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Dog training for a 4 year old dog
Posted on 1/27/20 at 9:32 am
Posted on 1/27/20 at 9:32 am
Long story short, a friend has a golden retriever that wasn’t trained properly as a puppy and we need to get the dog trained. It’s not aggressive or anything, just flat out doesn’t listen and only responds to food. Both of us work so we unfortunately can’t spend all day training the dog (dog shouldn’t have been adopted in the first place IMO)
A. Is it too late to train the dog?
B. Who do we contact about training an older dog?
Once again, dog isn’t aggressive at all, just not the brightest.
A. Is it too late to train the dog?
B. Who do we contact about training an older dog?
Once again, dog isn’t aggressive at all, just not the brightest.
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Posted on 1/27/20 at 9:34 am to Woolfman_8
Old dog new tricks and all that
Posted on 1/27/20 at 9:34 am to Woolfman_8
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A. Is it too late to train the dog?
Of course not
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Who do we contact about training an older dog?
We used Larry Benoit. We did the in home training option but they do have an option where you can drop your dog off and they work with it.
Posted on 1/27/20 at 9:36 am to Woolfman_8
It's not too late at all.
Youtube has plenty of training resources anywhere from sit/stay to force fetch for retrievers.
As far as time, it take's 20-30 min a day, or maybe even less to train a dog for basic obedience. Try this before paying money and taking more time to get the dog formally trained
Youtube has plenty of training resources anywhere from sit/stay to force fetch for retrievers.
As far as time, it take's 20-30 min a day, or maybe even less to train a dog for basic obedience. Try this before paying money and taking more time to get the dog formally trained
Posted on 1/27/20 at 9:37 am to Woolfman_8
It's never too late...we used DIAMOND in the RUFF. We were very pleased with them!
Posted on 1/27/20 at 9:48 am to Woolfman_8
quote:
A. Is it too late to train the dog?
No, it won't be as easy as a pup but it is definitely doable. My first lab was 6 when I adopted her. She wasn't trained at all and ended up being a servicable duck dog (ran blinds, took hand signals, heeled, sat, stay, lay, etc.) and was an excellent pheasant dog.
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can’t spend all day training the dog
Spend 15 minutes a day with the dog and they will learn. There is a book called Family Dog by Richard Wolters that would be beneficial.
No idea who to send it to.
Posted on 1/27/20 at 9:53 am to Mid Iowa Tiger
As others have said though if you have someone else train the dog or if you take the time to train the dog it will take constant reinforcing.
We had our dog trained but with a newborn haven’t been able to really reinforce the training regularly and while she has still retained most of it the lack of constant reinforcing means sometimes it takes her a little longer to start obeying.
We had our dog trained but with a newborn haven’t been able to really reinforce the training regularly and while she has still retained most of it the lack of constant reinforcing means sometimes it takes her a little longer to start obeying.
This post was edited on 1/27/20 at 9:54 am
Posted on 1/27/20 at 9:56 am to Mid Iowa Tiger
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Spend 15 minutes a day with the dog and they will learn. There is a book called Family Dog by Richard Wolters that would be beneficial.
This
Posted on 1/27/20 at 9:57 am to Woolfman_8
quote:
A. Is it too late to train the dog?
Definitely not to late. 5 to 6 30 minute training sessions with you AND the dog should have you well on your way. Teach them to sit, lay down, stay, walk on a leash, and come/heel off the leash and 90%+ of your problems will be solved.
Two tools that are very helpful are a shock collar (and no you don't shock them that much, the beep and vibrate function will do the trick) and a pronged training collar.
Also, make sure the dog is getting enough physical activity aka long walks and fetching sessions.
Posted on 1/27/20 at 9:57 am to Woolfman_8
Rodrigue’s Cajun K9, look him up on fakebook
Posted on 1/27/20 at 9:58 am to Woolfman_8
Get a shock collar.
Posted on 1/27/20 at 10:02 am to Woolfman_8
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only responds to food
Use that. Try not to get too pissed of at it and use food as a reward for doing what you ask. At first you have to give treats almost constantly but then they get the idea and start doing what you want. It just takes time and patience, which can be hard when you really just want to kick them across the room.
Posted on 1/27/20 at 10:16 am to OysterPoBoy
We have been using treats every time to make her get in her crate and go outside to the bathroom. If there isn’t a treat in your hand she won’t even acknowledge you
Posted on 1/27/20 at 11:00 am to Woolfman_8
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We have been using treats every time to make her get in her crate and go outside to the bathroom. If there isn’t a treat in your hand she won’t even acknowledge you
It will just take time and slowly moving from a treat every time to a treat occasionally to no treat at all.
We used Cheerios as our dog’s training treat.
Posted on 1/27/20 at 11:33 am to Woolfman_8
Dog needs its owner trained.
Posted on 1/27/20 at 12:13 pm to Woolfman_8
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This post was edited on 11/16/21 at 7:35 am
Posted on 1/27/20 at 12:14 pm to Woolfman_8
Take the dog to a 1/week training class and work with him when you get home at night. If it really is a golden it can be trained. It just takes effort
Posted on 1/27/20 at 12:15 pm to SoulGlo
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Dog needs its owner trained.
Accurate, she is a bit too nice.
Posted on 1/27/20 at 12:15 pm to sec13rowBBseat28
Loved diamond in the ruff. Have sent 2 dogs through there and it’s incredibly effective.
Posted on 1/27/20 at 12:16 pm to Woolfman_8
She doesn’t view you as the leader of your pack. That’s the problem.
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