whity_rabirabit
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Sep 6, 2004, 7:01 PM
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Re: [stephee78] Obedience Training - Any age limit
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Yo Yo Yo Steph! I'm glad you're doing fine. Every dog is just like a baby...that is why dogs are somewhat silly yet adorable just like them! You should take a look at other forums and search for the crate-training problems that you have and I hope you'll get the answers there.^^ Regarding the punishment, I advise you not to punish the dog physically after peeing/pooping, this "might" make the dog start to think "Ouch! I can't do my business even though I want to do it!!!!!" kinda stuff...so at the end, the dog will hold on to it though it wants to do his/her jobs which will result in the internal health problem later on...eventully. Maybe it will not happen to your Gary but just in case, be aware. What you should do is to crate-train your Gary. Decide where you'd like the toilet to be just for Gary, take him there and wait till he does his jobs, reinforce the behaviour by praising/giving treat or even play with him. Gradually, he'll get to know doing his business at "this" place will be good for him because of the rewards he'll get. So he'll tend to do it more often later on too! Dogs can notice what is happening within 1.5seconds so after few hrs, his mood to getting onto the bed, following you everywhere and the results of being kicked and ignored makes him just confused because he's never been punished or ignored like that before. I'm looking forward to see your Gary too! I haven't really got my proper class schedulle yet but the one for briefing and the open ceremony so I believe I'll get to see you there on these events! It'll be nice to see you there in the same class too and Gary and Lucky sitting together...Wow! I'm getting excited, ahahah!! No matter how long it'll take for you to do so, never give up on the training and keep doing it every single day! Good Luck!
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