How do I leash train my dog indoors?
Friday, September 10th, 2010 at
5:08 pm
Our 3 mo. old puppy dosen’t like to be on her leash indoors. When we are sittin watching t.v. we would like her to behave and lay down beside us, but she whines, pulls, and she always wants to jump on the sofa, even when we tell her over and over not too. We also dont want her off the leash because she likes to chase our cat. Please help what can we do to make this not so stressfull for our puppy and ourselves?
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Filed under: Dog Leash Training
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your dog and your cat are going to have to learn to get along eventually. i dont think keeping him on that leash is gonna teach him. he’s just going to want the cat even more. let them work it out for them selves, if he starts to be bad again, give him a time out in his kennel, and if you dont have a kennel, put him in the bathroom for a little while (like 20 minutes). thats hows i trained my rambunctious pitbull puppy to behave in the house and get along with the cat. good luck
if you’re set on doing it, don’t give in. if the dog learns that whining and pulling will result in the leash coming off eventually, she wont give up. but if she realizes there is no other way and it’s not coming off, she’ll soon give up. maybe try a longer leash? and try not to keep it tense, that just makes a dog pull away.. try to keep the leash loose if possible.
I agree with the other answers… another tip is when she is doing something you want her to, praise like crazy… and remember the treats. A kennel does help a lot… especially when you want to give them time out for a behavior you dont want.
PUPPY CLASSES, PUPPY CLASSES, PUPPY CLASSES, PUPPY CLASSES, PUPPY CLASSES, PUPPY CLASSES, PUPPY CLASSES, PUPPY CLASSES, PUPPY CLASSES, PUPPY CLASSES, PUPPY CLASSES. There is way too much for me to explain in a single sitting. The only way your dog is going to behave is by lots of excerise, disipline and love … in that order!
A dog needs a lot more attention then a cat, I have both. A dog sees positive re-enforcement (ie. the right thing) by touch, since the cant speak english. So if a dog jumps on you and you push it away, that in the dogs eyes is positive re-enforcement.
If your dog jumps on the couch what you simply have to do is pick it up, place it on the floor and ignore it, no eye contact, no good boy. Just put him on the floor over and over.
Puppies learn from actions not words, so the more energy and body lanugage you do, the better.
Please go to puppy classes though, they teach you all that stuff! good luck with the new pup!
Crate train, but do not be cruel and leave that baby in there for hours out of the day.