tonyride
Don't piss off the red guy
Thanks. Are you a dog trainer? This new dog is so well behaved I don't think it needs any training at all.
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serviceguy
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The training is usually for the owners…
iman29
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Yes i do dog training as a side hustle. Have a few clients on and off. Happy to chat just text me if you prefer if you still have my number from the tube drop off we did a week or so ago.
Im glad to hear the new dog is well behaved. In my experience It takes about 2-3 months for them to settle in and bond with the family and know their place especially with a rescue from a shelter that’s more than 3-4 months old.
And yes @serviceguy is correct to a certain degree I tell people it’s about 30-40% training the dog and about 60-70% teaching the humans how to think and understand dog behaviors so they can effectively train and raise a well behaved dog into a member of the pack.
tonyride
Don't piss off the red guy
I'll keep you in mind. My wife is in charge of all pet matters so it's up to her but she volunteered at a shelter for many years so she really understands dogs and have trained me and my son. This is our 3rd rescue and he is amazing. He originally came from South Carolina and was transported up to NJ and was being fostered for I think 3 weeks. My wife tried to get as much intel on the dog as possible and thinks that his original owner had to surrender him because they were elderly and can't care for him anymore. It definitely wasn't for any behavioral or medical issues but we're doing a doggie DNA to learn more about him. Our other dogs were either pure bred or mixed where we know what the mix is. Anyway, this is a great dog and we love him and our neighborhood kids love him too.
John the Plumber
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Beautiful dog. She probably just misses your brother.
Nah, she apparently hates them and is a giant pain in the ass normally 😂 She is very cute, I will give her that.
I still think it's classic busy family with a toddler who gets a puppy without quite realizing the amount of activity a puppy requires. I'm at his house working remotely and basically spending every free minute trying to tire her out and it's still a challenge.
iman29
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sorry dog trainer mode:
sounds exactly like you assessed where the dog ends up part of the busy family chaos and as a result doesn't know how to turn "off" for downtime. It's partially exercise and partially mental so the dog learns when its time for a break. Not that you should do it, but I tell all my clients to work on periods during the day when the dog is sent to the cage to "relax" for a while. Also if there are any toys that have slots for hidden treats, this really puts the dog to work for the reward mentally and they get tired from that naturally.
If your brother needs any help HMU.
Appreciate the thoughts. I totally agree that the mental stimulation piece is a large part of it and something that I can do more of with her. She, thankfully, does seem really happy to be in her crate so that probably would be helpful for scheduled downtime. I try to get out of the house here at least a couple of times per day and she's always relaxed in the crate when I return. That's completely foreign to me because we did that with our dog for maybe the first 6 months that we had him and he absolutely hated it.
iman29
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Last tip. If you try leaving her in there see if you can find an old blanket to put inside to make it more comfortable and something else to cover all sides of the cage except the front. The natural behaviors and mentality of being enclosed in a safe place and being able to see out of one direction are built into the DNA (ie wolf den).
While she’s in there if you can be in another room out of sight that would also help but you don’t have to whisper or anything.
I know she’s not your dog so hopefully im not overstepping here.
serviceguy
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for now...
This very much will not be my dog!
My dog at home. Sprints around like crazy, catches frisbees, has a ball, then passes out:
iman29
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This is Shelby to a T.
She has a few “outside only” toys by design which create a high value for her mentally so when she’s out in the yard with them she’s in the stratosphere of excitement and happiness. This can be triggered anytime with the command “Shelby Yard?”
The yard is always free play or maybe some
Jump and catch tricks. And then 20 minutes later she bonks out and usually asks to go back inside herself and then sleeps for hours.
iman29
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Funny you should mention photo memories.
you know when you have the “photo memories “ thing come up that you usually ignore. I clicked on it today during one of my boring meetings and it brought me to this picture.
Nov 3 2013 with my previous dog Delilah (that’s a very young Melody keeping her company ).
In this picture Delilah is 17.5 years old and pretty much blind, deaf and bad arthritis in her hips. Plus she was getting over a tumor removal surgery from her tongue that was probably cancer (didn’t bother getting it tested). About 2.5 weeks later her hips finally gave out and she couldn’t walk and we had to put her down. Devastated. Still miss her.
She came to us as a stray about 4-5 months old that someone we know saw her get thrown out of a car on the side of the GSP 17 years prior. She was the first dog I trained myself from the beginning with the added challenge that she had clearly been abused by a male with a broom due to her reactive behavior. 6 months of training all came
Together one day and she was the best watchdog/companion/family dog we had to that point. She was around for all 3 of my sons being born and then some.
Hard to believe that was 10 years ago already but she had a great life. 💔🐶🌈
you know when you have the “photo memories “ thing come up that you usually ignore. I clicked on it today during one of my boring meetings and it brought me to this picture.
Nov 3 2013 with my previous dog Delilah (that’s a very young Melody keeping her company ).
In this picture Delilah is 17.5 years old and pretty much blind, deaf and bad arthritis in her hips. Plus she was getting over a tumor removal surgery from her tongue that was probably cancer (didn’t bother getting it tested). About 2.5 weeks later her hips finally gave out and she couldn’t walk and we had to put her down. Devastated. Still miss her.
She came to us as a stray about 4-5 months old that someone we know saw her get thrown out of a car on the side of the GSP 17 years prior. She was the first dog I trained myself from the beginning with the added challenge that she had clearly been abused by a male with a broom due to her reactive behavior. 6 months of training all came
Together one day and she was the best watchdog/companion/family dog we had to that point. She was around for all 3 of my sons being born and then some.
Hard to believe that was 10 years ago already but she had a great life. 💔🐶🌈
