How much time a day should I spend training my lab and german shepard wolf?
- Thursday Dec 24,2009 03:27 PM
- By diddy
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I have two dogs how much time should i spend training them. How much time a day should I spend training my lab and german shepard wolf? Also is there a website that will show me how to train them.
The shepard wolf learns quick its just the hyper lab that give me problems its hard to train her because she is goofy and makes me laugh.
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The whole time they are awake.
Whenever you are not DELIBERATELY training your pets, if they are awake they are nevertheless learning things - and you will probably NOT like what they learn!
But until you are in a class & the instructor says otherwise, you are to use only reward-reinforcement methods.
And you were a fool to get 2 pups at the same time. Let alone 2 of the same sex! I hope one is a natural gamma or omega, and the other is NOT an uppity beta, or you are going to have problems as they approach 3 years old and "gender pecking order" becomes important to them.
You should have been in a training-club class that started when your pup turned 18-22 weeks old. Book in now with your Lab, seeing as it is the one you are having problems with. There YOU will be coached to improve your training techniques; at the same time the pooch learns to pay attention regardless of what other dogs & people are doing.
Web-sites, books, videos can NOT observe the mistakes you are making then set about coaching you. Only an instructor can do that.
I doubt that your wolf-mix has enough wolf-genes in it to worry about, but if it does you will soon need the services of the member of my group who operates a wolf-dog sanctuary - wolves do NOT tolerate the training methods that domestic dogs put up with, they do NOT put up with being confined to a small area. You will also find that few training clubs will accept a wolf-dog, which means you will need to pay a pro trainer to guide you - but not many pros have worthwhile experience at training wolves.
Join some of the YahooGroups dedicated to various aspects of living with GSDs, some with Labradors. Each group’s Home page tells you which aspects they like to discuss, and how active they are. Unlike YA, they are set up so that you can have an ongoing discussion with follow-up questions for clarification. Most allow you to include photos.
Don’t expect to find anyone knowledgeable in a group for "shepards" - those dogs don’t exist. My breed was developed to HERD sheep in the German boundary patrolling way, so its real name translates as German Shepherd Dog.
Les P, owner of GSD_Friendly: http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/GSD_Friendly
"In GSDs" as of 1967
You really should try training them separately as they will both learn differently. If they are young, the attention span is very short, so several sessions for about 5 to 10 minutes should work. Older dogs can go longer, but not too long. Break up the training sessions with play time.
I’m in agility class (the thing where you teach dogs to jump through hoops and tunnels and stuff.)
well any way the lady who runs it says about thirty Min’s a day.So in your case 30 Min’s for one dog And 30 Min’s for the other so a total of 1 hour. hope this helps
Couple questions for you. Are they food or play motivated? (Do they prefer treats or play during training) How old are they? I use 2-4 months of age 4/5 minutes training twice a day. 5-10 months up to 10 - 15 minutes twice a day. After a year 20 minutes or more twice a day depending on how the dog is responding. Also when out on walks I’ll have them sit or down or anything just to reinforce that the behavior is required no matter where we are, not just in the house or yard. Train them separately so they don’t get distracted by what the other is doing.
And a good website: http://www.loveyourdog.com/watch.html
it’s free and has a lot of valuable training lessons
I agree with Bonzie. Very good suggestion. Don’t forget to reward with treats or their favorite toy!
And Fionna…LIGHTEN UP. Geez…no need to belittle someone asking some simple advice. What is wrong with a little laughter? Seems to me like you could use some.
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