Oh yeah. he will only listen to me and pretty much ignores everybody else. And even with me, there's always a delayed reaction to him obeying.
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Dogs that have strong instincts and/or were developed to work autonomously can just be challenging to train. My Great Pyrenees mix just turned two and I'm still working on certain things with him. The strict, dominance-asserting stance that usually works great for me, even with an Akita, just doesn't track with him. I get the best results by being gentle and encouraging and using games to make good behaviors into habits. He's quite intelligent and understands what I want quickly, but unless something is ingrained to the point of being a habit there's no guarantee he will prioritize it over what he thinks he should be doing.
Also, his instinct to maintain a perimeter makes him easily distractible by scents. I can only imagine if he had the nose of a hound...
Thanks for all the advice.Dogs that have strong instincts and/or were developed to work autonomously can just be challenging to train. My Great Pyrenees mix just turned two and I'm still working on certain things with him. The strict, dominance-asserting stance that usually works great for me, even with an Akita, just doesn't track with him. I get the best results by being gentle and encouraging and using games to make good behaviors into habits. He's quite intelligent and understands what I want quickly, but unless something is ingrained to the point of being a habit there's no guarantee he will prioritize it over what he thinks he should be doing.
Also, his instinct to maintain a perimeter makes him easily distractible by scents. I can only imagine if he had the nose of a hound...
Yeah, when on trails in the woods he's a sniffing non stop haha
But bonus is we got pretty far out there and I I've trained him to "take us home" and the nose knows the way.
Just having a hard time with him engaging the wildlife, doesn't want to attack but play.
But not all wildlife in Canada wants to play haha.
buldog5151bass
Kibble, milkbones, and P Basses. And redheads.
Any dog is a mix. It's just a matter of whether it happened by the dog's choice, or the breeder.
Zu Zu. Recently lost her due to old age. Some kind of Shiba Inu/cattle dog mix. Great dog!!
RIP Charlie motherf**cker. Yes that was his name, he earned it.
Patti on a late summer day, enjoying her yogurt and peanut butter in a Kong toy.
Her sign...
Her sign...
Yep. Every time.
I have to do push ups and crunches in the kitchen where there's a baby gate to keep the dog out. Surely if I'm on the floor I must want him to climb all over me...
Funny sight at Trader Joe's this afternoon
