Comments on: Step Three http://www.dogfencediy.com Wed, 28 Jul 2010 03:36:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: jonny http://www.dogfencediy.com/training/step_three/comment-page-1/#comment-1510 jonny Thu, 25 Mar 2010 16:28:11 +0000 http://www.dogfencediy.com/?page_id=289#comment-1510 My dog was shot 2 weeks ago so he has been on a leash while he is recovering. He has learned where his boundary is before I put the fence in. He has gotten shocked twice and now will not go anywhere on the leash. I let him roam free while I watched and if he gets close to the flags I can yell 'no' and he stops before he gets shocked but once he is shocked he's ready to go back inside. My question is can I move to the distraction stage now to test him or let him get used to the idea of roaming the yard without being on a leash first?? ADMIN - Hi Jonny, Sorry to hear about your dog. Is he well enough for the training? Often, it is best to wait a bit until the injury is fully healed. I would spend a bit of time playing with the dog off leash. Also give him activities to do outside, like chewing on a bone or playing with a toy. It is perfectly natural for a dog once corrected to over compensate and stay far away from the boundary or want to stay inside. Given a bit of time this will fade away and the dog will be more comfortable in the yard. You have got the dog trained to have the right instinct, to turn and retreat when they get the correction or hear the beep. I would go straight into the distraction stage now. My dog was shot 2 weeks ago so he has been on a leash while he is recovering. He has learned where his boundary is before I put the fence in. He has gotten shocked twice and now will not go anywhere on the leash. I let him roam free while I watched and if he gets close to the flags I can yell ‘no’ and he stops before he gets shocked but once he is shocked he’s ready to go back inside. My question is can I move to the distraction stage now to test him or let him get used to the idea of roaming the yard without being on a leash first??

ADMIN – Hi Jonny,

Sorry to hear about your dog. Is he well enough for the training? Often, it is best to wait a bit until the injury is fully healed.

I would spend a bit of time playing with the dog off leash. Also give him activities to do outside, like chewing on a bone or playing with a toy. It is perfectly natural for a dog once corrected to over compensate and stay far away from the boundary or want to stay inside. Given a bit of time this will fade away and the dog will be more comfortable in the yard. You have got the dog trained to have the right instinct, to turn and retreat when they get the correction or hear the beep.

I would go straight into the distraction stage now.

]]> By: lindsay http://www.dogfencediy.com/training/step_three/comment-page-1/#comment-1467 lindsay Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:45:02 +0000 http://www.dogfencediy.com/?page_id=289#comment-1467 Here is my problem. My dog is very well behaved on leash and won't go anywhere near the flags, in fact she has only been corrected one time. Off leash is a different story. Today her leash accidentally came off and she bolted and ran through the line, was shocked and kept on going. How do I handle this situation? ADMIN - Hi Lindsay, Sneaky! Occasionally it happens that a dog will learn to avoid the flags when on leash, but not learn the generalized rule that the flags are bad all the time. What we do, it put the dog on a very long leash or rope, so there is tension on the leash and they can roam completely free. Another trick that works is to let go of the leash so they are completely untethered, but if they go through, grab a hold of the trailing leash and use it to force them to retreat. Here is my problem. My dog is very well behaved on leash and won’t go anywhere near the flags, in fact she has only been corrected one time. Off leash is a different story. Today her leash accidentally came off and she bolted and ran through the line, was shocked and kept on going. How do I handle this situation?

ADMIN – Hi Lindsay,

Sneaky! Occasionally it happens that a dog will learn to avoid the flags when on leash, but not learn the generalized rule that the flags are bad all the time. What we do, it put the dog on a very long leash or rope, so there is tension on the leash and they can roam completely free. Another trick that works is to let go of the leash so they are completely untethered, but if they go through, grab a hold of the trailing leash and use it to force them to retreat.

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