tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-887923753255947181.post5424453708148635087..comments2012-04-11T23:30:07.231-07:00Comments on Pizzadog: Reprimanding Your PupKayla Clinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07256885066179343274noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-887923753255947181.post-65757014901832333742012-03-27T07:46:24.309-07:002012-03-27T07:46:24.309-07:00(I think I forgot to hit reply so you'd see th...(I think I forgot to hit reply so you'd see the response, so I deleted and am reposting:) Oh definitely, and I think I mentioned this before but it's really good to specifically train him to look at you for no reason. The whole "watch me" thing--rather than just relying on calling his name to get him to pay attention. It helps! Doing that transists into him looking at you when you do commands. Mason is really intense so I've had to teach him to look at me before I throw the ball or anything, it just helps him from overfocusing on what he's doing and exploding lol. Usually the scruff thing works--when Olive got waaaay out of control being a bitch one day I had to pin her. She was chasing Mason and biting him, and it was playful and then it got to the "latch on like a spider monkey onto your back with my mouth" and I had to go up and pin her to the ground on her back. It kind of knocked her out of her "i will kill you" mode that she got sometimes. The best way to train a puppy to stop biting is respond like another dog--yell really loudly when he does it, like a dog does when it's being hurt by another. Usually they stop when they get the signal they're being too rough.Kayla Clinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07256885066179343274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-887923753255947181.post-38631555579918285472012-03-26T21:26:46.761-07:002012-03-26T21:26:46.761-07:00This is helpful for sure. Didgi is so puppy moody...This is helpful for sure. Didgi is so puppy moody that it's seriously impossible for him to get the point sometimes. for the most part, i think he knows what "no" means, but when he's in one of those moods when he doesn't want to listen, i have no idea what to do. lately, ive been putting him in "time out" which is leashing him and ignoring him until he decides to listen, id like to be able to immediately correct, and at least be consistent. like just last week, my friend grabbed his scruff when he was being bitey and he stopped, but he has since become immune to it, as in thinks your still playing. my real trouble is getting him to pay attention to me, but i guess that's his distracted puppy nature for now.Carahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02197905963964553739noreply@blogger.com