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Originally Posted by yorkieK9trainer Okay, I understand what you're saying and it sounds like you've now gone through helping him out by closing as many opportunities to mess up as possible. The one last thing left is why you allow him to run off and avoid you. It doesn't matter if he's running to his bed or under the table. HE'S RUNNING AWAY. But more importantly he's running away to AVOID you handling him in any way. It's not a "safe spot" as you say in this case. It's him pouting and going to his room to avoid being around you. This anti social behaviour shouldn't be accepted imo. I'd have him on leash around the house as much as you can handle and force him to stay near you and see how wonderful it can be. You need him to not only like you, but to TRUST you. By letting him run away from being pettied or picked up like that you're only adding fuel to a bad bad fire. |
just to clarify- that was a different poster- I don't let him have his space when he runs away from me- I get him out of there as best I can with a come command.
Thanks for your advice though- I can tell you knwo what you're talking about. And I should take my own advice- it the dog regresses back to puppy behavior (not that he isn'ta puppy but the bad behavior like accidents) then revert back to your method of training that puppy- smaller freedoms!
He's doing great today, so we'll keep our fingers crossed! (And I'll keep working on ME too! hehe)
