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<blockquote data-quote="Which Tyler" data-source="post: 949864" data-attributes="member: 73592"><p>I'd say that the most important is to find a rewards-based trainer; and to socialise.</p><p></p><p>Treat the training as human-training with your dog along for the ride, because its you that's doing the learning, her a little, but not so much. And based around rewards and play is very important - basically, when she's got a mind of her own, you want whatever you've got to offer her to be more interesting than that cat on the other side of the road.</p><p></p><p>Socialising - needs to be done where she feels safe, and introduce her to as many different dogs, humans, and generally stuff that might spook her. But you also need to be careful not to over-stimulate her, and make sure she's comfortable whilst doing this. Good puppy classes will include a lot of this, and remember that you get to ask the trainer questions as well. Dogs spook at things like big dogs, little dogs, black dogs, tall men, short women, kids, people in hats, people wearing glasses, people with beards, deep voices, high voices, singing, horses... the list goes on and on. The more she meets these things without being spooked, and preferably without a big deal being made of it, then the more she'll ignore them later in life.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Which Tyler, post: 949864, member: 73592"] I'd say that the most important is to find a rewards-based trainer; and to socialise. Treat the training as human-training with your dog along for the ride, because its you that's doing the learning, her a little, but not so much. And based around rewards and play is very important - basically, when she's got a mind of her own, you want whatever you've got to offer her to be more interesting than that cat on the other side of the road. Socialising - needs to be done where she feels safe, and introduce her to as many different dogs, humans, and generally stuff that might spook her. But you also need to be careful not to over-stimulate her, and make sure she's comfortable whilst doing this. Good puppy classes will include a lot of this, and remember that you get to ask the trainer questions as well. Dogs spook at things like big dogs, little dogs, black dogs, tall men, short women, kids, people in hats, people wearing glasses, people with beards, deep voices, high voices, singing, horses... the list goes on and on. The more she meets these things without being spooked, and preferably without a big deal being made of it, then the more she'll ignore them later in life. [/QUOTE]
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