Dog not heeding (HELP!!)

cheepskate_2

We must have the same dog O.P.

Our cocker just heads exactly like yours with not a glance back.

Saw someone with treats for their young cocker, but they had them in a bag and shoogled them about for it, going to try the noisy treats later in the week.

I know if like ours once they go nothing brings them back.

We have had a bit of success with mathessons sausage, poor hubby says the dog gets better snacks than him.

as well as the sausages cut into little bits, we tend to have to pre-empt any situation. If we see a dog we now recall her with the tasty sausage and put her onto a lead, keeping her interested with the treats.

We constantly call her back for no reason and give her treats, it gets so bad sometimes that we are tripping over her as she just follows your feet and plonks her bum at them even when we havent called her, just to get her treat.

In the house again recall with the sausage, just to reinforce the come to the sausage message.

I am very proud to say for 1 time only we had our girl heeling /recalling and looking at me on a bit of open grass EVEn when her favourite doggy walked past.

Unfortunelty it's never worked like that again, but i live in hope

moomin5

If your going to use a longline/extender lead its a good idea to attach it to a harness rather than a collar to protect the neck from damage, which is more likely with the speed sighthound types can run at.

mrcol1000

Tartanmax wrote: »

mrcol1000- I'm in the middle of the countryside so it's not a situation where he can run off onto roads etc, I am completely surrounded by fields and not much else really.
As for exercise I do find that even when he's been kept on the lead and walked 3-4 times a day for an hour at a time he still gets very board and restless.. it's the whippet bit in him it does need loads of outdoor running time. If he's not walked for at least an hour off leash a day he is one hyper puppy! :eek:

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It was actually more to do with meeting other dogs. Even if he is friendly to other dogs they may not be to him. My dog is not friendly to other dogs but we have got her now to a point where is she is okay as long as dogs don't come too close. Twice she has gone for dogs who depsite her warning them with a growl and bark have come up to her and their owners have ignored me asking them to call the dog back or haven't been able to. Luckily she is on a lead and I can get her to move away with me but not all owners can do that or would do that. Also if something like a rabbit or squirrel got her attention and ran after it you might never see your dog again if you can't call her back.

Tartanmax

Thanks for all your replies, they are really helpful.

As it currently stands I've decided that he's going to have to be leash bound while he's back to doggy training school.. as he's already used to being on a harness ( due to when he was younger he had a tendency to tug the leash) i think an extender lead and tasty treats for now may be the answer.
As for other dogs, he's a puppy and wants to play he's not aggressive at all but sometimes i think it may not be a bad thing for him to be told off by another dog ie learn some doggy manners?
The problem is where i live there are not that many dogs around so when he gets to socialise it's not that often which i don't think i helping matters!
My dad has two highly trained working dogs so i thought he'd learn a thing or two of them.. no such luck ( they're girls!!) and they are constantly telling him off.. it doesn't seem to phase him at all!

I'm also thinking that it may be time to get him done, ( something i didn't want to do unless i needed to) to eliminate the "ooohhh girls lol" bit.

From the replies you have all given it seems a combination of a few things...

Teenage years
Boy
Training!

Back to dog school he's going preferably before I lose my patience and be anymore mortified when he's deciding to completely ignore me.

Thanks again for the replies.

Maxine

Tartanmax

Ps. I'll give the tug of war type games when he's out a try and he loves those kind of games.. although i was under the impression that you shouldn't really play those games with staffy types as it can foster an aggresive nature?????

sarabe

Tartanmax wrote: »

Ps. I'll give the tug of war type games when he's out a try and he loves those kind of games.. although i was under the impression that you shouldn't really play those games with staffy types as it can foster an aggresive nature?????

On the contrary, you absolutely should play these games with him to give him an outlet for his need to bite and pull. This will make your dog very attracted to you, which is after all, exactly what you need at the moment. You are also teaching him what is OK to bite and putting it completely under your control.

Because your dog is legging it across two football pitches then he must be experiencing a tremendous burst of energy. Keeping him on a lead or calling him back and giving him a treat is not going to give him anywhere near that feeling of satisfaction that he gets when he is running away towards other dogs. Playing tug will though.

If you allow your dog to win the toy when he tugs before the point where he starts to get too enthused with it then there will be no element of competition and therefore no 'fostering an aggressive nature' just a satisfied dog who will probably bring you the toy and ask you to tug with him again.