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#1 kschneider

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Posted 10 February 2015 - 07:27 AM

http://leerburg.com/...oducingdogs.htm

This is an awesome video that I wish I would have seen a long time ago. Thought I would pass along.
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Posted 10 February 2015 - 09:18 AM

The principles that he is showing you are identical to the training that we use here.  But you have to listen.  Why don't I have a social life?  Because the dogs are fed at exactly the same time every day.  Why did it work when I ended up in the hospital for three months?  Because Kathy and Kari knew the structure I had set up for the dogs and they followed the rules.  Crates for every dog in the household.  A must!  For the dogs to have time out, because I want a bath, because I need to go to the post office, or the vets.  I always feed in the crates.  First reason is to avoid fights and next to know exactly how much they are eating and to tell when something is wrong with one of them.  A lot of these kids here are on some form of meds, Thyroid, heart drugs, metronidazole, predisone, muscle relaxors, etc.  I don't need mistakes because the phone rings.  Toys - we have time when they are not allowed toys.  And some dogs can not play nice when toys are in the mix.  I pick up toys from the yard everytime I mow and they all go into a pail or box and start all over again and we check the toys to make sure they are not defective.  A bad kong almost killed Annie and cost $2400 to save her life. 

 

Yes, this is a good training film.  But you have to listen and watch or nothing is any good.  And I'm not saying that we don't have dog fights because we do.  And they are doozies when they happen.  REMEMBER:  no matter how well the dogs in your packs are trained and get along, S-H-I-T Happens.  They are wild and domestic in the same Hyde.


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Posted 10 February 2015 - 10:03 AM

I discovered the Leerburg site a number of years ago, and I believe it contains a wealth of information on puppy rearing, household management, training, both for everyday manners and various dog sports, etc.  Not saying I agree 100 percent with every one of their methods, but their overall philosophies, definitely.  Theirs is the site where I learned what marker training is all about (in a nutshell, it's like clicker training without the clicker).  I have a shelf full of their training DVDs, mostly the Michael Ellis ones (excellent trainer!).

 

There are plenty of free articles and videos on the site, too, like the one posted above.  And like Arda says, you have to watch or read them carefully, study them repeatedly, let it sink in.

 

Thanks for sharing that, Kim.  I do hope your heart is beginning to heal.


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Posted 10 February 2015 - 01:24 PM

and you also have to remember that just because they know it, doesn't mean they will react with it...  just like we may react differently in any situation, so may they... which is why Arda says WATCH! and separate space for each...  every foster had their own crate in my house and they ate in it... and slept in it at night... 

 

but even my Beau had issues and even just a couple of weeks before he crossed the Bridge, he snarled at a cat over his rawhide bone...  and promptly got it taken away because even then I didn't trust him with the cat so close...  and I watch the cats interacting too...

 

multiple animals is much more of a job than a single animal! LOL  


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Posted 10 February 2015 - 04:24 PM

It is a lot of work. I think that is why I feel so lost now, with only one! I have all this free time and I don't know what to. So I bought a treadmill this weekend lol. I kind of like not having a social life, I'd rather spend time with my dogs anyways


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