New here (sasha)

[steroid69]

My lovely 15weeks Sasha, she can be annoying sometimes when she refuses to even answer a *come* command.

 

[Iulicris88]

She's adorable, love her colouring. She's also probably suffering from a condition rather frequent in pups. It is called selective hearing and alows the pup to hear only certain words, like food, play etc, but not things like no, come here, don't go. Should go away in time, under the right conditions.
On a more serious note, by the look of those pictures, i think you should cut down her food a little bit or you risk some health issues long term.

 

[tmricciuto]

She is so cute. I agree that she does look a bit thick though.

 

[CeeCee]

Adorable! Welcome

 

[BAMCB]

Welcome! She is a cutie!

 

[steroid69]

Thanks all... Regarding the selective hearing suggestion, you said it will go away with time. Are the right conditions to b made by me or occurs naturally? Although I hope its not her case because she responds sometimes, she also responds to sit, speak and down commands, we are working on stay and fetch at the moment.
I will cut down on the food just a little. But its okay to feed her 3 times a day.

 

[Hiraeth]

Thanks all... Regarding the selective hearing suggestion, you said it will go away with time. Are the right conditions to b made by me or occurs naturally? Although I hope its not her case because she responds sometimes, she also responds to sit, speak and down commands, we are working on stay and fetch at the moment.I will cut down on the food just a little. But its okay to feed her 3 times a day.

I believe the comment about 'selective hearing' was meant sarcastically. Time won't fix it. Consistent training will, however.

And it's okay to feed her three times a day depending on how much you feed her. Being overweight is very hard on a growing dog's joints and puts extra stress on their frame. You should cut back or go down to two meals.

 

[DennasMom]

Yes, selective hearing is a long-term thing.

We have that problem here, too... I hardly ever use "come"...but when I use it, I MEAN it, and Denna knows there is no arguing with it... we have a more casual "com'ere" command for use around the house, in order to reserve "come" for official business, so to speak.

The biggest thing about "come" is that you can NEVER use it to call her to you for a punishment - that means no "Come, get in your crate so I can leave", no "Come, so I can put on your leash and we can leave the park", no "Come, get away from that dog"... Come must ALWAYS mean "Come get LOVE and PRAISE and COOKIES". Or at least 99.5% of the time. If you want to be able to use it for the other reasons that other 0.5% of the time, you need to increase how often you use it for all the good stuff. Keep pots of treats all over the house, and randomly call her to "come" and give her a cookie. Then, let her be about her business. You can mix in just love and praise with the treats, randomly, too...

Also, don't let her ignore you. When you say "come" everything else stops until she is next to you in the proper "come" location (what ever YOU decide that location is).

There are games you can play to make "come" a habit and basically a muscle memory reaction. The more you practice good "come" behavior, and reward it well, the better it will be in all situations.
It's a life-long job to keep "come" being a good, reliable command. Keep it fun and that will help a LOT.

And... she's a cutie! Love the brindles (I may be biased).

 

[steroid69]

@DennasMom this is well explained. I use the *come* command for every situation which is the mistake you have pointed out clearly.
My approach from now will be to use the *come* command for only nice things at least for a week or two she should be more appreciative to that command within the period.

I love obedient and well behaved dogs and am working my sasha towards that lol

 

[Hiraeth]

@DennasMom this is well explained. I use the *come* command for every situation which is the mistake you have pointed out clearly. My approach from now will be to use the *come* command for only nice things at least for a week or two she should be more appreciative to that command within the period.I love obedient and well behaved dogs and am working my sasha towards that lol

You should only use the 'come' command for nice things for the rest of her life, if you want her recall to be rock solid. Otherwise, if you use it to call her for punishment, there is always a chance she will blow you off because she knows she's about to be punished.

 

[Smokeycat]

Kryten is a selective hearing dog when it comes to the 'come' command so I changed what I used when he needs to come back to me now to a double whistle. He will ignore come on occasion but not the whistle. An extra benefit is that the whistle carries better in the wind than my voice or groups of barking dogs.

Sent from my SM-G920W8 using Tapatalk

 

[Boxergirl]

In addition to the excellent advice on recall already given, I'll add that you should never call your dog to you if you are unable to enforce it. Meaning that if you call her and she doesn't immediately come, don't keep calling. Go get her. Calmly and matter of factly, not in frustration or anger. Don't chase or make it a game. I like to work with recall on a long line first so puppy can be reeled in if necessary. If you have someone that can help you, puppy ping pong is a fun game for recall. People on opposite sides of the yard or room and call pup to you. When pup comes give yummy treats. This is a case where I use a high value treat - something the dog really, really loves. Make sure to figure treats into the total amount of food per day.

Welcome, btw. Your pup has beautiful coloring.