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by bunny
Wed Mar 24, 2010 9:36 pm
Forum: Dog Training Advice
Topic: Leash Biting
Replies: 5
Views: 2357

Re: Leash Biting

Hi emmabeth-

What if they move on from biting the leash to biting you? Do you just keep with the same method?

Ox has stopped biting the leash and started jumping up and grabbing at my clothes instead.

Thanks,
Bunny
by bunny
Wed Mar 24, 2010 9:31 pm
Forum: Dog Training Advice
Topic: Fear and Attention Barking
Replies: 3
Views: 1867

Fear and Attention Barking

Hello all! It's been awhile since I posted. I hope you are all doing well. Ox is doing much better, though we are still hard at work on all the things I brought up in my first post. The clicker is now fused to my hand when we go anywhere. I also have them strategically placed in treat bowls around m...
by bunny
Wed Feb 10, 2010 9:16 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Tail Chasing
Replies: 1
Views: 1164

Tail Chasing

Why do dogs do this? I have read that it is boredom, and can also be a form of coping with anxiety. And I'm sure it is fun. I have been working on giving the high yelp when Oxford will mouth me, and his reaction is always to go straight into chasing his tail. He has done this before too when I repri...
by bunny
Thu Jan 14, 2010 8:48 am
Forum: Dog Training Advice
Topic: Clicker Training next stages...
Replies: 24
Views: 13748

Re: Clicker Training next stages...

Yes, both answers are helpful. Oxford has gotten to the point where he can do sit in lots of locations with distractions (dogs, toys, etc.), so I feel pretty good about giving up the clicker on that one. So, if I'm understanding you correctly, I say "sit"with my hand cue, and then if he do...
by bunny
Wed Jan 13, 2010 9:49 pm
Forum: Dog Training Advice
Topic: Clicker Training next stages...
Replies: 24
Views: 13748

Clicker Training next stages...

Please let me know if it would be better to post this on a new thread.

How do you begin to transition away from clicker training? In other words, when I start to feel like my dog is mastering something, what are the next steps?

Thanks!
by bunny
Wed Jan 06, 2010 1:31 pm
Forum: Dog Training Advice
Topic: Leash Biting
Replies: 3
Views: 1748

Re: Leash Biting

Thanks! I read the loose lead post last week, and I've been trying to change my method accordingly with that. The chain is a great idea. Wonderful as always!
by bunny
Wed Jan 06, 2010 10:10 am
Forum: Dog Training Advice
Topic: Leash Biting
Replies: 3
Views: 1748

Leash Biting

Hello and Happy New Year! It's exciting to see the new website up and running. It looks wonderful. I've been biting my nails waiting for the forums to come back to post this. :0) I mentioned in my original post that I strugged with Oxford, my 1 year old Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, biting and tugg...
by bunny
Mon Dec 14, 2009 8:29 am
Forum: Dog Training Advice
Topic: Licking, Growling, Nipping
Replies: 7
Views: 3675

Will do

Got it. I will try those things. I guess I just won't put the little bear in too many Christmas photos while he's all tatty. :0) I forgot to mention, other updates- standing up and walking away when he licks has been working very well. He had almost completely stopped until I went back to trying to ...
by bunny
Sun Dec 13, 2009 7:56 pm
Forum: Dog Training Advice
Topic: Licking, Growling, Nipping
Replies: 7
Views: 3675

I am not doing this right

So I have been working with Oxford for a week now on the brushing. We are still really struggling. He got to the point where I could hold it up next to him and he would stay in the room, so I moved on the one stroke on the back. He didn't like that, so we've been working on just holding the brush ov...
by bunny
Mon Dec 07, 2009 7:38 pm
Forum: Dog Training Advice
Topic: Treat/Resource Aggro
Replies: 4
Views: 2180

Great!

What a wonderful post!! Thank you, Emmabeth. This is so helpful with me and my dog as well. This helps to further explain so many of the behaviors I was seeing also.

What a blessing this forum is to dog owners!
by bunny
Mon Dec 07, 2009 9:05 am
Forum: Dog Training Articles
Topic: Clicker Training - Heres How!
Replies: 83
Views: 121940

Jumping on the table

My dog has a tendency to jump up on the table while I am eating. He has been trained in the clicker method, but I was using a spray bottle to get him to stop jumping up. I am changing that technique after guidance from these forums. Now when he jumps up to lick at my plate, I give him the command &q...
by bunny
Sun Dec 06, 2009 11:02 pm
Forum: Dog Training Advice
Topic: Licking, Growling, Nipping
Replies: 7
Views: 3675

Thank you!!

Thank you so much for the post, Emmabeth. It is so wonderful to hear these things. I love my little dog so very much, but I knew these techniques were not working for us. I'm so glad I posted on this forum! I'm looking forward to seeing what all I can learn here!
by bunny
Sun Dec 06, 2009 9:59 pm
Forum: Dog Training Advice
Topic: Licking, Growling, Nipping
Replies: 7
Views: 3675

Also eating

I forgot to mention this also- my dog loves to eat anything and everything. I would love to leave him out of the crate when I am at the office, or let him sleep in the bedroom with me, but I fear I would come home to find he ate the dvd player or wake up to discover he had devoured all the books fro...
by bunny
Sun Dec 06, 2009 9:44 pm
Forum: Dog Training Advice
Topic: Licking, Growling, Nipping
Replies: 7
Views: 3675

Licking, Growling, Nipping

Hello-- I have a King Charles Spaniel that is almost a year. He is the sweetest dog in the world, but I am continuing to have problems with him on a few things. We have gone through Petsmart Beginner class and are working through the Intermediate class right now. I got him when he was 8 weeks from a...