he only listens when i have food in my hand other wise he is very disobedient. sometimes he runs away. wich sucks .
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Enroll in a professional training class.
Use praise or toys for treats while training - It will eliminate the problem of "Food-motivated" training.
u need to take him to an obdience class. Go to a big pet store like pet supermarket, and they usually have very inexpensive obdience classes
good luck
btw,firmness is the answer
yuo have to be strict with him.stay with him at all times and when he does something wrong say NO until he knows he is doing something wrong. only give him a treat when he is good and he does what you say.praise him alot to show him that what he did was good. be consistent and before you know it you will have a trained puggle. good luck.
You didn't say how old your puggle was; no matter. Your puggle does not respect you. He needs to have rules boundaries and discipline. You have to provide these items and be consistent with your use of such.
I would suggest you catch an episode or two of The Dog
Whisperer on nationional geographic channel
YEA STOP TREATING HIM LIKE A PERSON AND WALK HIM ATLEAST 45 MINUTES A DAY THEN START WITH THE TRAINING!
Stop using food and teach him who is boss. I'm not saying hit him or anything. Just don't act like what he is doing is right. Keep a straight face, make your self look big. After you gain control, teach him voice signals, then after hand signals with voice then no voice.When he obeys praise him...give him a nice big pet and say "good boy!". After a while he should get to know that you are the one telling him what to do. Not the other way around. But always make shure that you show him you love him as family as well, not just your friend.
take him to training school.
Hmm...you are dealing with the brains and independent nature of the Beagle, plus the stubborn and lazy nature of the Pug. You are going to have a challenge on your hands throughout his life, because he is dealing with wanting to go hunt like a Beagle, plus with having the Pug in him, and Pugs are pretty lazy and strong-willed.
I suggest you find a trainer who can work with you one on one. Although some trainers will refuse to work with "designer dogs". Maybe you can try a group class which is good for socialization as well as for working with distractions.
But when you are practicing with him or just asking him to do something, you have to be patient and refuse to let him get away with any crap. If you ask him to come to you, and he runs the other way, ignore him for two minutes, as this shows him you are NOT going to chase him and that he should stop playing the game.
As for the food/treats issue, one thing to do is to make him wait for his food dish before you set it down every time he eats. This may not seem to affect his recall, but if he learns that you are the master and that when you say eat, he eats, he will be less affected by treats in the long run.
But when you are practicing, use treats sparingly. You can hold a treat in your hand, command him something, and then praise him with words, not the treat. Just do not tease him for too long, eventually give him the treat, just every other couple commands.
Good luck!!
my grandma has a lab and he would always jump. so i took him to obedient school and now he sits, lays, shakes. ect...
so i would recomend obedient school.
take him to Pet co and they will train him for just a few dollars
You need to wean him off the treats---find a good trainer in your area and he/she will help you put him on a "variable reinforcement" schedule.
Please do not listen to the person who said some trainers refuse to train puggles and other mixes. This is baloney. Do not let this baloney stop you from approaching a good trainer.
The individual who made this untrue comment is not a "Behaviorist CPBT" or "ABABC" . She is not certified with either group and cannot speak for them.
Miss Ginger is full of it, as usual. A reputable dog trainer would never refuse to work with any dog solely because of mixed parentage. She's simply trying to make you feel bad for owning a purposely-bred mixed breed dog.
She's not a CPDT, either.
Anyway, you can continue to use food with your dog for training, however you have to fade the food out gradually. The Power of Positive Training by Pat Miller, as well as Parenting Your Dog by Trish King both have good advice on how to do this.
Good luck!
Try Googling Nothing in Life is Free, or NILIF, its not so much training as a lifestyle, your dog must earn everything, have him sit if he wants to be petted, sit before you put his food bowl down, sit-stay before he is allowed through the door. Basically you are showing your dog that you are in charge, and to get what he wants he's going to have to get it through obeying you. This worked wonders on my 2 year old Siberian mix who has a strong mind of his own.
Hey there Miss Ginger, rather amusing watching you getting "outed" all over the internet. You're pretty much running out of dog related websites where you haven't been challenged on all the "accomplishments" you claim for you and your dogs by now, aren't you?
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Ah, my little puggle stubborn. All puggles are stubborn, and they train very slowly because of this. But if you are consitant he will do what he's told. Eventually. It took a LOT of work, and a lot of consistancy. He still misbehaves, but only in not-so-terrible ways.
ReplyDeleteHow I trained my stubborn puggle:
1) Dog training -- they call it dog training class but its actually people training class. They'll train YOU how to train the dog
2) practice -- at least 1 hour a night. Puggles don't have a lot of patience, so break this up into 15 minute sessions. Plus you MUST correct all bad behaviour every single time. If he nips you give him your negative phrase, then you give him something he's allowed to chew (a toy) and when he nips at that 'Good boy!' Always say no to bad behaviour and then show him what he should do instead and then praise. Never say a bad word without following it up with a good word. If you don't show him what he's supposed to do instead, he'll just think everything is wrong.
3) When teaching a puggle commands start by using food, then switch to praise. To be honest, what motivates my little puggle the most are toys and cuddles. "Sit" -- good dog! *throw a ball to chase*. Or "Sit" -- good dog! *TUMMY RUB! Super happy noises!*
4) Age. He was nuts before 8 months of age. Too much energy. He's 10 months now. He's calmed down quite a bit. He's finally learned the 'leave it' command. It only took 9 months.
Of note: Puggles do not respond well to the dog whisper type training since they do not have dominant personalities. Plus many of the big vet organizations (Ammerican Vet Association) condemns Dog whisper type practices as it often leads to aggression issues. Puggles (and all other dogs) respond best to cuddles, treats and toys and short periods of punishment followed by positive reinforcement.
The best type of punishment I found was a 30 second time out -- put him in the washroom, or a safe closet (not a dark place, that is too scary). Count to 30 and ignore his whining and crying. No more than 30 seconds -- he will forget why you put him there if you lock him up too long. Just long enough to know that if he does something bad he will be taken away from you. The best reward for a sucky puggle is to be with his human. If you take that away, he won't like it, not at all.