dog woes

[Raven]

in my opinion ...you can't teach a dog anything unless you have established eye contact.... otherwise they are in their own world.

first thing you do... is standem up in a corner of a room

to learn sit up....so they see you ... eye to eye.....
and wave that SMALL piece of meat back and forth, back and forth ...so they watch you.... whether its a reward or a tennis ball... the best teaching tool there is...
because you can stuff it with meat....

when you leash train them you have a 6-8 foot leash and you keep them on your left side.... tight to your side with just 2 feet of leash hanging down and the rest coiled up.... always !... and when they take their eyes off "you" while walking to wander and or to go sniff , explore whatever you take a quick right turn dropping your (leash) slack and march with a firm grip....(on that leash) never looking back in a new direction.

you do this until they get SICK of getting yanked around everytime they take their eyes off of you and what direction your heading.... and you never uttter a word....be completely silent....no chirps, whistles, nothing.
soon you can do squares.... or triangles and they will
follow your every turn knowing if they don't ... they get yanked hard....and i'm not talking about a tug on the leash. i mean a full spun in a new direction for not paying attention: BIG YANK.... they'll learn better that way.....

givem treats - when they do it right with much praise.

ive trained many dogs with this method...which i agree is controversial but it works great.