Daft dog - what to tackle first?

gettingready

Frith wrote: »

He doesn't seem to know his name or notice that we are calling/shouting/whistling/jumping up and down waving at him.

Has it crossed your mind he may actually be deaf? I would be quite concerned and ty to find out to be honest - by what you said above.

SensibleSarah

Good point about the deafness - actually quite a strong possibility if his main colour is white. I have a rescue dalmatian and because she has a little hearing in one ear then it wasn't picked up that she was at least 75% deaf until I'd adopted her. Out of a range of about 5 metres she simply can't hear things at some frequencies at all - including human voices/shouting. Definitely something to consider looking into if he appears unresponsive to any noises you make.

catoutthebag

OP TITLE AND POST MADE ME:rotfl:

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catoutthebag

Can you cuff/chain him outside fir a bit so you can at least get a good night's kip?

harrys_nan

http://www.petsathome.com/shop/en/pets/pee-training-post-for-dogs-and-puppies

This may help with the toilet training.

Jojo_the_Tightfisted

Frith wrote: »

Yesterday we picked up our new dog from a rescue kennels. He is an 18 month old stb.


He's completely mad! The only time he sits still is when he's in the car (looking out of the window). He howled all night long and ate an advent calendar, the folder of info the kennels gave me, a wooden Christmas tree and a bongo... He's had a go at various other shoes and things and cleared the bookcase of books.


What should we tackle first? He is not house trained (or has forgotten about it). We have been taking him out to the same post every single hour. He waits until we get back in then wees on the floor within minutes.


He doesn't seem to know his name or notice that we are calling/shouting/whistling/jumping up and down waving at him.


His plus points are he is pretty good on a lead and not interested in other dogs.


We've got to introduce him to the cat at some point. :-/

Putting some higher shelves up. Including one the Cat can get to.

elsien

My bull terrier was manic when he first landed - stress, anxiety, everything new. He wasn't deaf, but might as well have been for all the notice he took of me.
Yours possibly needs time, routine, calmness, and consistency and may not take very much in until his stress levels have calmed down a bit.
Try crate training. Try having him upstairs to start with - you can always move his bed/crate away from you and back downstairs over time. And if you feed him a treat every time you say his name and he looks at you, he'll get it pretty quickly.
Too much shouting and waving though is going to wind him up again, so bring everything down a level till he's more settled. Good luck - took a few weeks before we started getting anywhere.

HB58

Ah, the penny has just dropped, I think. SBT = staffie, yes? Training any dog is a matter of time and patience, I'm sure your lad will get the hang of things and you will have a lovely canine companion

MrCrimeFiction

If you Facebook Zak George, he is fantastic at uploading videos to facebook about training dogs. Ive got so much great info from him its unreal.

prosaver

it reminds me of that story of a blind man.

i saw a blind mans dog, wees on the blindman.

then he bends over and gives it some chocolate.

i hurried over to him, and asked .
.thats strange why do u give him chocolate after that dreadful act.
he replies
'so i know where too kick him in the !!!! when he eats the chololate
... lol