Links To Training Basic House Manners

[dee lee]

This is a bit of a cross post, I have asked in the Sharpei breed pages but thought I'd try and get some specific training advice in here.

I was chatting to one of the mums at school and she purchased a 5month old Sharpei cross for her daughter from the pet shop on the weekend.

Anyway, she was asking me for some advice, as they were told he was toilet & obedience trained & surprise surprise he isn't. Plus he is quite feisty & they have never owned a dog before.

My heart sank listening to her, they are completely clueless & already feeling in over their heads, but their daughter is obsessed with dogs & already in love with Prince, so I know they wouldn't consider returning him.

On the upside they are planning on taking him to obedience training & she was very thankful for my offer of help.

I would really like to point her in the direction of some simple general training tips for around the house, that will help them bring up a well behaved dog. As I say, they are complete novices, so I don't want to overload them with advanced stuff immediately.

Links would be great, I think it would be more helpful than me appearing to be a busy body know-it all. :laugh:

[Nekhbet]

www.leerburg.com

especially for the pushier, specialty breeds.

[Jigsaw]

Some ideas on recall http://www.kathysdao.com/articles/The_First_Steps_to_Teaching_a_Reliable_Recall.html

[dee lee]

Thanks guys. :)

Nekhbet, after looking at it, I am concerned that the Leerburg link will be too full-on for this family. They seriously have no idea. I think they need to start from a simpler perspective and build up with their confidence.

However, I have passed on the Leerburg link to another friend who is more dog savvy & expecting a new Stafford puppy in a couple of months. She is pretty happy with it. So thanks for that!

[Jigsaw]

Sophia Yin has some good articles, this is one on "potty training" as they call it. She also has a book on Perfect Puppy training - comes in ebook form too. There should be a link to the relevant part of the book on toilet training on the below webpage, which should be for free.

http://drsophiayin.com/blog/entry/a_foolproof_potty-training_plan

I would also be suggesting that your friend teach her dog some husbandry exercises, such as looking in mouth, ears, eyes, touching paws, ano-genital region, gentle restraint. Part One of this book. (Sorry I can't shorten the link for some reason)

http://books.google.com.au/books?id=Ment3XYVpr0C&pg=PA6&lpg=PA6&dq=gentle+restraint+training+for+dogs&source=bl&ots=lMTiMoW-aI&sig=uEPOvh4tKULZ_Ap6W9qCNAVSM4E&hl=en&sa=X&ei=z2efT-XpCMqciQfQ0_36Dw&ved=0CGYQ6AEwCTgK#v=onepage&q=gentle%20restraint%20training%20for%20dogs&f=false

Edited May 1, 2012 by Jigsaw

[dee lee]

Sophia Yin has some good articles, this is one on "potty training" as they call it. She also has a book on Perfect Puppy training - comes in ebook form too. There should be a link to the relevant part of the book on toilet training on the below webpage, which should be for free.

http://drsophiayin.com/blog/entry/a_foolproof_potty-training_plan

I would also be suggesting that your friend teach her dog some husbandry exercises, such as looking in mouth, ears, eyes, touching paws, ano-genital region, gentle restraint. Part One of this book. (Sorry I can't shorten the link for some reason)

http://books.google.com.au/books?id=Ment3XYVpr0C&pg=PA6&lpg=PA6&dq=gentle+restraint+training+for+dogs&source=bl&ots=lMTiMoW-aI&sig=uEPOvh4tKULZ_Ap6W9qCNAVSM4E&hl=en&sa=X&ei=z2efT-XpCMqciQfQ0_36Dw&ved=0CGYQ6AEwCTgK#v=onepage&q=gentle%20restraint%20training%20for%20dogs&f=false

oh I love that ebook link!! That's great for me even!!

And the potty training and recall are great too,

Thanks!!

[Nekhbet]

the leerburg stuff is set up for pet owners too, most of his free stuff is.

[Alkhe]

How about Ian Dunbar? The puppy book is free online, but also available in book format.

http://www.dogstardaily.com/training/basic-manners-obedience - this is the basic obedience section of the book, which may be more what you are after.

The other useful section is 'raising a puppy' - http://www.dogstardaily.com/training/raising-puppy

I've just forwarded all those links to my boyfriend's sister who also did an impulse buy. She bought 2 Cavoodles on a weekend whim

[dee lee]

How about Ian Dunbar? The puppy book is free online, but also available in book format.

http://www.dogstardaily.com/training/basic-manners-obedience - this is the basic obedience section of the book, which may be more what you are after.

The other useful section is 'raising a puppy' - http://www.dogstardaily.com/training/raising-puppy

I've just forwarded all those links to my boyfriend's sister who also did an impulse buy. She bought 2 Cavoodles on a weekend whim

Thanks Alkhe! :)

[dee lee]

Thanks for the advice guys, but my friend has returned the pup.

They found it all too hard so took advantage of the their cooling off period.

I think its for the best, and next time they will be doing a bit more research into a more suitable breed which they WONT be buying from a petshop.

[Alkhe]

Oh wow.. I don't actually know whether that's good or bad! Initially I was going to write 'that sounds like the most responsible thing to do' but I suppose it's naive to hold any hope that the pup will have a good future, if any future at all.. There's really nothing good about anything in the situation, hey - beginning with the existence of pet shops in the first place.

Thanks for at least trying to help though :)

[Jigsaw]

Oh wow.. I don't actually know whether that's good or bad! Initially I was going to write 'that sounds like the most responsible thing to do' but I suppose it's naive to hold any hope that the pup will have a good future, if any future at all.. There's really nothing good about anything in the situation, hey - beginning with the existence of pet shops in the first place.

Thanks for at least trying to help though :)

Agree with Alkhe.

It was never going to be easy with a 5mth old pup from a pet shop. I'm glad you tried to help the people and the dog though, it may give them some idea that the next one may not be so hard if they put a little more consideration into the purchase of a puppy.

[dee lee]

I know what you mean. I am trying not to think about that.

However, it's the pet shop to blame here for manipulating this naive family. I'm just glad they have learnt a lesson about this.

From what the mum told me, there was no way they could have coped, it would have taken longer, but I'm certain the dog would have ended up at the pound.

Thanks for the help guys. :)

[Cleo's Mum]

I hope this family tell others how deceptive this petshop is.