Perseverance... think training a vine, rather than I.T. training. A dozen times isn't too many or too few, what matters, really really matters is that you don't give in because it's difficult and that you get the desired result. Don't forget to reinforce positive behaviour with lots of praise (including treats can help, best not to let that be the over-riding reason for good behaviour though) it's just as important as patience and repetition.I've been teaching them the sit and wait command but it takes at least a dozen or two times of physically placing them in the sit position along with strong vocal commanding to make them obey. Also on walks, Ben is really digging his heels in and not moving when on the leash. What should I do to get him to walk on the leash?
Thanks for all the compliments and the tips from santanman2000. I've since read two books reccomended here and found them to be absolutely ideal for me. Ben and his brother are doing great and growing at an unbeleivable rate.
Today I let them eat a whole wood pigeon after I'd plucked the chest feathers away. They loved it and completely stripped the carcass of meat, however I withdrew the bird as soon as they started to try and enter the chest cavity for fear they may eat a small bone. Is this something they may do? I like to think they wouldn't be stupid enough to eat a bone, but then again some of these bones are quite soft??...
t...I can't wait to get him trained on distant stay commands. What age do you think he should be picking up the advanced commands? The both know their names perfectly, and the sit command is second nature to them now, but I'm having trouble with the stay command at the moment.
Also to my horror I read that keeping two pups of the same litter is a very bad idea, so I'm definately taking Ben away from Drake to live with me while Drake lives with my sister when their 3 months old in 3 weeks time...![]()
Nice looking fellas. Sounds like you've been putting the time in with them - sterling effort. You can reinforce the training by using some of the commands as part of a game, e.g. doing a stay before throwing the ball they fetch when you release them...