Funnily (perhaps because they are similar in age?) Yalom has recently developed a version of this, which is pawing at the kitchen cupboards or...
It feels like for those of us who have not trained a dog from a puppy before, these first months with them are a massive learning curve. But the...
Thanks @Jo Laurens. You're right I think that I need to preempt when he wants/needs something from me and I need to reinforce that initial...
Ah - no we haven't gone to intermittent reinforcement. He is currently getting a reward for about 90% of followed cues I would say. When I turn...
Thanks @Michael A Brooks. I'm not sure what the payoff is from him jumping as I'm trying not to make it rewarding. I usually turn around and walk...
Hi @Lisamammy (thanks for tagging me @Michael A Brooks ). We are working with an ADUK registered charity here in the UK to train our young...
Hi everyone, Yalom is now 9 months old, and in the last few weeks we have seen some changes in his behaviour. His lead walking has (thankfully...
We've been taking Yom to the beach for a while as we live so close. I keep him on a long line still, although he's sometimes trailing that now. He...
Hi all. I'm upping the ante on working on Yalom's recall from distractions. In general his recall is pretty good but there are still some...
Thanks everyone. I have been mixing up some toys and using pauses and chews as suggested, all of which have helped. He doesn't get the same thing...
Hi both. Thanks for the advice - turned out he had picked up a nasty infection that was going round and needed antibiotics. I'm going to get some...
@Michael A Brooks - I thought it was frustration at this point because it happened when his ball got stuck in a bush. Usually it happens just...
Hi everyone, We went to the vet with Yalom on Friday as he'd had diarrhoea for 24 hours. He was also not very interested in his food (he is the...
Hi everyone, Yalom has just started doing something new, he is now 8 months. His mouthing had all but stopped, but recently he's started jumping...
Our 8 month old is also very slim. However at the moment we are using this to our advantage and doing lots of training, but he still doesn't seem...
Just to jump in as a new(ish) puppy owner - socialisation is way way more important than heeling or lead walking. We had a summer puppy, and now...
Just jumping in to say Yalom is entering a similar phase at 7 months. It's like he can't contain himself sometimes. It's incredibly reassuring to...
So on our walk today we managed about 3 stints of nice walking, which was lovely. He nearly dislocated my shoulder on the other bits...
Hey @LoopyLuna - we had a great evening yesterday, I followed what you've been doing and he had a good chew for a while, then lay with me with me...
Hey everyone, So Yalom seems to have taken several steps backward on loose lead walking in the past week. I'm guessing this happens sometimes, I...