The article analyzes the causes of poor dog obedience. Advice on how to eliminate them is given. How to make a dog obey its owner. Read the tips suggested by the dog handler. To answer this question, you must first understand what it means "poorly obeying or not obeying at all"? Is it ignoring commands completely or from time to time, or maybe it is executing them inaccurately or too slowly? Familiar situations, isn't it?
There can be several reasons for poor obedience
The first is that the dog is simply not trained enough. What does it mean?
Let's say you came to the karate section and learned how a particular blow is performed. But this does not mean at all that you can apply it in a real combat situation. After six months of classes, you will already have some skill, but you must agree that your movements will still, of course, be inferior to those of a master with a black belt. So it is with the dog. For 3-4 months of training, only a basic course is given, "skill" is developed, that is, the dog's understanding of its task and the ability to more or less correctly perform it. And in order for this skill to turn into a "skill", that is, a movement memorized to automatism and performed under any circumstances, it takes much more time (about a year).
Doesn't execute a command nearby
Suppose, however, that you have been training a skill for a really long time, and the result still does not look the way you would like it to be. This often happens because the dog has a rather vague idea of what to do. For example, while practicing the command “beside”, you periodically weakened your attention and allowed her to step back a little, smell something to the side, or lag behind. As a result, the movement of the animal along the team "next to" have wider boundaries than accepted by the standard. How quickly you can change this now depends on your stubbornness. Take your time to unfasten the leash. Practice the movement nearby (or any other), clearly imagining his ideal image. All deviations from this image should be strictly suppressed.
Doesn't follow the command to sit
It also happens that it is wrong to follow the command. You yourself taught the dog. For example, by submitting sit command, the owner waits for a response 1 … 3 … 5 … 8 seconds, then loses his temper and seats the dog by force, hoping that next time the animal will do everything on demand. And the animal just remembered that the command "to sit" is performed like this: first you wait 1 … 3 … 5 … 8 seconds, and then you briskly sit down.
Doesn't execute a command to me
But worst of all, when the owner teaches the dog not to pay attention to his commands at all. Indifference is developed when the fulfillment or non-fulfillment of an order is not encouraged or punished in any way. For example, a half-trained dog is released too early from the leash and does not react to the tenfold selfless master's “to me”. Thus, command "to me" ceases to carry any information for the animal. The solution to the problem in this case may be to change the team (for example, instead of "to me" use "here") and teach it from scratch so that there are no associations with past behavior.
If you are sure that the dog is superbly trained and does not follow your orders at all because of a misunderstanding, then this is a reason to reconsider your relationship with her. Most likely, the animal has too high a status in your family, and the leader will not obey the subdominant. Lower your dog's rank and the problem of disobedience will disappear.
And the last, possible reason for poor obedience is the well-being of the animal. Take your dog to the veterinarian to rule it out.
Remember, a trained dog is a happy dog, and the time spent training your friend will pay off in the long run.
