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Yesterday my collie, was a full on barking dog. I was informed by my neighbors that he was nipping the kids when they put their hands through our fence. My mum told me I have to do something. I decided to do some " leave it" training. Within five minuets he knew it! And I put a big hunk of meat out to test him and I told him to leave it! He left it alone! Now everytime he gets worked up that the neighbors are leaning on our fence, or our neighbors are coming down the drive or the birds are there! I say leave it, he intantly stops and comes back to me and he compleatly leaves it alone. He was so quiet last night and not a single bark today!
Things that use to bother him doesn't anymore, including large bangs! He just ignores it as if he were deaf! But he is still our guard dog, which we want, he only barks with strange people coming to the house or knocking on the front door, but at least he is keeping our neighbors happy!
I watched one of Victoria's video's with a dog and the bikes, and she did leave it training. I am very impressed- but it is so unusually quiet!
Persevere, hang on till the end. Don't quit, keep going!
Shepherd103
Good stuff - keep up the good work though because a constant annoyance like kids putting their hands through the fence or people winding him up will prove hard to ignore forever. So go out there and pair people doing stuff, with YOU being super rewarding and giving him good thigns to do. This will set him up so that not only does he leave such things, but he wants to come and find you, because 'this stuff happening' now means 'my Mom wants me to do stuff'.
emmabeth wrote:Good stuff - keep up the good work though because a constant annoyance like kids putting their hands through the fence or people winding him up will prove hard to ignore forever. So go out there and pair people doing stuff, with YOU being super rewarding and giving him good thigns to do. This will set him up so that not only does he leave such things, but he wants to come and find you, because 'this stuff happening' now means 'my Mom wants me to do stuff'.
Yes I give him heaps of praise and a reward!
Persevere, hang on till the end. Don't quit, keep going!
Shepherd103
