jackosmum Posted December 9, 2010 Share Posted December 9, 2010 I have a lovely Ridgeback x Boxer - she's 7 months old now and finally, I'm able to see the light with her training...I take her walking each morning and she's heels beautifully, sits - the works...however, each night when I take her she has what I would describe as a tantrum...she gets a look in her eye - then turns absolutely evil - biting the lead, jumping around and causing an absolute scene! Most of the time this happens on the way home - but tonight she started as we were heading out. I have tried growling at her and pulling her lead to the ground, then I distract her with a food reward to get her to sit and listen to me...she only gets the reward when she sits...but when I tell her to heel again she goes mental....please help me!! I love her to pieces but I'm already dreading tomorrow nights walk.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corvus Posted December 9, 2010 Share Posted December 9, 2010 Hahaha, I know that! Both my boys used to be lovely on leash for half the walk, then spend the other half being a nutty puppy. They both grew out of it. In the meantime, I carried toys with me. When they got nutty I'd let them tug on a toy. Erik used to hurl himself at Kivi, which I didn't want because it makes it hard to walk them when they're playing! I would keep him out of range of Kivi and work on short heels, downs, and sits. Toys or food as rewards. The trick was to keep his focus. It was hard work. At that age Kivi was content to just play with a tug in my hand. Erik had a shorter attention span. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
W Sibs Posted December 9, 2010 Share Posted December 9, 2010 Oh, Emmy use to be a tantrum thrower (not just on leash either!)... She will literally throw herself on the ground and get all bratty (the whinging, growling and squealing). I just let her throw the tantrum and so its out of her system, once she is done... I simply continue what I was doing. Her acting like a drama queen isn't going to get her out of walking or whatever else I want her to do and she doesn't. She has learned that it's easier to do what I tell her to do instead of fighting it because she will end up having to do it anyway... :D I can be a mean mummy sometimes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackosmum Posted December 9, 2010 Author Share Posted December 9, 2010 Hahaha, I know that! Both my boys used to be lovely on leash for half the walk, then spend the other half being a nutty puppy. They both grew out of it. In the meantime, I carried toys with me. When they got nutty I'd let them tug on a toy. Erik used to hurl himself at Kivi, which I didn't want because it makes it hard to walk them when they're playing! I would keep him out of range of Kivi and work on short heels, downs, and sits. Toys or food as rewards. The trick was to keep his focus. It was hard work. At that age Kivi was content to just play with a tug in my hand. Erik had a shorter attention span. I will try the toy thing tonight...thanks for the tip....this morning she was an angel again - which makes me angry because I know she's choosing to be a little witch!!!!! I always have food rewards in my pocket, because she's still only 7 months and she's still learning - it makes me so annoyed that after her walk we'll do some training in the backyard and she is the model citizen!!!! Do you mind if I ask how old your dogs were when then grew out of being brats??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackosmum Posted December 9, 2010 Author Share Posted December 9, 2010 Oh, Emmy use to be a tantrum thrower (not just on leash either!)... She will literally throw herself on the ground and get all bratty (the whinging, growling and squealing). I just let her throw the tantrum and so its out of her system, once she is done... I simply continue what I was doing. Her acting like a drama queen isn't going to get her out of walking or whatever else I want her to do and she doesn't. She has learned that it's easier to do what I tell her to do instead of fighting it because she will end up having to do it anyway... :D I can be a mean mummy sometimes I tell you what - we have a 4 year old son and he hasn't caused us as much trouble as this puppy!!!! They really do have so much personality - and I love that - I just don't do the bad behaviour! It's hard though, when there's 32kg of dog having a tantrum!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corvus Posted December 10, 2010 Share Posted December 10, 2010 Do you mind if I ask how old your dogs were when then grew out of being brats??? I don't remember. Kivi grew up overnight when he was about 10 months old, so earlier than that. Erik is still growing up at 18 months. I'm guessing he'd grown out of on leash puppy madness at around 9 months. It seems like a long time since we had to deal with that. Might have been earlier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sas Posted December 10, 2010 Share Posted December 10, 2010 (edited) I have a lovely Ridgeback x Boxer - she's 7 months old now and finally, I'm able to see the light with her training...I take her walking each morning and she's heels beautifully, sits - the works...however, each night when I take her she has what I would describe as a tantrum...she gets a look in her eye - then turns absolutely evil - biting the lead, jumping around and causing an absolute scene! Most of the time this happens on the way home - but tonight she started as we were heading out.I have tried growling at her and pulling her lead to the ground, then I distract her with a food reward to get her to sit and listen to me...she only gets the reward when she sits...but when I tell her to heel again she goes mental....please help me!! I love her to pieces but I'm already dreading tomorrow nights walk.... Why not just stand there and ignore her? Don't move, don't look at her, just hold the lead until the dog settles and stop the moment it happens again. Edited December 10, 2010 by sas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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