pootiepoo
Well-Known Member
Hi Everyone,
I have two wonderful kids. One is a full Border Collie, Loki, and the other is a Border/Chow mix, Squish. Loki is amazing, so easy to train and totally focused on me and what we I want him to do. Squish on the other hand is not so easy to train. She is only motivated by food/treats when they are together. When I separate them and try to train Squish she literally spits the treat back out! I have tried several different types of food/treats to no avail. What to do? I have read the other posts about finding what drives your dog. Neither of my dogs care about toys or playing tug. I have spent a ton on different toys trying to find something/anything that they would play with or retrieve. Nada. Neither of them care about retrieving. Even Loki doesn't care about retrieving, he knows the command but doesn't get excited about it.
When Squish is away from Loki she will not focus. I can't train them together on everything, it just doesn't work. Even when I do train them together I am not sure they are really "getting it", I think their only motivation is to make sure they get some too .. LOL! When I take Squish out of the yard she only cares about running and chasing the squirrels and rabbits. I would love to give her that as a reward, but she won't come back. She has absolutely no recall. If I take Loki out of the yard and try to train her in the yard she is crazy because she knows he is out of the yard and she is not, so she still has no focus or care for what I am doing.
What to do? How do you train a dog that doesn't seem motivated by anything but running off?
Help!!
Teri
I have two wonderful kids. One is a full Border Collie, Loki, and the other is a Border/Chow mix, Squish. Loki is amazing, so easy to train and totally focused on me and what we I want him to do. Squish on the other hand is not so easy to train. She is only motivated by food/treats when they are together. When I separate them and try to train Squish she literally spits the treat back out! I have tried several different types of food/treats to no avail. What to do? I have read the other posts about finding what drives your dog. Neither of my dogs care about toys or playing tug. I have spent a ton on different toys trying to find something/anything that they would play with or retrieve. Nada. Neither of them care about retrieving. Even Loki doesn't care about retrieving, he knows the command but doesn't get excited about it.
When Squish is away from Loki she will not focus. I can't train them together on everything, it just doesn't work. Even when I do train them together I am not sure they are really "getting it", I think their only motivation is to make sure they get some too .. LOL! When I take Squish out of the yard she only cares about running and chasing the squirrels and rabbits. I would love to give her that as a reward, but she won't come back. She has absolutely no recall. If I take Loki out of the yard and try to train her in the yard she is crazy because she knows he is out of the yard and she is not, so she still has no focus or care for what I am doing.
What to do? How do you train a dog that doesn't seem motivated by anything but running off?
Help!!
Teri