coupe312 Posted May 16, 2006 Report Share Posted May 16, 2006 as above duncan has started chashing shadows and refections. kept attacking the floor last nigh could not work out why and then i noticedthe refection on the floor from his man tag . ok chaps slowly your turning duncan into a wonder dog, how do we solve this one? second problem ducan "comeback" train is still in progress as he keep having the stubourn puppy momnet where he won't come back Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pavman Posted May 16, 2006 Report Share Posted May 16, 2006 Duncan? thats the dogs name, and you wonder why he is acting strange Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markio Posted May 16, 2006 Report Share Posted May 16, 2006 I saw an episode of "It's me or the Dog" and they had a gorden setter that did the same thing. Maybe someone can remember the details but i'm sure they cured it with distractions, i.e. give him *** bits the exact moment he started to show signs of going for a reflection. I seem to remember most of the bad habits being broken with a distraction in form of a small bit of chicken. I could however be wrong and maybe someone saw the same programme and can recall how it worked. Victoria Stilwell is the dog trainer on the programme (and domonatrix by the looks of it). Maybe a google search under her name might show up some details of the episode i'm talking about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coupe312 Posted May 16, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 16, 2006 Duncan? thats the dogs name, and you wonder why he is acting strange i let the kids name him. bad mistake . its diffrent anyway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henry d Posted May 16, 2006 Report Share Posted May 16, 2006 Did they name him after you......Duncan Disorderly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coupe312 Posted May 16, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 16, 2006 Did they name him after you......Duncan Disorderly not sure must be a cartoon or something Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tenbears10 Posted May 16, 2006 Report Share Posted May 16, 2006 My spaniel used to chase the reflection from your watch on sunny days. You know when the little flash of light goes up the wall. We 'cured' it by taking your watch off for one or turning it round so the face is inside your wrist and doesn't catch the sun. So try and stop whatever is reflecting (he doesn't have to wear a man tag in the house) or ignore it when he does chase it. Does he chase shadows when he is on his own in a room, bet he doesn't, all he wants is attention so ignore him. The other thing that stopped our spaniel was that he banged his head everytime he tried to grab the reflection so it wasn't that much fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
new to the flock Posted May 20, 2006 Report Share Posted May 20, 2006 as above duncan has started chashing shadows and refections. kept attacking the floor last nigh could not work out why and then i noticedthe refection on the floor from his man tag :yp: . ok chaps slowly your turning duncan into a wonder dog, how do we solve this one? second problem ducan "comeback" train is still in progress as he keep having the stubourn puppy momnet where he won't come back Coupe; To find out if your dog is just playing because he is boared throw a piece of electric tap over his tag for now so that it does not reflect. After a couple of weeks untape it and see if he has forgotton about it. As for the recall problem, work him on a retractable lead, I find that the Flexi 3 , is about the best there is as they do not break and will last you 2 or 3 dogs. Follow the teaching the Recall command part of the pinned obediance thread and you will have it cleared up in no ime. If you are haveing particular problems then post it up and I will go over it with you and come up with a solution. NTTF Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coupe312 Posted May 22, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 22, 2006 as above duncan has started chashing shadows and refections. kept attacking the floor last nigh could not work out why and then i noticedthe refection on the floor from his man tag . ok chaps slowly your turning duncan into a wonder dog, how do we solve this one? second problem ducan "comeback" train is still in progress as he keep having the stubourn puppy momnet where he won't come back Coupe; To find out if your dog is just playing because he is boared throw a piece of electric tap over his tag for now so that it does not reflect. After a couple of weeks untape it and see if he has forgotton about it. As for the recall problem, work him on a retractable lead, I find that the Flexi 3 , is about the best there is as they do not break and will last you 2 or 3 dogs. Follow the teaching the Recall command part of the pinned obediance thread and you will have it cleared up in no ime. If you are haveing particular problems then post it up and I will go over it with you and come up with a solution. NTTF duncan is really coming on with his recall. i have changed his whistle( notice the tone would change by its self), worked on him for about 1.5 hours a night and i think its as good as solved now, comes back every time. going to enforce it a bit more with long line, then try the stop comand. but i can take him off the lead and know two pips on the whistle and he is back at the side of me sat down wanting his bit of corned beef. the shaddow thing is still going on. chases even very small variation in lights now. even food won't put him off. not sure what to do might try the pound in a can trick, as sugested to solve other problems. what do you think Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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