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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Serious training.  Now.[/quote]

Ok what are your credentials? Curious if you're a trainer. And I know I want to train her more but my post is about the differing views. One is positive reinforcement and leadership. The other is the collar [/quote]

My credentials are I have been fostering dogs for about five years, including litters of puppies.  I am not a trainer.  I take dogs with challenges to a trainer.  I've worked with a few, try Blue Ridge Canine.  They are in Culpepper but do meet ups in the DC metro area.

The thing about training is it isn't finished.  It's ongoing.  We spent Sunday every week for months meeting our trainer at a park, with others, for training.  Some of the participants actually send their dogs away to live with the trainers for a while.  Yes, I use but the carrot and the stick - prong collars and high value treats.  Bits of hot dog are the best.  I've even used an e collar but just the beep and vibrate, not the shock.  Whatever it takes to keep a dog behaving in a way that you... can keep the dog.

Have the dog evaluated.  It may not be the dog for you.  I rescue dogs and don't want any to be abandoned but you can't have a dog in your home you can't trust.  [/quote]

Thanks. So you're disagreeing with the PP's advice on keeping it positive? This is our first dog. She's great! I am naturally scared of dogs and she probably can tell.  I think there is some great advice from all angles. We need to work on training more. She does sit and wait before gojng out or eating and does sit down and stay etc. but we need to work on it more. We do like 5 min a day. [/quote]

Please ignore the pp.  Prong collars and shock collars are not the way to go.  Your dog is communicating with you. Why would you want to take that away?  Also, your dog may not need to sleep in the crate.  My dog is very good about sleeping at night when we are asleep and doesn't do anything bad when not in the crate.    I do agree training is on going but there is no need to move a sleeping dog![/quote]

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