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Dec 26, 2013 18:01:21 GMT
Post by katherine on Dec 26, 2013 18:01:21 GMT
Hello everyone my name is Katherine.  My fiance Liam and I just got an 18 week old collie/husky crossbreed dog on the 23rd. We named him Lucas and he is beautiful! However we are having a few problems with starting to train him and I thought I would join a few forums to see if I could get a range of different help and advice for him as I am a first time dog owner and haven't quite found my feet yet!
I understand training takes a lot of time and patience but any help or advice you have for me to help Lucas I would appreciate. Thank you!
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Dec 26, 2013 18:38:27 GMT
Post by lotsofcats on Dec 26, 2013 18:38:27 GMT
Welcome to the forum. I love your puppy Lucas. Although I have 2 dogs I will leave it to the other dog forum members to give you advice - there are lots on here who are into the training and will be able to give you lots of advice as soon as they see this thread.
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Dec 26, 2013 19:27:01 GMT
Post by tonib on Dec 26, 2013 19:27:01 GMT
Welcome to the forum katherine, hope you enjoy it here. Your puppy looks lovely. If you need any help with anything on the forum don't hesitate to ask - we don't bite & all started once I'm Toni with 4 rescue cats aged between 4 & 14. I was brought up with dogs but that was quite a long time ago so can't really give any advice. However I'm sure that you'll find plenty of members of this forum who will help |
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Dec 26, 2013 21:44:57 GMT
Post by SarahHound on Dec 26, 2013 21:44:57 GMT
Hello and welcome! Your dog looks gorgeous, and I'm sure you have joined the right place to get great advice I'm 'Mum' to 2 retired Greyhounds and a Lurcher, all rescues too. |
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Dec 26, 2013 23:13:50 GMT
Post by katherine on Dec 26, 2013 23:13:50 GMT
Hello Everyone! Thank you for your lovely welcomes Sarah, one of my mums best friends has six rescued greyhounds in her house, and its manic! they are a lovely breed though .
My Lucas is really lovely but I'm actually a bit worried that he has a few issues that cause some of his behavior. It breaks my heart  I've become so attached to him within a matter of days!
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Dec 26, 2013 23:28:11 GMT
Post by cazypops on Dec 26, 2013 23:28:11 GMT
Hi katherine welcome to the forum. I'm cazypops and I have a Parsons Russell called Jasper who is 17 months old and two rescue cats Flirty and Bandit, (I say rescue I got them off an ex neighbour, but thats another story.) When we got Jasper it was a lot of years since I had anything to do with a pup so it was like starting from scratch. The best advice I can give you is to have lots of reward treat to hand, like cheese or chicken or cornbeef cut in cubes and every time he does something good or what you've asked him to do then reward straight away and reinforce by telling him he's a good boy. Have you thought about taking him to training classes? I hope this is of some help, but I know there are a lot more people on here who will give you some more, more detailed advice. He looks lovely by the way, no wonder you've fallen for him.  |
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Dec 26, 2013 23:49:30 GMT
Post by gladys on Dec 26, 2013 23:49:30 GMT
Hello katherine Welcome to the forum. So what are the things you are worried about, we will all help if we can. |
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Dec 26, 2013 23:52:21 GMT
Post by katherine on Dec 26, 2013 23:52:21 GMT
Hi crazypops, we do praise him for good behaviour but it's more to do with him having accidents in the house. We've started to toilet train him straight away and created a designated area for him and we keep reinforcing thats where he needs to go but he doesn't get it. We give him good walks at scheduled times and he does potty outside too but sometimes he just does it as and when totally carefree. Someone has suggested crate training him which is a possible route to go down. We live in a flat too so it's not as if we can just open the patio doors and there lies a garden haha.
Also he has issues. He seems a very nervous and anxious dog often with his tail between his legs and growls at passers by and other dogs when we are out. He licks a lot too looking for constant reassurance. I don't know where it stems from as I'm not sure what happened to him before he arrive. Bless him.
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Post by cazypops on Dec 27, 2013 0:05:36 GMT
Do you have a balcony he can use at all? Do you have puppypads down for him to use? if you have as soon as you see he looking like he's going to toilet shepard him to this area and praise if he does it in this place. Is he a rescue dog? puppypal is probably one of the people who may have some advice on how to help him with his nervousness as she has gone through the same thing with her dog. |
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Dec 27, 2013 0:14:10 GMT
Post by katherine on Dec 27, 2013 0:14:10 GMT
He's not a rescue dog no. We don't have a balcony either but we have the pads and layers of newspaper that we line the floor with. If he does it in the house he still doesn't understand his area after being shown it when actually caught in the act. Thanks for your advice I will look forward o he responses :-D
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Dec 27, 2013 10:20:35 GMT
Post by BorderTerrier on Dec 27, 2013 10:20:35 GMT
Hi katherine, welcome. I am BT (technically) and share life with a 3 1/2yo Border Terrier called Earl, who I compete in agility with. Welcome. Try puppy pads instead of newspaper - they are softer and more absorbent. |
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Dec 27, 2013 10:42:26 GMT
Post by katherine on Dec 27, 2013 10:42:26 GMT
Hi BT :-) we are off out today to get some new ones as we've now ran out of them. He has weed on the pads before but he keeps just not fully hitting. He won't take himself in the centre of the pad and so it still ends up on our carpet. Like I say he is shown where to go each time and is out on regular walks too and knows it's okay to poop and wee there because we praise him outside and tell him no in the house.
He also chews his back leg paws sometimes. It looks like he's sticking his paws down his throat which we thought was a bit strange.
Thanks again for all your welcomes. :-)
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Dec 27, 2013 10:59:05 GMT
Post by BorderTerrier on Dec 27, 2013 10:59:05 GMT
Hi BT :-) we are off out today to get some new ones as we've now ran out of them. He has weed on the pads before but he keeps just not fully hitting. He won't take himself in the centre of the pad and so it still ends up on our carpet. Like I say he is shown where to go each time and is out on regular walks too and knows it's okay to poop and wee there because we praise him outside and tell him no in the house. He also chews his back leg paws sometimes. It looks like he's sticking his paws down his throat which we thought was a bit strange. Thanks again for all your welcomes. :-) You sound like your doing all the right things. When he does his business in the house, make sure you say a firm 'no', however don't get really cross and shout as then he could try and hide to do his business in the house so you don't find him and tell him off! (Phew, what a lack of commas that sentence had…). My Earl used to lick his paws a lot as a puppy, and the breeder said that habit went down his generations. The vet gave him the all clear so we could rule out any underlying medical issues. Even if he doesn't take himself to the centre of the puppy pad, at least he has the right idea of peeing on the puppy pad, even if its a little 'out'. Your getting there! |
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Dec 27, 2013 11:14:50 GMT
Post by SarahHound on Dec 27, 2013 11:14:50 GMT
I'd love 6! Don't worry too much about Lucas' issues, and if you worry, he'll worry too, it will feed off you onto him. A lot of rescue dogs have problems and the majority can be overcome with patience and advice, so try not to stress too much Katy had horribly issues when I got her (my blonde Lurcher) and she's turned into a lovely dog who pretty much everyone loves! |
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Post by SarahHound on Dec 27, 2013 11:18:18 GMT
Hi crazypops, we do praise him for good behaviour but it's more to do with him having accidents in the house. We've started to toilet train him straight away and created a designated area for him and we keep reinforcing thats where he needs to go but he doesn't get it. We give him good walks at scheduled times and he does potty outside too but sometimes he just does it as and when totally carefree. Someone has suggested crate training him which is a possible route to go down. We live in a flat too so it's not as if we can just open the patio doors and there lies a garden haha.
Also he has issues. He seems a very nervous and anxious dog often with his tail between his legs and growls at passers by and other dogs when we are out. He licks a lot too looking for constant reassurance. I don't know where it stems from as I'm not sure what happened to him before he arrive. Bless him. Are you using puppy pads? Is there any chance you can scrap them and just go straight to outside? Teaching dogs to pee in the house usually just makes everything take longer, and quite often some dogs taught to pee on pads indoors will never fully house train. My friend has an 8 year old Sheltie and he will still pee on rugs and mats if he needs to go rather than asking out. |
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My fiance Liam and I just got an 18 week old collie/husky crossbreed dog on the 23rd. We named him Lucas and he is beautiful! However we are having a few problems with starting to train him and I thought I would join a few forums to see if I could get a range of different help and advice for him as I am a first time dog owner and haven't quite found my feet yet!
I've become so attached to him within a matter of days! 
