I'm just baffled and bamboozled by this shepherd mix that refuses to obey any command. Took off once Already on my watch, had to do some tedious coaxing to get him back. It was a Miracle..Anyways These are the current behaviors it currently exhibits :
1.) High Urgency to Leave Premises Any Chance it gets.
Mitigation : Gates and Doors Need to be up and locked : Knows how to open latches but not knobs (yet).
Correction : Nothing. Property not conducive for fence. Rural Area. Leash and Pole scenario for doing its business. (If other dog needs to go out It will try and sneak out (actually dart like a bolt of lightning) with the other dog so I have to use my hand on it's collar repeatedly to restrain it from leaving, otherwise it will sniff (its a bloodhound) its way to another town and be gone for good.
2.) If I sit down at a spot and return to my same spot to sit down after 30 seconds, like a bathroom break or eating a banana it will be sitting in my chair /spot. There are plenty of other chairs and couches for it to sit on but it always decides to sit in my spot instead.
Mitigation:
When I first met this dog, it would literally take my seat as I'm in the process of sitting down in my chair, at this point I would just grab by the collar and relocated it to a different spot in the living room such as another couch. No it does not respond to verbal cues or hand signaling..
3.) Randomly in my face usually late afternoon or jumping on me while I'm lying in chair watching TV. Jump on me while I'm eating, Eat my food any chance it gets if left in kitchen, want to play while I'm eating. Clawed my face just a few days ago when on couch while I was doing absolutely nothing. (I'm not a dog owner but corrected this fairly quickly) Since it is strong and just has too much raw energy, I use my hand and place it on its face and push him down to the floor, and try to remain unphased and give no attention. Maybe to some people on here that seems cruel, but I'm not being abused anymore by it that way and no longer have to straddle two chairs on either side of me while I eat at the table.
4.) Super Velcro type Dog, will not leave me be in the big house and follows me everywhere including my personal spaces like bathrooms. The stairs are most annoying because it will go up and down the stairs at the exact times I do starting from behind me and then knock into me (I believe intentionally) as I'm descending, and wondering when I will slip up because there is no railing.
Mitigation: None, tried to stop halfway at times to see what it would do and sometimes block it from descending with me, because I get frustrated with it knocking/bashing into me as I descend, as anyone else will. But this is exactly what not to do. (This is where Aversive Training is no good with these breeds) It will treat it as a game, because it thinks everything is a game apparently. Example, it will bluff me it has to go do its business by signaling me at the door and as soon as I open it with the leash, it walks away, looking at me with its head turned, with a (I got ya type look on it's face) Amazing when you think about it, because 99% of the time it just wants to escape..
And will find ways to purposely piss me off. For instance, it plays with the other older dog alot and the owner tells me I should not let them eat or drink out of each other's dishes. I go to take the dish away when it's drinking out of other dog's dish and say "No ! That's not yours" !! The Shepherd runs up the stairs and goes into my guest room, sits or lies in my bed or grabs my shoe and places it in a random spot in the house where I cannot find it. It knows when the gate is down or door is open and seems to have a remarkable capacity to remember this even long after going outside or doing other things, so If I pass it off, it just responds in kind and able to do so because I'm old and knows I'm provoked easily. So I try to remain unphased at all times but I'm human.
Conclusion:
I'm too old for this, so I just take it by the collar and say nothing because it does nothing anyways to yell at it or say No - it never listens at all whatsoever, and tries to get away with much more because I'm not its master. Don't know how it was socialized as a puppy. It's quite sad to see this because it has smarts and the wherewithal to potentially be a good dog, but it's constant insubordination, defiance, intractable behavior make it difficult to have any human company over and have any normal sort of life. Before, people comment on positive training suggestions they already were explored and the trainer was not able to continue due to pandemic.
If the Shepherd could only put half the effort into listening to instructions as it does with its abilities to play conniving games, It would be sustainable. But I can't keep volunteering for this, I'm not a Cesar Milan.
Dog is a Shepherd/Hound Mix
Approx Age ? 2 years.
Very high flight risk.
1.) High Urgency to Leave Premises Any Chance it gets.
Mitigation : Gates and Doors Need to be up and locked : Knows how to open latches but not knobs (yet).
Correction : Nothing. Property not conducive for fence. Rural Area. Leash and Pole scenario for doing its business. (If other dog needs to go out It will try and sneak out (actually dart like a bolt of lightning) with the other dog so I have to use my hand on it's collar repeatedly to restrain it from leaving, otherwise it will sniff (its a bloodhound) its way to another town and be gone for good.
2.) If I sit down at a spot and return to my same spot to sit down after 30 seconds, like a bathroom break or eating a banana it will be sitting in my chair /spot. There are plenty of other chairs and couches for it to sit on but it always decides to sit in my spot instead.
Mitigation:
When I first met this dog, it would literally take my seat as I'm in the process of sitting down in my chair, at this point I would just grab by the collar and relocated it to a different spot in the living room such as another couch. No it does not respond to verbal cues or hand signaling..
3.) Randomly in my face usually late afternoon or jumping on me while I'm lying in chair watching TV. Jump on me while I'm eating, Eat my food any chance it gets if left in kitchen, want to play while I'm eating. Clawed my face just a few days ago when on couch while I was doing absolutely nothing. (I'm not a dog owner but corrected this fairly quickly) Since it is strong and just has too much raw energy, I use my hand and place it on its face and push him down to the floor, and try to remain unphased and give no attention. Maybe to some people on here that seems cruel, but I'm not being abused anymore by it that way and no longer have to straddle two chairs on either side of me while I eat at the table.
4.) Super Velcro type Dog, will not leave me be in the big house and follows me everywhere including my personal spaces like bathrooms. The stairs are most annoying because it will go up and down the stairs at the exact times I do starting from behind me and then knock into me (I believe intentionally) as I'm descending, and wondering when I will slip up because there is no railing.
Mitigation: None, tried to stop halfway at times to see what it would do and sometimes block it from descending with me, because I get frustrated with it knocking/bashing into me as I descend, as anyone else will. But this is exactly what not to do. (This is where Aversive Training is no good with these breeds) It will treat it as a game, because it thinks everything is a game apparently. Example, it will bluff me it has to go do its business by signaling me at the door and as soon as I open it with the leash, it walks away, looking at me with its head turned, with a (I got ya type look on it's face) Amazing when you think about it, because 99% of the time it just wants to escape..
And will find ways to purposely piss me off. For instance, it plays with the other older dog alot and the owner tells me I should not let them eat or drink out of each other's dishes. I go to take the dish away when it's drinking out of other dog's dish and say "No ! That's not yours" !! The Shepherd runs up the stairs and goes into my guest room, sits or lies in my bed or grabs my shoe and places it in a random spot in the house where I cannot find it. It knows when the gate is down or door is open and seems to have a remarkable capacity to remember this even long after going outside or doing other things, so If I pass it off, it just responds in kind and able to do so because I'm old and knows I'm provoked easily. So I try to remain unphased at all times but I'm human.
Conclusion:
I'm too old for this, so I just take it by the collar and say nothing because it does nothing anyways to yell at it or say No - it never listens at all whatsoever, and tries to get away with much more because I'm not its master. Don't know how it was socialized as a puppy. It's quite sad to see this because it has smarts and the wherewithal to potentially be a good dog, but it's constant insubordination, defiance, intractable behavior make it difficult to have any human company over and have any normal sort of life. Before, people comment on positive training suggestions they already were explored and the trainer was not able to continue due to pandemic.
If the Shepherd could only put half the effort into listening to instructions as it does with its abilities to play conniving games, It would be sustainable. But I can't keep volunteering for this, I'm not a Cesar Milan.
Dog is a Shepherd/Hound Mix
Approx Age ? 2 years.
Very high flight risk.