What happens in a young dogs mind?

jhoughton · Post by **jhoughton** » Wed Nov 29, 2006 4:24 pm

My 11mo GWP spent two weeks being self employed and a couple of days ago went back to listening. What goes through their mind when they stop listening? I would assume she is just testing her boundaries...but I really didn't do much to get her obeying my commands again. I put her on a whoa board for about 3 minutes and everything clicked again.

She wouldn't come, wouldn't whoa, wouldn't fetch...now you would think she was a different dog. Strange...some day I will understand what goes on in their heads.

EWSIV · Post by **EWSIV** » Wed Nov 29, 2006 4:37 pm

jhoughton wrote:Strange...some day I will understand what goes on in their heads.

You wish brotha

Sometimes, I think all my knucklhead has upstairs is a piece of paper with two questions written in crayon that says "What is that!?!?!?" and "What does it tast like!?!?!?"

Will

jhoughton · Post by **jhoughton** » Wed Nov 29, 2006 4:43 pm

I think understanding what they are thinking is what seperates most of us from the pro trainers.

GsPJustin · Post by **GsPJustin** » Wed Nov 29, 2006 5:04 pm

As Delmar Smith says. "To train a good dog good, you have to think like one".

ohiogsp · Post by **ohiogsp** » Thu Nov 30, 2006 4:43 pm

To train a bad one you have to think more.

llewgor · Post by **llewgor** » Sat Dec 02, 2006 12:14 am

I put her on a whoa board for about 3 minutes and everything clicked again.

I think that's the key thing you did you put her in a little control situation and turn on the focus switch.

TrueBlu Shorthairs · Post by **TrueBlu Shorthairs** » Tue Dec 05, 2006 9:45 am

It's amazing how a little heel and whoa will put the mind back into a dog sometimes.

Post by **Greg Jennings** » Tue Dec 05, 2006 9:58 am

My granddad always said "Greg, if you want to train a mule, you've got to try to be smarter than the mule".

Best,

Post by **ezzy333** » Tue Dec 05, 2006 11:15 am

And that is when Greg decided to train dogs instead.

Ezzy

Wagonmaster · Post by **Wagonmaster** » Tue Dec 05, 2006 11:59 am

And that is when Greg decided to train dogs instead.

Made me smile. When I read that, I thought of a wisecrack or two also, but it was just too easy.

Post by **Greg Jennings** » Tue Dec 05, 2006 1:40 pm

He was actually speaking in general. To train anything, you had to try to be smarter than whatever.

He was slamming me, though. I was repeatedly doing the same thing and expecting different results.

What can I say, I'm a late bloomer....

Best,

Wagonmaster · Post by **Wagonmaster** » Tue Dec 05, 2006 2:02 pm

Still too easy Greg. It would be a layup

Post by **Greg Jennings** » Tue Dec 05, 2006 2:24 pm

What can I say? I'm here to make things fun....

Wagonmaster · Post by **Wagonmaster** » Tue Dec 05, 2006 3:14 pm

And you do.

GsPJustin · Post by **GsPJustin** » Tue Dec 05, 2006 3:52 pm

All I can say is... HA!

snips · Post by **snips** » Tue Dec 05, 2006 6:48 pm

I think the answer to your question comes partly from your pups upbringing (that I happen to be familiar with.) Your pup was not bonded with anything in her beginning, and I got her and focused solely on getting some independence on her, she still was not really bonding. Then you got her and at a late date she started learning how to bond, but still learning how to be independent. As you remember, at the time you got her, I had gotten her running with no knowledge of how to come:) Her mind reverts back to that I am sure, and, it is not a bad thing to still think on her own occasionally. You can always bring 'em in, it is difficult to get them out.

I love a free spirit in a young dog.

gonehuntin' · Post by **gonehuntin'** » Wed Dec 13, 2006 7:13 am

That's the great value in yard training: whatever mistake they may make in the field can be corrected in the yard. Do you have children? Children go through a stage called "The terrible two's". So do dogs.

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