URGENT! Dog problems!!! i need help fast!?

I need help with training my dog! He's so CRAZY...and now my parents want to give him away cause he's so out of control.


He's a corgi-sheltie mix and is 10 months old


He always jumps up on people and ALWAYS bites your ankles or you pants or shirts. He also bites A LOT.... and barks A LOT. Lately, he's started to climb up on tables an chairs and grabs stuff on it...like he ripped up a DVD case and a bunch of our shoes.


I can tell my parents are planning to give him away soon...so i need to change his behavior fast! HELP! PLEASE! I NEED ALL THE HELP I CAN GET!


Also....could the tips be something I can do by myself...like something a teenager can do by herself. PLEASE? HELP!

URGENT! Dog problems!!! i need help fast!?
I am sorry, but I laughed as I read that. I have a young lab, and I can just picture what is going on, because I have lived (and still am) through it!





Here's the number one thing you can do on your own. Take him out to exercise A LOT. I don't mean just walking around the neighborhood. Take him for a run, find an enclosed field and play fetch. He has a lot of energy...it will be much easier to train (and he will be far less destructive,) if he is worn out.





Second, keep exciting items put away. Don't leave DVDs or shoes or remotes or food or pens or cell phones (hehehe...can you tell my dog likes to destroy my stuff?) within his reach. When you catch him doing something inappropriate (on the counters, table, chewing, etc.) a firm "no," should help out.





For the biting and jumping. (I asked a question about this the other day...if you would like to have a look.) Do not allow it. If he does it, say no, and turn away. If he continues...shut yourself in a room until he calms down. This technique has worked wonders (and I've only been doing it for 2 days,) with my lab.





Finally, ask your parents if they could enroll you and the dog in some type of obedience class....perhaps that can be your xmas gift. :) Good luck!
Reply:Walk into a local pet store and sign up for obedience class.





Do a google search on "positive reinforcement dog training".





Read the book "The Complete Idiot's Guide to Positive Dog Training".





ALL dogs need training. You should have started with your dog a long time ago.
Reply:the dog needs training. also, it depends upon the age of the dog, just like a baby, puppies make alot of noise and have alot of energy. but the reward of a trained pup is a lifetime of happiness. dogs are awesome!
Reply:Well, liek the person above said, you can take it to an obedience class. Also, whenever he does something naughty, like the ankle biting, tell him no, and hit his nose. [[ not hard, but good enough so he doesnt do it again!]] About the barking, uhh, try locking him up if he barks too often, and put a blanket over the cage, so he can't tell if anybody is in the room, ect. Hope this helps you! :) Good luck!
Reply:Sounds like a sheltie to me sweetie. You should have given more thought to whathaving a pet entails. Did you research the breed at all?





If he is 10 months old he should have began basic puppy obidence 4 months ago.





All I can reccomend is taking him to a class ASAP, my dogs all started at 6 months, they need to know who is in charge and how to behave.
Reply:Hey, all you need to do is give your pup some basic training and he'll be a perfect dog.





If he jumps on you; just ignore him. When he gets down; give him lots of praise. Keep doing that and he'll learn. All they want is your attention and by you going mad at him when he jumps on you, in his eyes, he has got what he wanted. So praise good behaivour not the bad ones.





With biting, use something with a bad taste, like a LITTLE bit of chilli sauce or the stuff you put on your nails to stop biting them! Put a bit of that on your ankles, clothes or wherever, and when he goes to bite you, he'll get a yukky taste in his mouth and, with any luck, eventually stop biting. Again, the instant he stops biting you, give him lots of praise so that he associates good behaivour with a pat on the head.





Barking you can train almost the same way. When he barks, ignore him, when he stops baring tell him "no bark" and then praise him.





This will all take a bit of time and patience, but when you get there, you'll be grateful that you invested the time in him.





Good luck :)
Reply:I'm thirteen and what I did with my dogs when they tried that was get a squirt gun and squirt them while they do the behavior saying no sternly.
Reply:Thats gonna be hard to do quickly. I'm no expert but i've got a couple suggestions. I'm sure some of the others on here will give a better answer. there are some very knowledgable folks on here.





Is he crate trained? He definitely needs to be if he's not. Has he been neutered? Is he getting lots of exercise. Sounds like that may be some anxiety with not knowing what to do with himself. Lots of exercise will start to help quickly. The jumping just takes time and consistency. Thats the hard part, you can never slip up, if you let him get away with it it'll just reinforce the bad behaviour. Do you know any basics of dog training? Sounds like you may want to get a book or something. There are some really helpful books to introduce you to dog training.





Those are all very common issues with young dogs but the training should've started about 8 months ago. Obedience training takes time and patience. See if there are any classes in your area. Not the petco ones but the real ones. That'd be a good place to start. Good Luck.
Reply:You should try a shock collar, i know it sounds cruel, but it worked wonders for my crazy dog, we have only had to use it a couple of times and the rest of the time you just have to point any controller at her and she immediately stops whatever she is doing wrong, she doesn't jump or bite anymore and she stays in our yard without a leash. we also have her crate trained and she stays in there when we are sleeping or gone, we have started letting her stay out when we are only gone for a hour or so and she is doing good, she is almost a year old and we only started using the collar a couple of months ago, i would definitely give that a shot. Hope this helps. i know what you are going through, my dog chewed a hole in the carpet and we almost had to get rid of her.
Reply:You have a mixture of herding breeds. Give the dog a job to do to expel the energy and frustration. Enroll the pup in an obedience class. Give it plenty of exercise.
Reply:Sounds like you've got quite the high-strung dog! I have a Jack Russell Terrier and used to have some of the same problems with her, as far as biting and incessant barking.





He's only acting this way because he doesn't know any better, not necessarily because he's a bad dog. Corgis and Shelties are both very high energy dogs and require a lot of excercise and attention. See if your parents will let you enroll him in obedience classes so that you can learn how to handle him. =)
Reply:All of the things you are describing are training issues.


This is the way many dogs behave when they are not trained.





He is not crazy or bad, he is being a dominant dog in a household with no limits.





Take him to training classes. If you can drive, you can do it.


Or have your mom drive you.





You need to learn to talk "dog language" so you can train him in a manner he can understand.
Reply:ur dog just needs basic obedience training.. if u cant train the pup urself, talk to ur parents about odedience classes..every dog has to be trained, some more than others. dogs are just like children..they need to learn right from wrong or else theyll do as they please and run free.





good luck!
Reply:Ok, bottom line your dog need discipline and obedience. First thing to remember, making your dog behave is NOT a punishment. You have rules, so should your dog. You may think you hurt his feelings, would you let a baby touch a stove just because you don't want to hurt his feelings? This is the way you have to look at disciplining your dog.


I would strongly suggest going to a library or the book store, there are lots of books on training your dog but I can give you the basics. I have raised and trainded alot of dogs.


First the biting. It is partly normal for a puppy to bite but look at how you play with him. Do you dangle your fingers in his face, grab him by the face and push him when you play, let him bite you during play time? This encourages the behavior, stop immediately. When he tries to bite during play time, dangle a tuggy or throw a ball for him, distract his behavior with something else.


Start immediately with obedience, take him to classes if you can but teach him to come, sit and stay immediately, should be done in several 3 or 4 minute sessions a day. When you feed, give treats, let him outside, put on his leash, or just when you go to pick him up make him SIT!


When he knows sit, set him up into situations where you know he will jump on someone, have a long leash on him. As he goes to jump, have the person with the leash GENTLY jerk him down while you say NO JUMP!! You can also reach down and grab the skin and fur on either side of his neck just below the ears. You have good control that way, it's a good way to discipline, push him into a sitting position and make him stay until he calms down. Remember to say Good Dog and lots of praising when he does well.


The same can be done for barking, set him up in a situation where you have control and know he's going to bark. Immediately say NO BARK! Grab his neck or squirt him with a water bottle but don't continue that if he enjoys it.


The biggest way you are going to have a well behaved dog is constant work every day. Making him listen to you little times each day will long term develope into a happy relationship because he respects you and others enjoy being around him. Also right now you must remember HE IS A PUPPY! Especially if he hasn't had much training before now he is behind in his development. Diligence on your part is key. Pick up those shoes and other things, prevention is huge right now until he becomes a well behaved adult. If you can't watch him, if you are busy, he needs to be crated. Limit the mischief and therefor not reinforcing bad behavior.


Hope that helps some, go do some reading or take a class and feel free to email me if you want to know more. Good Luck!




freckles