Re: puppy mis-behaving for husband I have great sympathy for these difficulties - it's difficult to train a dog in the best of circumstances but VERY difficult when you have someone else sabotaging it. We all face it in one way or another, some with greater degrees of difficulties, for sure! I have to say that my hubs has been really stellar in all our trials with Simba, especially since he was the one who got most of the bad behaviours and a couple of bites. His biggest concern was the biting issue, and he did lose it a couple of times with Simba, once when Simba bit him and once when he thought Simba was going to bite me. And then he felt absolutely terrible afterward. Fortunately, dogs really are forgiving souls, and they are best of friends now. (Just as an aside, last night Mark reached down without thinking and took something from Simba that the pooch had snatched (knitting accessory, yeesh this dog does have a thing for my knitting stuff) and Simba didn't growl, or try to snatch it back or grab at his hand. Warm glow of success all round... ) Anyhow, I am fortunate that Mark, although a bit dubious at first, has really come on board with the positive training techniques I have learned here. Of course I do all the training, and so Simba does listen better to me, but at least Mark understands the principles behind what we are trying to achieve. And really, he saw first hand that these methods were much more effective with Simba than intimidation or "punishment" techniques. Sorry, got diverted a bit there. I feel for the frustration and it's hard to have the dog be a source of conflict between parents nod kids or between the spouses.
Re: puppy mis-behaving for husband [quote author=Lisa link=topic=3807.msg43520#msg43520 date=1388357824] (Just as an aside, last night Mark reached down without thinking and took something from Simba that the pooch had snatched (knitting accessory, yeesh this dog does have a thing for my knitting stuff) and Simba didn't growl, or try to snatch it back or grab at his hand. Warm glow of success all round... ) Anyhow, I am fortunate that Mark, although a bit dubious at first, has really come on board with the positive training techniques I have learned here. [/quote] Three cheers for you and Mark! Hip hip! Well, done. Love and kindness - you've won through to have a lovely dog (if a skilled thief, but so is mine and he had the best start : ). Simba landed on his paws when he found you.
Re: puppy mis-behaving for husband You've done a fabulous job, Lisa. Great achievement on the 'no growl'
Re: puppy mis-behaving for husband Thanks...he really has come a long way. It's great to see him relax and truly feel "at home".
Re: puppy mis-behaving for husband Ah that is lovey to hear about Simba,I remember those challenging times Lisa,he must feel very safe and loved now. In the interests of balance I have to say my Hubby isn't all about the sabotage ;D ;D ;D ( just mostly!)off lead we all the best time ever! http://www.flickr.com/photos/97066992@N03/11639897735/ When we get the our off lead chances Chris loves showing off his/our ( ;D) dogs obedience skills ....... Only a small altercation about the number of 'fetches' that were going on ;D but hey ,Dexter was keen and we were just having a play ( as you can see NO steadiness on the throw being encouraged at all.....!got to keep my/our dog thinking it's all fun,fun,fun) Have a great day everybody,ours has started really well x
Re: puppy mis-behaving for husband This is a really cool post to read through. Thanks for posting. I've been wondering how it will work for me with 7 kids to confuse everything lol. Hubby won't be too much trouble for a while as he will be deploying in a week for 6 months. Hopefully I will get in a good start to the training before he gets back. Maybe lol.
