Confused MMM
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Caro
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That is hilarious!You could try saying 'come' and running away - hard for a sheltie to resist running to a moving owner!
I have the same problem with Fergus. Baxter though is very good about coming when called.
Such a smart boy!
We made a similar mistake with Smoke, except he learned that 'Come' meant wait and come when they say the word for the 10th time
So, we started over from scratch and trained his recall with the word 'Here'. That turned out to be easier than trying to retrain with 'Come'.
Good luck with your little Einstein
We made a similar mistake with Smoke, except he learned that 'Come' meant wait and come when they say the word for the 10th time
So, we started over from scratch and trained his recall with the word 'Here'. That turned out to be easier than trying to retrain with 'Come'.Good luck with your little Einstein
k9kreationz
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As my little boy misunderstand Down, yours is confused with Come. lol.
My trainer suggested the easiest way would be to just start over with a new word.
i.e. we used Down. but Koji thinks that means sit, then lie down. not good. So, I'm retraining with the command Drop. So far, fast and excellent results within a week. (as long as my trainer doesn't confuse him as her Drop command means "drop/give me the toy" cuz he stays with her a lot. lol)
So, think of something new and start over. Trust me, it'll be fast and painless (I hope). Just think though. If you don't want your pup to run off, you can say Come and know that he'll sit and wait. its still a good command to have.
Good luck.
My trainer suggested the easiest way would be to just start over with a new word.
i.e. we used Down. but Koji thinks that means sit, then lie down. not good. So, I'm retraining with the command Drop. So far, fast and excellent results within a week. (as long as my trainer doesn't confuse him as her Drop command means "drop/give me the toy" cuz he stays with her a lot. lol)
So, think of something new and start over. Trust me, it'll be fast and painless (I hope). Just think though. If you don't want your pup to run off, you can say Come and know that he'll sit and wait. its still a good command to have.
Good luck.
graydawntreader
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You can use lures (food or toy rewards) and fade them out as he gets better about coming. Using the leash to gently pull him towards you works, too.
Treader is good about coming, except when he gets loose. Then he likes to play "catch me if you can", and he has the most mischievously happy look on his face. He'll come if he sees food in my hand, though. Or if he's been outside a while, and is ready and/or willing to come in. Sometimes I can get him to do a sit/stay while I go and pick him up.
Treader is good about coming, except when he gets loose. Then he likes to play "catch me if you can", and he has the most mischievously happy look on his face. He'll come if he sees food in my hand, though.
Or if he's been outside a while, and is ready and/or willing to come in. Sometimes I can get him to do a sit/stay while I go and pick him up.sheltiemom
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Such a smart boy!
We made a similar mistake with Smoke, except he learned that 'Come' meant wait and come when they say the word for the 10th time
Good luck with your little Einstein
This was what I thought at first as well. Using "lures" is not going to be the way to retrain on this one. A new command and training is your best bet. Those of us with purebreed shelties know that it only takes a few commands (5 according to sheltie trainers) to train a sheltie.
sable
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You can use lures (food or toy rewards) and fade them out as he gets better about coming. Using the leash to gently pull him towards you works, too.
Treader is good about coming, except when he gets loose. Then he likes to play "catch me if you can", and he has the most mischievously happy look on his face. He'll come if he sees food in my hand, though.
I am so happy you all started this thread, and I am happy "THE DIVA" is not the only one who pulls this. She loves to be out, but when I want her in she is a pain. Then I have to tell her STAY, so I can pick her up and bring her in.
I didn't think about this until this thread, when I change a word, just because she gets me a bit aggravated at times. I swear she knows every word I say. When I say IN she just comes running, then stops, and refuses IN sometimes, stands and stares at me. When I say OK I AM LEAVING, IN, in a sentence, she will come in. I know darn well if I chase her, it will become a game, so she has to come to my terms one way or another. Yep STAY, and I know she has four legs to come in, so I will carry the "DIVA".
These shelties sure do talk with looks and body language.
elaine2004
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Poor Jan !
This is funny though !! MM has outsmarted you. Don't you just hate when they do that. This picture of you going to get MM with your flannel jammies and Mickey Mouse bed Jacket is just too funny. You should write a book of how MM can humiliate his Mom. Sorry but it is funny.
That is what made it dawn on me this morning (6:00AM) that he was confused. There I stood flannel jammies, mickey mouse bed jacket on and NO fuzzy slippers with favorite yummy treat in hand that he could see plainly and I said, Come McKinley and he IMMEDIATELY sat and stayed!!!! And I had to run across the gardens to get the little bugger while the trash men hooted and hollared!
The eldest daughter (the yellow lab traitor!) when I told her, said, "ohh mum teach him to come to the command "Sit/Stay" Wouldn't that be a HOOT at the dog park!!!" Sick child that one.
The long rope is what we are trying, but guys, MMM "REALLY" balks at being tugged and is TOO excited about treats and loses his brain.
St Francis and Sheltie Forum help me, I have a sheltie that is smarter than me. HELP!
It is never good when a S.U.B.U. teamster KNOWS he is smarter than his management team!
This is funny though !! MM has outsmarted you. Don't you just hate when they do that. This picture of you going to get MM with your flannel jammies and Mickey Mouse bed Jacket is just too funny. You should write a book of how MM can humiliate his Mom. Sorry but it is funny.
Our Katie when I would take her out during the day and would call her to come in and she would be out in one of the gardens and do a very slow down and then just look at me with her side glance as if to say " I am not ready to come in - so there " and most times I would just let her lay there for a time and most of the time she would decide she was not going to be left out side alone and she would come or if i was in a hurry all I had to do was ask if she wanted a treat and she would come flying at the door.