Stopping behaviors

Judyg

Judyg

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What is the best way to stop unwanted behaviors that have creeped up on us? Lacey jumps on the shower door and "attacks us", she also does not want us to leave the house and jumps and barks at that as well. We usually just keep her out of the bedroom when we shower, but that is not solving the problem. She is doing better with me when I leave, a lot of "no" and you better stop that have helped, but it's still not where it should be. Getting barked at when you leave needs to stop.

Car chasing on walks is another problem, along with wanting to greet EVERYONE! I'm meeting with the trainer at a park tomorrow to help work on these issues, but I'm extremely frustrated with her over this problems and whatever I am doing is not seeming to work.

We just started Rally and I'm hoping that the extra obedience will help to push her into the right behavior. Last week at class when she was just barking away at all the other dogs, my trainer put her into a submissive position and firmly told her that was not acceptable. It was not done harshly, but just very matter of fact, you cannot do this. She did respond very well to that and the barking at other dogs stopped.


Any suggestions?
 
Take a look at Susan Garrett's "It's Yer Choice." There are lots of videos and write ups on it but I have it also if you can't find it. The basis of it is the dog has choices, and gets rewarded for making the right ones. It does take a bit of time because you really do have to let her make her own choices but it is a great training tool and can be applied to any scenario when used consistently!
 
Judyg said:
she also does not want us to leave the house and jumps and barks at that as well. She is doing better with me when I leave, a lot of "no" and you better stop that have helped, but it's still not where it should be. Getting barked at when you leave needs to stop.
Any suggestions?
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For the separation anxiety:

I would give her a Bully Stick or a Trachea or something that she really likes and takes a long time to chew up. I would give it to her and tell her, "Good-bye, I'l be back" and walk away. I wouldn't even tell her "no" when she starts throwing the tantrum. It's still attention, even though it's negative attention, she's still being rewarded with the delay, however brief, that it takes for you to try to stop her from barking.

As for the shower attacks and car chasing? Above my pay grade, lol. If it was me, I'd keep her out of the bedroom, just like you're doing now. Echo goes berserk if I use the blender or the coffee grinder. After trying and trying to desensitize her with no luck, I just lock her out of the kitchen when I need use either of those appliances. Same with the vacuum cleaner. I put her out in the backyard when I vacuum. Cowardly? Maybe. But it works.

The trainer knows how to stop the car chasing. She just needs to teach you the technique.
 
so pretty

I have no comments on the behaviors...Kaleigh never gives me grief, Savannah has days where she just flat out refuses to do what she knows is right so I suspect I will be on her case throughout her life, :ick

but I just wanted to comment on how pretty Lacey turned out, she was a cute puppy, but I love her coloring and that face...too precious.
 
I met with the trainer at a park today. We had a good class. No car chasing in the parking lot, but I'm learning techniques to stop some of these behaviors. We were sitting in front of the house this afternoon and two cars drove by. The first got a bark (small correction) and the second one had no reaction at all so we are making progress.
I'm packing away some decorative things to prepare for a small remodel next month. She used to go crazy when the tape gun came out, but I have been able to get her to stop that as well. Small steps, but big successes.

Moving onward.
 
I have similar problems with Piper (barks at children, kids on bikes, skateboards, Halloween decorations), and not just a little bark mind you. Full on barking, fur up etc. When it happened at obedience (he barked at kids on bikes) the trainer gave him a quick shake (on collar) said NO firmly and then good boy when he ignored the kids. Now we can walk by the decorations, the kids on bikes and the skateboarders (if he starts to look at them i.e.ramping up) I say watch me and if he looks at me I reward him. It's made such a difference on the walk, now I just have to work on getting his attention away from other dogs we see when walking (he pulls and wants to play with them all), trainer said to have a squeaky toy with me to get his attention away from the other dogs and on me so I'll start on that today. Sounds like your on the right track though, good luck with your continued training.
 
We started rally last week and I think the additional obedience training will really be good for her.
Yesterday we had our agility class in the morning and had several short training sessions as well. Poor little thing, she was exhausted, and I think her little brain was fried.
 
Judyg said:
What is the best way to stop unwanted behaviors that have creeped up on us? Lacey jumps on the shower door and "attacks us", she also does not want us to leave the house and jumps and barks at that as well. We usually just keep her out of the bedroom when we shower, but that is not solving the problem. She is doing better with me when I leave, a lot of "no" and you better stop that have helped, but it's still not where it should be. Getting barked at when you leave needs to stop.

Car chasing on walks is another problem, along with wanting to greet EVERYONE! I'm meeting with the trainer at a park tomorrow to help work on these issues, but I'm extremely frustrated with her over this problems and whatever I am doing is not seeming to work.
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I have the exact problem with Cleo and doors. She hates it when the kids shut her out of their rooms. She goes crazy attacking the door. I have not found a way to prevent this issue or fix it.

As for the car chasing issue...
I agree with Piper's mom. This has worked for Cleo on walks and it has made life much easier. It takes time but she will get it eventually.
 
Judyg said:
We started rally last week and I think the additional obedience training will really be good for her.
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I think it will help her a lot too. That's really precise obedience. She's still really young. A lot of this will probably tone down a lot as she matures too. Especially because you're all over it now.
 
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