How did you train your dog?

I've had a few different people comment on the way i've trained my rottweiler. I punish with my tone, which i get many compliments on how they wish their dog would listen like that. But since she's a big girl, we play rough; we push her around, smack her big butt (not hard of course), and she gets all excited and ready to play. I love the way my dog is trained, she knows she has done wrong when i change my tone (which she knows is the equivalent to her getting beat, which is absolutely unnecessary under any circumstances), but she associates shoving and a soft smack for play time. Since she was previously abused, there was no way i was going to even give her a small tap for punishment, so this is the way we taught her. She's a great dog, we love her so very much.


So, did you train your dog anything unique?How did you train your dog?
Our dog sounds similar to yours... with just a sharpness or deeper voice we can call him or say his name and he comes (slowly) knowing he did something wrong. Likewise, when we want to play we give his tush a push. We'll also make a fist and say ';you want one of these?'; and he comes straight up to you and puts your fist in his mouth. We rough-house with our dog, but we don't beat him. Playful pushes, taps and punches get him all riled up. My husband will sometimes pick im up first... that really gets him crazy when he is set back down on the floor. :)





As for other training, he isn't big on fetch, but he will play tug-of-war with his rope until your arm is ready to fall off. We also make sure when we give him a new toy we say it's name a lot. So, we can tell him to go get his chicken and he'll take off looking for it.





Edit: ';Ashley'; did you even read the question?!How did you train your dog?
okay 2 things..NEVER EVER HIT OR YELL AT A DOG! If ther ever do anything wrong, just scold but not in a yelling scold. You trian them when ther puppies so when there adults they know everything you taught them :D
Sounds like you are doing a fine job...........I train dogs for a living and I wish more people would think about disciplining their dogs fairly
I think it's okay the way you treat your dog... Probably because that's how we trained our dogs. They obey me when I get a stern tone, but when we're playing, they push us over and we push them over and give them ';spankings'; - our one dog goes nuts when we slap her rump. She knows it is playing! :)
Actually I trained my min pin the same way and I do the same playing with him. He understands a firm ';NO'; and stops when I say it to him, also when I walk him and he goes somewhere he isn't supposed to I tell him ';NO'; and he procedes with our walk. No need to beat a dog they listen to the tone and all dogs understand if you have the '; I'm The Boss'; taught to them.


James D
well, like you, i like to play rough with my dogs. i smack em on the rump, and grab their jaws, they get goofy and silly.


but my dogs also work at a retirement home. they know when is work, and when is play.


the physical corrections i have issued are few and far between.


NO (why did is say usually? NO always works if i need them to stop something...) works for me, because they have been conditioned to listen to it.





if you have your dog trained so that it listens to you, and respects you, then the rest of the world with their yappy, obnoxious, untrained dogs should just butt out.
Positive reinforcement and praise !!! My Pitty's doesn't know any cool moves he just knows his basic commands and some tricks...





He isn't the brightest dog in the world..He now how to give me his paw, high 5, rollover, sit lay down, ...you know the basic's





But I still 鈾?him!!!!
People really need to thoroughly read the question........duhhhhh.





Anyway, I have found one of the greatest ways of training my APBT is with my tone of voice. THAT one thing has helped incredibly. She is never punished in a physical way but when she insists of being difficult I put her in a sit/stay. She moves, she goes back. The more grief she gives me, the longer she stays.





And we also play with her the same way you do your Rottie. But we do NOT allow any mouth on human flesh.





I'd say you are doing great. Not every dog can be trained the same way. If I use a forceful tone of voice with one of my other dogs, they will cower. So, 'one size does not fill all.'
Sounds like you have done a fine job training your dog. Well done, and congratulations. If your methods work, good for you.





Tone training is really good, and I use the command-and-treat method for young puppies as well or shy dogs, slowly depleting the treats and eventually just giving a treat every now and again. If a dog doesn't respond well to treats, I've found that their toys work in helping their prey drive trigger that desire to play, and toys can then be substituted for treats. I don't support always giving a treat, but there's no real harm in doing that; your dog just may not obey you if it sees you have no reward for it.


After a while, collar corrections can be used (if you know what you're doing and have a proper martingale collar for it) if necessary. Long leashes are great for umbilical if your dog has a poor walking habit or a bad/incorrect heel command, and it prepares them really well for Rally-O.





I dabbled in clicker-training methods for a bit, but I find some dogs don't respond to it at all, or poorly, so it's only for very alert dogs with an even temperament that are being set up for whistle-guiding (such as working stockyard or herding dogs).
Yeah, my dogs react to the ';pee-pee voice'; when they've done something wrong. I look them right in the eye and tell them I'm very disappointed in them in an ';angry'; voice. When we're having fun and they do something good, I tell them that in a happy voice.





But nothing beats real training. Even though I've had dogs for 20 years, I still take every one of my dogs, regardless of age, to an age-appropriate training class. Really helps with bonding, especially with dogs that have been abused.





All of my dogs love it when I lightly slap their cheeks. They'll even walk up to me and open their mouths slightly so it makes an echoing noise.





I never use physical abuse for training. There is no room for it in my training methods.
Sounds like the dog is trained well to me. Dogs have to be trained with a system of rewards and punishment. Tone of voice is a good way to approach this as you can praise to reward them and scold to punish. Another reward that works very well when training a dog are treats.
My dog trainer is teaching us how to train our 6 mos old max..What he told us seems to be working and it doesn't hurt the dog..He told us to a choke collar and a leash put the both on him when we get up and when we come home and when he does something he shouldn't we get up and tell him no pop the leash from behind the dog and then in a high voice tell him his is a good dog..Popping the leash doesn't not hurt him..He said when to put it on put it on in a P shape.





No dog should ever be hit...congrats
The only problem I can see with this is you are conditioning her to play rough in this manner. If a little child were to push her and tap her butt she may take it as a signal it's time for rough play and accidentally hurt the child.It's really better not to teach a dog something that won't be acceptable in every situation, because you may have to depend on the dog to know the difference. I have a German Shepherd Dog and I won't allow rough play with her because we have babies and toddlers in the extended family. My great nieces and nephews learned to walk holding on to her for security.