We just adopted 2 adult dogs, and they have had no training. We were trying to teach them the standard way, and then I read about clicker training. I have been doing this for 2 days, and I have already “loaded the clicker.” Once they see the clicker their eyes are glued to me, which right now I am trying to teach them to pay attention to me (I call their name, and when they look I C/T.) It seems hard because when they see the clicker – even if I hide it behind my back, they will not look away for me to test them by calling their name. I still C/T since they are behaving. I guess I am having trouble incorporating sit, stay, and the other behaviors. Does anyone have experiance with this type of training? Do only use the clicker for 5-10 min each training session?

How can I clicker train my dog to get chickens off of a porch without motivating it to chase them or bite them.

I just got a 5 month old yellow lab. She is great except I don’t feel I am making progress potty training her. She doesn’t bark so I do not know how to get it to let me know it has to go to the bathroom. Can anyone give me tips?

We’ve had a lot of dogs in my family. We’re about to get a new one. We’ve never been able to train our dog to walk without a lead, mainly because we’ve never trusted the dog to stay with us, so we haven’t had the courage to walk wihtout one. How do people generally train dogs to walk obediently?

I want to train amy dog a trick not alot of dogs know. Just tell me the trick, how to train it is not needed( I’ll think about it myself). Thank you!
and, is reading words possible for dogs?( the type of thing when you put some words on the floor and they tell you what word is what)
If not, is letting them tell which ITEM is which possible?
My dog is a male rottweiler

I have a 6 month old puppy that I can’t break of some very annoying habits, despite having tried many things.
I’d like to try private lessons.
If public/group lessons are the only option, I could go for that. She needs socialization as well, but I think she would freak out too much at public lessons. This is the kind of dog that if she even sees an object that has another animals scent on it, she will choke herself (on the leash), and squells and whines (very loudly and endlessly) to get to it. For example I’ve tried introducing her to someone. After an hour of being in the prescence of the other person, she calmed down a little but still broke into fits of squelling and whining shrilly, all because I wouldn’t let her run over and bite, scratch, and jump all over the person.

We only have one shelter, Noah’s Ark, and I do not believe it offers lessons of any sort. Nor is there a Petco or Petsmart or anything of the sort within 50 minutes of here.

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Its been difficult trying to train my dog for the past few months and I find myself having less time to spend with her right now but that is only temporary. However, I would like to send her off to a dog school where she can spend a couple of weeks learning how to be obedient and great dog. I used to spend a great amount of time working diligent with her by reading books, watching the dog whisperer and other dog training videos and they only seemed to work a handful of times. Please let me know if you have any personal experience with sending your dog off to a training school in SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA and getting great results! Thanks!

If you did was it worth it- does your dog behave better now?