Well, now that my 5 month old Italian greyhound is house broken, she refuses to come inside.
She was doing good coming inside when I called for her, but now she comes to the bottom of the (5) steps and sits down, then as soon as you walk down to pat her butt up she runs and we have to chase her down. She gets a treat when she comes when I call for her, and lots of loving. So I’m not sure what else to do.
Also, we live in a house with 2 older dogs, who get really snappy when we let her roam around the house. She’s gotten bit too many times from jumping on them and trying to play but she just doesn’t learn so we can’t let her out and about and she’s stuck in one room. We’ve tried snapping "NO!" and she stops for a minute then continues and doesn’t listen to "NO!" again.
Don’t really have the money for puppy training classes, so not too much of an option.
When I say older dogs…..I mean OLDER. One day is about a year from kicking the bucket, he is a 60lb shitzu (not my dog) and 26lb yorkie who is just a spoiled little shitfuck of a mutt (not mine either). Neither of them walk on leashes.My puppy isn’t exactly the best to walk on a leash either.
As for the outside thing, yes. I understand she want’s to be out, but when she is outside for 2 hours straight with no water, because she refuses to come in, it’s kind of hard to think "she just wants to be out longer". We don’t literally chase her. We follow slow and snap "stop" and she’ll sit, then once we reach down, she dodge off again.
The woman who owns the yorkie is just as stuck up and spoiled as her dog is. She won’t put the dog outside or in another room. We’ve asked her too. The older dogs don’t mind my pup unless she starts jumping all over them. It’s not a restless issue because like I said, she’s outside for 2 or 3 hours at a time by her own choice, running around and chasing t
Of course she doesn’t want to come in – she knows what’s coming and she would rather be outside than locked up in her room.
Why not put the other dogs away while she’s out, so she can come in and have some special fun time when she’s done relieving herself?
Try separating the older dogs when she comes in… that’s probably why she doesn’t like to come in. Also, dogs naturally by instinct know that they belong outside most of the time… it’s part of their genes. Therefore naturally he’s going to want to stay outside and if he feels there is danger inside witht he other dogs and he’s already afraid to come inside… he won’t come in. Keep giving him treats when he comes inside… that helps more than you know. Hope this helps!
The pup may need some more exercise. Maybe switch and keep the older dogs in a room and let the puppy roam every once in a while. I have a pit bull puppy who constantly harasses my older lab. When I take my pit pup on jogs with me she is a lot more attentive to commands and less restless and hyper. I think more exercise will do great for a young puppy. Everything else you are doing seems ok to me.
She is not coming in because you are chasing her. A game of chase is a lot of fun for a 5 month old puppy. You need to ignore her and go inside. She also needs to be trained for recall. If you dont have time to wait for her you need to put her on a long lead and practice. As far as the other dogs you need to let them work it out while she is still a puppy. A nip and growl is normal and fine. It is the way dogs communicate. I have 6 dogs and everytime I bring a new puppy in this goes on. The puppy will learn to stop annoying the older dogs if you would let them be dogs.
My dog would do that sit thing. Work on a solid "come"
This is the way I taught my dog to come reliably,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ij4sO92-Ggo&feature=related
only I picked a single command "come" to use and I say it the same way each time I use it, which is only when she is being stubborn or its an emergency. And I say it very sternly because during an emergency type situation its darn near impossible to sound supper encouraging and happy.
During beginning training I didn’t say it so sternly because dogs instinctively don’t like negative tones.
Alternate treats, I made like doggy checks mix with chicken, cheese, lunch meat, dog treats, cat food, and dog food.
A few times during the process reward with only praise, petting and or a good girl. The point is that she wont know what she will get but she will hope for the treat she likes best.
After she has learned to come while on the leash its time for off leash training.
Change the treating process, after the first few times she comes to you off leash when you call her give her was is called a "jackpot", like winning the lottery, I used little cesar’s meals for small dogs in the plastic packaging. I think this is the best jackpot because it is impossible for the dog to smell that you have it so it is truly a surprise to them. You want to try and hide the treats and their smell so she will listen when you have nothing.
For off leash training call her when she is most likely to come to you. Throughout the process you should increase the number of times she gets only pets and good girls, and by the end be giving her the trail mix and Jackpots randomly. I think I only gave my dog a jackpot 3 times in the process.
And now I don’t have to give her any treats, she does get praise every time, and I have only had to use it rarely. When she is sitting, which btw she would just sit there for about an hr even if i went in, I use the command and she jumps up and runs to me happily. After you’ve taught her its good to give a jackpot every now and then out of the blue.
About the snapping and play, you can exercise her more, you need to be more of a pack leader and follow though if you say no and she dosn’t listen, walk to her and put your hands on her to settle her if she dosnt settle take her away until she does. She should be with the other dogs more, not less, try taking all of them on walks together. And it sounds like she need some socialization to learn how to act, playmates her own speed so she can get some energy out.