dobesanddragons

I wish I couls say by age "x" the dog will suddenly listen to your every word, but this isn't true. Some dogs may never act "trained" if they aren't required to do so or have excuses made for them by their owners, which is common. I can't give you a timeline as so much depends on the owner themselves.
My questions to you : what are you doing to teach the recall? Are you consistent? To reinforce this? What times do you call puppy to you, for what, in and what setting? Are you doing formal training at an obedience club?

I play recall games with my puppies starting from day one. Inside the home, outside the home, with lots of people, with just me and puppy, on leash, off leash, etc. Puppy learns coming is the greatest thing ever. I run and they chase to get me, I don't chase them, this game only goes one way. I give out treats when they come, sometimes jackpot treats of special treats. Sometimes they get a special toy only used for recalls. I never call puppy to me for nail time, grooming, or to get scolded. This takes away from the good of the come foundation I am aiming to teach IMO. I also set puppy up to succeed. I don't call puppy when I know puppy won't come or the chance is low, I don't let them have chances to blow me off, I make sure if I am going to give a command, they will follow thru.

Walking on lead. Same questions as the recall...
What are you doing to teach this? How often are you doing this? Are you consistent? When he pulls, what do you do, what have you tried? Are you trying for a heel or just nice loose leash walking? What problems are you having? Are you doing formal training at an obedience club?

There are lots of ways to teach a dog to walk nicely on a loose leash. This will vary per dog. I have two Dobes that are like night and day when it came to teaching a nice loose leash walk. One was a dream; the other a nightmare But we worked several times daily on it. And I had to be creative and find out what would best for that particular dog, what motivated that dog the most to walk nicely and I had to learn the things I could do to help that dog's success in this.

And remember, six months is still very young. Don't expect perfection, this is a dog that also happens to have the puppy attention span, not a robot. Be fair, consistent, and clear. If you say sit, follow through on this and just say it once, don't repeat the command and nag at the dog until it might sit or down or walk off. Everything you say matters, commands aren't requests. Dogs are learning ALL the time. If you act like commands are suggestions, then well, they are to the dog. I see this when the dog only obeys one member of the family and not another. Remember to set the puppy up to succeed, don't tell the puppy to sit unless you mean it, don't tell puppy to sit when puppy is doing zoomies off leash making circles in your backyard that is an acre, lol. This is setting puppy up to ignore you, not setting them up to succeed and creating solid foundations.

Remember you are setting foundations for the puppy to become a well adjusted well rounded adult, see the bigger pictures. Hard work in puppyhood will pay off later. It is an ongoing process, training dogs, not something that happens overnight or in "x" amount of time. Socialization is so important. Get your dog out daily for mental stimulation as well as physical! If you haven't already, enroll in a course at an obedience club, read up about training, work in short sessions with your dog daily and make them fun. Your dog will more than likely become more consistent when you learn more about dog training and when YOU become more consistent and clear with what you want from the dog

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