agility, cart pull, obedience, etc are all things that you should look into.  For 2-5 hours a day.

2.  Training does not stop when the trainer leaves.  You need to be reinforcing these things at home.  You need to be working on it DAILY, not just when she does something wrong.