Should You Correct A Puppy With A Pinch Collar?

Written by Adam G. Katz


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“But aren’t they too young for a pinch collar?” you’re probably thinking. The answer is: No. They ARE too young for formal obedience training. (I.E., Sit, Down, Come, Heel, Stay). [This should start when you seerepparttar adult teeth come in… at aproximately 4 to 5 months of age.] But a puppy SHOULD be corrected for biting… if you’ve found that diverting his attention to a chew toy or another activity is not working. Why? Becauserepparttar 125713 mother dog would not allowrepparttar 125714 puppy to bite her. Ifrepparttar 125715 pup bites her too hard, she will turn and biterepparttar 125716 puppies neck. Fromrepparttar 125717 puppies perspective, THIS HURTS. But it does not cause damage. And that’s whyrepparttar 125718 puppy chooses not to biterepparttar 125719 mama dog any more. Because it doesn’t feel good. This isrepparttar 125720 same reason that it’s okay to correct a puppy for excessively hard biting withrepparttar 125721 pinch collar. The pinch collar replicatesrepparttar 125722 mama dog. Trust me on this: I’ve seen 11 week-old Rottweiler puppies and 10 week-old Jack Russell Terrier puppies who had biten through (literally) their owners fingers with their needle-like teeth. The owners are almost in tears withrepparttar 125723 idea that they may have to put their puppy to sleep. They’ve tried allrepparttar 125724 nonsense garbage your read inrepparttar 125725 dog magazines. Stuff like shrieking in a high-pitched voice. Or puttingrepparttar 125726 puppy inrepparttar 125727 crate. Or turning your back onrepparttar 125728 dog. But none of it works on a puppy who is intent on biting down as hard as he can on your soft, human flesh. Getting back on course… When you correctrepparttar 125729 puppy, just use common sense. Simply because your car can accelerate up to 140 mph. does not mean that you should or need to drive that fast. The same goes forrepparttar 125730 pinch collar. If you’re an adult and you can employ reason and common sense, then you should be able to tailorrepparttar 125731 intensity of your correction to appropriately match your dog’s temperament. How do you do this? You test. If you correctrepparttar 125732 puppy for biting, then next you should immediately offer him your hand again. If he immediately bites you again… then you now know that your correction wasn’t meaningful.

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Will My Mother-in-Law's "Too Easy" House Rules Undo My Dog's Training?

Written by Adam G. Katz


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Here is my question (and dilemma)... Should I take him to my in-laws with two untrained dogs? Where she may let him out for about 30 minutes or so a day for washroom breaks, and a little play time (if constant nipping, snarling & biting is considered play, this hasn't stopped forrepparttar past month). Then back intorepparttar 125712 crate or I should I leave him at home inrepparttar 125713 crate until I get home, and do some bonding, quality playing, along with training and avoidrepparttar 125714 throwing up?

I know you will have a short answer. I just wanted to make sure you were made aware ofrepparttar 125715 circumstances, to better judge me. I've followed EVERYTHING you say to do (ok, exceptrepparttar 125716 couch bit-- that is my wife's little bonding moment with him.) Again many, many thanks fromrepparttar 125717 Martinez family, from Canada eh. For those people questioning if they should buyrepparttar 125718 book.... There is no need to question... Just buyrepparttar 125719 book...!!!! I live inrepparttar 125720 east coast and spentrepparttar 125721 best darn $90 Canadian for these books and tapes... It's more than worth it...

Thank you for your patience... and God bless you, your family and team.

-- Tanx.

Dear Tanx:

Thanks forrepparttar 125722 kind words.

I may be offrepparttar 125723 mark here, but I think thatrepparttar 125724 question you're really asking is, "Will my mother-in-law's 'too-easy' house rules undo my dog's training?"

Andrepparttar 125725 answer is: No, you have nothing to worry about.

However, your dog may start doing things that he NEVER DOES at home. But it's just like a child who goes to Grandma's house and gets away with all kinds of rotten behavior... because she can! But upon returning home, she's smart enough to know that YOUR house rules apply.

But often times, upon coming home,repparttar 125726 dog will try to test you to figure out ifrepparttar 125727 lax rules at Grandma's house are nowrepparttar 125728 same at home. And as long as you're consistent and motivational, it should only take correctingrepparttar 125729 dog for any unwanted behavior ONCE andrepparttar 125730 dog will immediately remember thatrepparttar 125731 old house rules IN YOUR HOUSE are to be respected.

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