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Originally Posted by lemmsy
Hello,
I would not be using the crate as a time out spot. You want the dog to associate the crate with good things so that he is happy being left in it with a stuffed kong or whatever.
I do think that timeout is a good idea though. I would maybe have the dog on a house lead and would lead them into another room, I'd then close the door, leaving the lead stuck in the door frame with you on one side holding the lead handle and the dog on the other side. Time out only needs to be 10 seconds if that, enough for the pup to learn, if you get OTT I'll pay no attention to you whatsoever. When you bring them back in, do not greet them like a long lost relative, everything has to be really CALM. One really important thing with high energy pups is teaching them to chill. I think randomly rewarding them (with food, treats or whatever) for calm behaviour (lying down in their bed, sitting quietly etc...) is a really good idea.
Another good thing is simply standing up and walking right away from pup when he gets OTT. I'd say "that's enough" and turn on my heel and walk right away from him, totally ignoring him. Some pups do get even more excited when you do this and may follow nipping, in which case, time out as above may be a good idea  |
Totally agree with this!
Please don't put pup in his crate for timeout, crate should mean happy times like sleep or teatime or my little den time, then they are more likely to want to use it and want to be in it
Rupert got put the other side of the stairgate when he was too much, now its outside (a very rare occurence, maybe once every month, lol!).
Have you got an old lead or anything, and that way if pup is pulling on the lead and biting at it when you are holding it through the door/gate, you can just let go of it at the start so as to avoid a tug of war game if he tries to start one? He might not but my goldie did, silly bugger
Rupert's time outs ended up being 10 minutes as he has always been so incredibly relentless, but it is worth trying 10 seconds etc and then if he gets too hyped up when he comes out pop him back in for a bit extra until he clocks it
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