Puppy Training

10 week old Doberman puppy learning to focus and communicate. www.animalresortstc.com or www.doggiedogblog.com for free video's, tips and suggestions. A great place to ask and have your training questions answered.

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• Doberman
• Training
• Obedience
• Clicker

[c3contact123]

how do u correct for non-compliance as an adult?

[harrisd1dog]

Depends on the dog. Some will react to a stearn look and some will respond well to leash and collar corrections. Some need a little crate time to get an attitude adjustment in line and some take a trip to e-collar town. In the end there will be no collar and no treats to get proper performance if you do it right. If my dogs are not naked when I am done training I feel that I have failed them.

[harrisd1dog]

Some tricks are easier to teach to a puppy than to an adult. You could get a child to get down and roll over easily just for fun, but it would be hard to get an adult to do the same behavior. Same with dogs. Older dogs don't think the roll over is so fun unless taught as a puppy. Your Doberman is still very trainable. You just need to use different methods than used with puppies.

[harrisd1dog]

There is a big difference in teaching and training. This pup is just learning. Had she known better I would not have repeated and I would not have given a treat. But, as she is just learning we want to keep it fun. I wanted her to enjoy the training session and believe in her ability. Now that she is a trained adult I never repeat a command and she would get correct for non-compliance. She is now trained to perform those behaviors regardless of her mood or distractions.

[hamiltons3]

very cute! this is why we bought a doberman! People don't realize that when they are with family they are gentle. When need be they are protective. I would leave my child home alone with my dog over some of my friends!! I would like more info on the clicker are there any good sites? She is 6 months do you think she is too old for it to be effective?

[harrisd1dog]

Clicker training is always effective if done correctly. Age will not matter. But, at this age I would start to combine it with some light leash and collar work. Google search clicker training and you will find tons of info. Good luck.

[k9partnership]

not a proper use of a clicker - clicking without a primary/secondary reinforcer - some people use a "keep going signal" - you could argue that the reward is to get to do another behavior -

[VituMV]

all dogs are trainable, especially dobermans... the problem is that some people aren't ...

[MsSourNSweet]

I just now got my dobie to roll on his back ( 9 months), not quite on command yet but i think he's getting more comfortable with it. I also want to get him to bark on command but he's a very quiet dog. My sister wanted to hear him bark and she couldn't get him to do it. Is there maybe an easier way to get him to "speak"?

[king4D2]

how did you train it.

[livinlvis]

smart little pup, very eager to learn and get that treat! It seems like you don't reward the dog for the last trick.

[bank80]

Good job constantly bribing your dog with food. rookies....

[ITSGLORIABITCH]

Unbelievable yet amazing. Wish my doberman was as obedient. Props!

[eventin4air]

Shes beautiful. im gettin one and want her/him to be really well trained because of what i do. When did you start training her? and also, how do you teach the "bark" command?