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I have a lovely Belgium Shepherd girl who is a little over four years old. She is a very bright dog, and I tried to train her ever since she was little. I managed to teach her to come on command, sit, lay down, leave the food until I point it or tell her it's ok to eat it, etc. She stays outside most the time, as my dad doesn't really like her to come into the house.
Now, as she grew older, I've had a few problems with her keeping up with some things she already knew, and have other problems training her on some new things because well, she is my first dog, and I admit has been a little spoiled by the family.
So, let me explain what's been going on, see if anyone can give me a few tips and help me out with her training. I would really like her to be well behaved.
1. She "forgot" to come to me on command.
Right, saying that she forgot it is a little misleading. When I call her, she looks over, and you can tell in her gaze she gets it, but she ignores my call. What am I supposed to do to get her to come again? Treats no longer work for this trick...
2. Walking on a leash.
We never had any need to use a leash with her because our back yard is huge and she runs a lot on it. The vet is a block away so walking a block with her every so often isn't an issue, and she socializes with the neighbor and my cousins' dogs.
I did try to train her to walk on a leash, but I can't seem to distract her/get her to obey me. She pulls to the point where she chokes herself at first, then pulls less but keeps doing so, she barks at every single dog, and a new one: she doesn't even let me put on the leash now. I grab the leash, she hears the sound and dashes to the door to go out. When I get to the door to try to put on the leash, she runs off to play.
It's become quite a task to get her to come out with me.
3. Afraid of weather.
She was never afraid of rain. When it rained, she loved to go out in the rain and run around in it. Then one day, all of a sudden, rain started and she came to our window and whined and cried to be let inside. (If we tell her to go to her kennel, she whines some more, tries to squeeze in no matter what the minute we open the door, and/or runs right out into the rain she was so afraid of to then come back and whine some more).
She does this whenever there's a storm and I don't know what to do about it anymore.
4. It's impossible to get her to obey when there's more than one person with her.
Yeah....
she just goes wild and wants to play. She doesn't listen to me.
5. Hates grooming!
I find it just impossible to have her stay relatively still while I try to brush her hair.
The only other problem with her is that on playing fetch she never lets go of the toy afterward.
Other than that, she can be very well behaved when it's just me with her. I tell her no and she obeys, I tell her sit or calm or down and she obeys.
It's a little hard to train her on my own, because when my dad goes out with her, he has a different way of treating her, and when my sister goes play with her, she's overly permissive and thus screws up any command I taught her. (Sit? What's sit? You mean nibble on her hand and jump all over her?).
Does anyone have advice or tips to help me with these? I would really appreciate them!
Now, as she grew older, I've had a few problems with her keeping up with some things she already knew, and have other problems training her on some new things because well, she is my first dog, and I admit has been a little spoiled by the family.
So, let me explain what's been going on, see if anyone can give me a few tips and help me out with her training. I would really like her to be well behaved.
1. She "forgot" to come to me on command.
Right, saying that she forgot it is a little misleading. When I call her, she looks over, and you can tell in her gaze she gets it, but she ignores my call. What am I supposed to do to get her to come again? Treats no longer work for this trick...
2. Walking on a leash.
We never had any need to use a leash with her because our back yard is huge and she runs a lot on it. The vet is a block away so walking a block with her every so often isn't an issue, and she socializes with the neighbor and my cousins' dogs.
I did try to train her to walk on a leash, but I can't seem to distract her/get her to obey me. She pulls to the point where she chokes herself at first, then pulls less but keeps doing so, she barks at every single dog, and a new one: she doesn't even let me put on the leash now. I grab the leash, she hears the sound and dashes to the door to go out. When I get to the door to try to put on the leash, she runs off to play.
It's become quite a task to get her to come out with me.
3. Afraid of weather.
She was never afraid of rain. When it rained, she loved to go out in the rain and run around in it. Then one day, all of a sudden, rain started and she came to our window and whined and cried to be let inside. (If we tell her to go to her kennel, she whines some more, tries to squeeze in no matter what the minute we open the door, and/or runs right out into the rain she was so afraid of to then come back and whine some more).
She does this whenever there's a storm and I don't know what to do about it anymore.
4. It's impossible to get her to obey when there's more than one person with her.
Yeah....
5. Hates grooming!
I find it just impossible to have her stay relatively still while I try to brush her hair.
The only other problem with her is that on playing fetch she never lets go of the toy afterward.
It's a little hard to train her on my own, because when my dad goes out with her, he has a different way of treating her, and when my sister goes play with her, she's overly permissive and thus screws up any command I taught her. (Sit? What's sit? You mean nibble on her hand and jump all over her?).
Does anyone have advice or tips to help me with these? I would really appreciate them!