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Originally Posted by lousie5031
I am having an awful time teaching our 5month lab X Zach recall. In fact earlier coming back from the park I was nearly in tears on the phone to OH because it gets so bloody frustrating
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Ha ! Its not just me then. Which is nice to know because ALL the other dogs that are down my park are perfectly trained dogs which makes mine look like she needs an ASBO ! Even ones alot younger than her seem alot more intent on pleasing thier owners and more often than not Daisy will get barked at as she tries to play with them and she gets in the way of that dog and thier owner. Wish mine was like that !
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Originally Posted by lousie5031
Everytime Zach sees another dog and the ears go up, I run like a looney away from him squeaking the toy
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Yea we tried that with a squeky toy, didnt work. We upped the anti a little by getting a squeaky bunny rabbit. Daisy LOVES rabbits, or maybe hates them and is intent on bringin every last one of them to a grizzly end. Either way, a plastic squeaky bunny was enough to pull her attention away from ANYTHING......once. She turned round, bolted towards me as i was running and then promptly jumped up, and started biting my arm and tugging me to the floor so she could get the bunny. I of course did NOT give it to her after that and gave her a firm "No" at which point she kinda went 'Right then well screw you' and ran off to the dog. Since then i have tried throwing the bunny as she approaches me, she'll chase it untill it lands, then do an about turn and bolt it towards the dog again.
We have spend quite alot of money on various dog trainer classes, 1on1 sessions ect and they either result in them saying "try better treats" or them saying "Some dogs just arent interested in humans".....which is kinda like a Doctor saying "Some humans are just sick" if you ask me.
