Thread: How do I get started training personal protection dogs?

Check her teeth. My understanding is that paps can have a lot of dental problems...it may be initially her excitement overcomes any discomfort but that eventually the ball "hurts" in some way and the miss may be just a sign that she isn't comfortable catching it any more.

Get up 30 minutes earlier and give her a brisk 30 minute walk before you go to work?

Re: A question for Dog_Shrink/Cracker please! Why not all of you that find my comments disturbing simply click on the REPORT icon and have me banned.. It would make it easier on everyone to include me.. Just use some force conditioning on me . I think what I said about people who would rather euth a dog then use compulsion conditioning is a truism regardless of how insulting it might seem. You can silence me but the truth runs rampant even...

I sent you a private on this yesterday Purley. Please go back and re-read our messages.

That's the perfect scenario to teach boundaries. You didn't have to expend any effort, and it's an aversive stimulus that didn't come from you.

Guide dogs are trained to, upon hearing a smoke detector, head to their owner, wake them up if needed, then guide them safely outside the house. But that's training. I don't know what a dog would do in case of fire.

Quote: Originally Posted by Nargle Also, I haven't thought of the wrist bungie idea. Where do you buy your clickers, though? IIRC, the ones at Petsmart were like $6? Seems a little steep for a piece of plastic that clicks. I have the 5.49 one from pmart and I like it, but you can get a clicker & bungie from sitstay.com for $3 or so. http://www.sitstay.com/dog/supplies/...y=EGSearchData...

It is as everyone here has sadi, a GOOD GAME. That being said I car pool with someone who was aghast that I played Tug with my dog "Because it makes them aggressive with children.." I tried to explain that it does not.. but you cannot do much with a closed mind. It is what "every dog trainer she ever worked with has said" so obviously and idiot like me can't possibly know different. Closed minds are...

Could it be the height? I have been using some upside oil jugs in the crate to block off part of it. Raven is squeezing herself into the 4''-5'' between them and the top of the crate to sleep. Must get some pictures hosted and let you see.

Vets usually chop back the nails under anesthesia for dogs whose nails have grown very long. Given the risks involved in putting a dog under, I doubt you'd find a vet who will do it as a maintenance procedure. If you do find one, I'd take that as a good reason to find another vet. If the dog's nails are interfering with her ability to walk, by all means have the vet take care of it. It is a medical problem that needs taking...