To start my dog Miya is about three years old, I got her from some crackhead who wanted to sell her to "the first ni***r on the street and they can use her as a bait dog or to have more fighting dogs." She abused, underweight, the whole nine yards. She clings to be, has separation anxiety, so I'm admit I baby her.
My mom also treats her differently than her two dogs, she treats Miya likes she's the worst dog in the world and hers do no wrong. Yes Miya has issues with listening and training, but I've tried and have made progress only for the other people in the house to not go along with it for more than a day..
The other two are best friends even though Miya and the other female lived together as little puppies with the crackhead.. they team up on her. The bite her, a lot, so when she defends herself my mom freaks out on her yelling shes going to give her to the pound and such.
Anyway, when it's just Miya in the yard she doesn't care about the neighbors dogs, but throw in the other two and all hell breaks loose. Finally get the other two inside the house and Miya thinks you trying to get her is a game. She'll dodge you for hours -_-
How can I get her to listen better/come when I call? Even with chaos around her..
Hello, I hope Bill will come along to give you some advice re training. I think the first thing you need to do is to come to an agreement with your family members about how to deal with all three dogs and about the need to be consistent in the way that the dogs are treated. It will be hard because your dog has issues, but if you all work together I am sure you can achieve a good outcome.
STA70219.jpgTry and contact Victoria Stillwell, it sounds just the sort of thing she could help you with. She is on Facebook and has a website as well.
With Miya's history, she may never be a normal dog BUT your biggest problem is not Miya, its family. Get the family problem solved and the rest won't be all that difficult. To get her to come to you, stop chasing her. That is a game to her and its a game she can win everytime. Sit down on the ground with some treats and call her to you. Praise her lavishly and give her great treats when she does come to you. After she will come to you while you are sitting down, then try standing but bending at the waist to make yourself short. Gradually you should be able to get her to come when you are standing. You need to do this in a distraction free environment. Gradually build up the destractions over time. It is very difficult if not impossible to teach a dog anything with a lot of distractions around you. Let her learn that everytime you call her and she goes to you, something good will happen.
Learn to get her attention by just calling her name. When she looks at you, give her a treat. Do this over and over and she will get to the point that everytime she hears her name, she will stop what she's doing and look at you.
Bill
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I've tried to get them on board, they will stick with it for maybe two days and then say "It's not working, there's no point"Originally Posted by kernow
Obviously it's going to take more than a few days for her to stick with what I'm trying to teach her..
And she (my mom) refuses to try to get her dogs to act better because they're 'perfect' -_-
You definitely can't give her mixed signals. Dogs need steady guidance.
I do try to stay on track with what I am trying to teach her. Yes I 'baby' her at times, but I mean how would you feel if you were being treated like garbage and your brother and sister were treated like royalty :/ Yeah, she is going to rebel against my mom..
I feel bad. And sometimes I wonder if she would be better off in a house just by herself.. but she is honestly the only reason I'm still alive (not trying to get all emotional or sappy.) and I could never see myself giving her up. No one could love her the way I do.
Is there any way that you can keep your dog away from your mum's? I understand that you love your dog too and I am sure that you love your mum, she is probably a source of support to you in lots of ways but in this case she is not helping the situation. All I can suggest is that you put in as much time alone with your dog as you possibly can and perhaps that you consider joining some classes. I really hope you find a way to sort this out.
I really wish I had some useful advice to offer. I just want to say good luck, I hope you can work things out.
My mom's male bit Miya's ear today. Went right throughWhen I saw the blood I freaked out, and my mom tells me I'm being over dramatic! She comes over, see Miya's ear and starts making excuses that go from, he didn't mean it- that hole doesn't even look like it's from a tooth! it looks like its from the fence...
I saw him bite her :/ Ugh
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