Problem

[fay 75]

right lads bought a dog on tuesday 7 month old dog bag of nerves has taken to me which is good but will not walk on the lead and terriefied of walking threw gates ive tried a few tings with him but still hes very nervous so inanyways wats the best way to work round this any advice welcome

[davey 310]

Time and patients mate

[fay 75]

i no that but is there any ting in between i should b doing do u recken like feed and walk on lead ect tanxs for the reply

[squab 2,875]

i no that but is there any ting in between i should b doing do u recken like feed and walk on lead ect tanxs for the reply

did you know of these problems when you bought it,just wondering thats all cheers

[davey 310]

Sounds like your doing right things I'm not one for treats more of a praise type for me and do a gate on every walk I'd say . I had dog hated my car I spent months sitting in boot of my motor lol after every walk in and out in and out she settled in end but it took time

[fay 75]

no didnt no the dog never wore a collar or noting ive got that sorted but nerves is absolutley brutal he hears a dog bark n hes gone im trying certain tings with him when feeding i put him on the lead and hoax him wih the food so he has to walk to eat bu still very nervous hes very paly full wih oher dogs i got the sense that hes more confident round dogs than humans

[stabba 10,745]

no didnt no the dog never wore a collar or noting ive got that sorted but nerves is absolutley brutal he hears a dog bark n hes gone im trying certain tings with him when feeding i put him on the lead and hoax him wih the food so he has to walk to eat bu still very nervous hes very paly full wih oher dogs i got the sense that hes more confident round dogs than humans

Then you have to make yourself more interesting than other dogs mate. Time and patience is the key. Play tug with a bit of rope. Get to his level. When he comes give him rubs and fusses but make it playful. He'll come round eventually.

[nans pat 2,575]

stick him behind a bit of game he wont be thinking of nerves.

[Hot Meat 3,109]

Bought a dog on tues Ffs....: gee the mutt a bit of time

[Arctic Weasel 1]

Hi mate

 

I've always found it handy (while supervised obviously) with young dogs to clip a lenght of rope to their collar, make it just long enought for them to step on every now and then and let them trot about the garden and almost lead train themselves. Back years ago I had a JRT that used to grab the rope on what was a nervous lurcher pup and would walk it around the garden, it took the stress out of it and turned it into a game in the end.

 

Atb

[neil cooney 10,416]

Artic Weasel, that is some of the worst advise I've ever seen on this forum, and that's saying something.

What your saying is that the dog by tripping itself up and standing on a rope that the other end is around it's neck it will lead train itself ????????????

Think long and hard about your advise.

 

Fay, if the pup is nervous because it's last owner made it that way then you have some chance with a bit of love and kindness.

If it was born nervous, well, IMO there are no room for nerves of any sort in ANY working dog.

Don't confuse a dog that's suspicious of strangers with nerves. Two different things.

I've seen collies (and collie bred lurchers) that would hide when there was a stranger around (both dog or human) but were demons at their work.

If you got the pup only last Tuesday then I wouldn't even have it out of the garden yet.

It doesn't know or trust you yet so why would it trust you to put it in a vehicle or walk it near traffic and other strange things ?

One step at a time but like I said IMO there are no room for nerves in a working dog.

[desertbred 5,490]

just get the dog out and around people. spend as much time with it as possible grooming it playing with it just making a fuss it sounds like its never been socialised and has just been round the litter all the time, As some one said time and patience it will come right in the end,

[Casso 1,264]

Desire is how fear is overcome in humans and animals , wild animals have to venture out every day to feed themselves and put themselves in dangerous situations because the desire to eat overpowers the fear inside

 

One has to outweight the other and as one builds the other falls like a scales, your best tool to work with is the hunger in the mutt , throw out the bowl and only feed by hand on you , beside you and near fear full situations

 

Nervous and sensitive dogs have a huge issue sustaining contact with folk a good test is to see how long the pup can keep its front paws on you while both of you are standing, jumping on and off again will most likely be the outcome, so my advice is to only feed where there is fear to overcome, don't fuss or hug or hassle the pup , give it a quiet place and just observe the growing personality , you will only see it if you let the pup make all the approaches , best of luck,,

[Arctic Weasel 1]

Sorry my last post cut short as using fecking phone.

 

Basically I was approx 17 - 18 when I did this and had no one around me to help etc as it was my first pup and forums weren't about then.

 

As previously stated the pup was extremely nervous around leads and the slow build up of pressure on her neck and the leading by the JRT helped to build her confidence. The JRT did lead only as if guiding and never ragged or pulled and whenever this was done it was in an enclosed garden and supervised be me at all times. Again apologies if this was bad advice but it worked for me back then as I was a young lad trying to think through a problem and it slowly built up the pups confidence over a week or so period getting her used to the restriction around her neck etc and the rope was not long enough for constant tripping as that would be barbaric. In the end she allowed me to take the lead and move forward and we went on to learn a lot together, she was used to lamp and retrieve live to hand and work with ferrets, by most peoples standards she may not have been the best dog in the world but to me back then she was.

 

I will happily admit that there are people on here that have forgotten more about training dogs than I will ever know, so I will think twice before posting my obviously limited experience again.

 

Fay - apologies if this interfered with your thread and hope you sort the problem.

 

Atb

[bird 10,014]

 

i no that but is there any ting in between i should b doing do u recken like feed and walk on lead ect tanxs for the reply

did you know of these problems when you bought it,just wondering thats all cheers

 

that's what one thing I can never understand , why people get young dogs that got to showing this kind of temp, and at this age deff would . Ok if you buy a little 8 week old pup, you never really know what temp will come through, but you can see what your getting there+ then at 7 months old . I wouldn't bother with it, you could go to another place and see a stable+ bold young dog, that will a lot easier to train+ bond with . my dogs are sensitive + wimpy temps that I don't like in any dog, more so a working dog .But it does what I like in the field when hunthing, so you put up with a the temp, but if were just pet dogs don't think I would keep either of them .!