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Teaching A Quick Response To
Commands...
By Adam G.
Katz
Dear Adam:
I
have read the first 125 pages of your book.
[ To read about the
book he's referring to,
"Secrets of a Professional Dog Trainer!" go
to:
http://www.thats-a-good-dog.com/dogproblem]
You
reference, "training collar" several times. I have probably overlooked
this, but what do you mean by training collar? Is it a pinch collar or one
that delivers a shock? So far I have used your techniques with a great
deal of success. We use the "get busy" command to make the dog relieve
himself. After three days, it works very well. The dog sits well, too. He
still needs a hand signal from time to time. We're currently working on
the down position. Your book has been an inspiration. One other question:
We recently had an invisible fence installed. The dog is 15 weeks old. How
soon should we start to use this? He is a 33 pound "English" yellow
Lab.
Thanks,
Brian.
Dear Brian:
Thanks for the
e-mail.
Yes, in general I'm talking about the pinch collar when I
refer to the training collar.
In regard to the to sit command: You
should first issue the command THEN the correction. Don't wait to see if
the dog's going to do it or he'll learn to WAIT to see if you're going to
correct him. In other words, you end up teaching your dog that a slow
response to commands is okay. And this is not our goal. Our goal should be
to teach the dog that he should respond quickly and
immediately.
Once he's 100% conditioned to respond fast every
time... and he consistently beats you to the correction... then you can
stop.
As far as the electronic fence... I'd probably wait until
he's 6 to 7 months.
To read more of my dog
training ramblings, read about my book:
Secrets of a
Professional Dog Trainer!
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