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I love my Dobie,he is a loving part of our family. BUT there our a few issues that he needs correcting and i wanted some advice on ways to train him.
He knows sit, wait, stay,down and we use an ok command for when he can move from these positions.
1. He runs all the time, which is fine apart from hes made a little game of running at people and just skimming them. HOW do i stop this? i usually take him to isolated fields where there are not many people but we do occasionally meet other people. Its so embarrassing when he does this and i get so worried he's going to hurt someone.
I want to know the positive way to correct this behaviour.
2. He has a very high prey drive. Cats he is obsessed with. We have a cat and she has learnt to walk around him rather than run. Hes gentle with her but he likes to chase.
He remembers where he has seen cats out on walks and goes into this searching mode where he pulls and just intensely looks for them. And if he see's any he whines and pulls.
Any tips?
3. Dominance? what are the signs?
We are having to do more recall with him and we are going to train him to a dog whistle because he has started being selective in when he comes back or sometimes when we ask him to sit. I know to step up the training but i just want to make sure i am doing it right.
Any advice would be great
He knows sit, wait, stay,down and we use an ok command for when he can move from these positions.
1. He runs all the time, which is fine apart from hes made a little game of running at people and just skimming them. HOW do i stop this? i usually take him to isolated fields where there are not many people but we do occasionally meet other people. Its so embarrassing when he does this and i get so worried he's going to hurt someone.
I want to know the positive way to correct this behaviour.
2. He has a very high prey drive. Cats he is obsessed with. We have a cat and she has learnt to walk around him rather than run. Hes gentle with her but he likes to chase.
He remembers where he has seen cats out on walks and goes into this searching mode where he pulls and just intensely looks for them. And if he see's any he whines and pulls.
Any tips?
3. Dominance? what are the signs?
We are having to do more recall with him and we are going to train him to a dog whistle because he has started being selective in when he comes back or sometimes when we ask him to sit. I know to step up the training but i just want to make sure i am doing it right.
Any advice would be great