Dog Training "Good House Rules" - Honey the Great Dane

www.bighoneydog.com / Honey the Great Dane 're-learns' her "house rules" in her new home in Brisbane. Honey was taught these rules from Day 1 at home as a baby puppy - really worthwhile putting in the time & effort to train these sorts of "house rules" as it makes the dog much easier & safer to live with. No worries about bolting out the door and running into the street or 'counter-surfing'! Much easier to start young than to try & correct bad habits later. Just need some repetition & consistency in the beginning and some "refresher training" in new environments and the dog will stick to good habits. Having these same rules as the old home actually helped Honey settle quicker into her new one, as dogs like the security of consistent boundaries & routines.

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• dog
• training
• house
• home
• rules
• escape
• front door
• kitchen
• out
• wait
• Great Dane
• habits
• routines
• boundaries

[doubledouble55]

I'd be so confused if I was your dog. She's well trained but when you were in the kitchen you woud tell her "no Honey out!" and as soon as she waked away you woud use and excited high pitched voice to praise her and she would get excited and want to come to you but obviously you woud tell her "no Honey out" again. You shoud come out of the kitchen to give her praise and use a treat or pet her to show you are happy with her. Dogs rely mostly on smell and touch not sound.

[hsinyicohen]

@doubledouble55 - actually, I'd have to respectfully disagree - dogs understand a lot from tone of voice and can be trained without the use of treats or pats all the time. Honey understands perfectly what she needs to do - how many dogs are successfully trained to stay out of the kitchen, without the use of barriers or constant supervision? We can even go out leaving food on counters.

[hsinyicohen]

@doubledouble55 - I did not come out of the kitchen to praise her because she needs to understand that she has to remain outside even when I am inside - no point if I always have to follow her out to ensure she follows the rules.

[hsinyicohen]

@doubledouble55 - FYI - if you take a look through our other videos, you'll see that Honey is more highly-trained and reliable than most dogs and is the first Great Dane in the world to successfully compete in Canine Freestyle, as well as doing Obedience, Agility and Therapy Work - so I guess I must be doing something right with my training methods! :-)

[mrgeniusontv]

are you planning on laying down any throw-rugs so the floors aren't slippery for honey?

[hsinyicohen]

We have but she seems to ignore them - often prefers to lie on the bare wooden floors next to them! Anyway, she is getting quite used to walking on the floors now and I don't believe in mollycoddling dogs too much!

[firestonegraywolf]

oh yeah you're failing at training big time...you're saying "no out" in a high pitched excited voice...then shes not even all the way out of the kitchen...poor dog is confused as hell

[Hen9207]

she looks miserable. Also if she was taught 'these rules' from day 1, how come you are still trying to train her to respect that as an elderly lady?

She only wanted some attention - when you said "good girl" she took it as "as you're going to give me a cuddle now" - then you kept telling her to go again.

[GynavesCantatrix]

great job! she is so beautifull

[BERRYZx]

Did you do all the house training on your own? Or did you have Honey trained in that area by a puppy/dog school? Would you recommend sending a new puppy to puppy school instead of doing it yourself? I'm looking at getting a Great Dane in a year or two and I just thought I'd get some insight on them from someone who's dealt with them. (:

[ethmasterflex]

@doubledouble55 It's called positive reinforcement training. Look up the show "It's Me Or The Dog" or the trainer who has made positive reinforcement training popular ( Victoria Stilwell ). You will gain a better understanding of this kind of training method by checking that out . I personally prefer this method of training since it makes your dog think instead of submitting to you and responding to you out of fear AKA Cesar Millan.

[PoisonRoze1991]

Thanks for posting this. ^_^ I think I'll try this with my dog[s] when I eventually adopt one.

[Akaliko]

Sooooo smart, Honey.

[kakki300]

the kitchen rule was not super

[MsJgreen77]

She is beautiful, my Lourdes looks a lot like her and I can't see my life without her. She amazes me by how smart she is, I think most of them are very intelligent:)