Training A Stubborn Dog To Come

How to train a stubborn dog.

Training a stubborn dog to come.

It can be refusing to come in from the backyard or get off furniture. In my 15 years of training i ve not yet run into a stubborn or hard headed dog. I empathize with dog parents frustrations while also empathizing. My dog is so stubborn he knows better he s just hard headed usually the owner who says these words is frustrated with his dog because the dog s not listening.

A common training mistake is to recall the dog put the leash on and go home. Follow my other videos here. Reward your dog each time they come to the person who called them. Teaching come begin with the dog on a six foot lead.

Dogs will likely learn to view recall as a sign. Take advantage of this latent instinct with the counter intuitive action of backing away from the dog. When bad habits refuse to budge pet owners can wind up feeling frustrated exhausted and defeated. I went with the example of coming across another dog during a walk and ignoring your commands to stop but if you re dealing with a stubborn dog you know that they show it in many different ways.

As you are running hold a treat at the dog s nose level to serve as a lure. As a dog trainer i hear expressions like my dog is stubborn or my dog refuses to listen to me on a weekly basis. For example if your dog is usually stubborn on walks bring the high reward treats on your walks and give them to your dog whenever it listens to you. With the right encouragement the dog will move toward you allowing you to label the action of closing the distance as come.

In this video i talk about how to work through stubborn behaviors speeding up commands and redirecting negative behaviors. Why let the dog think that come is a multiple choice request. To train a stubborn dog use special high reward treats to reward it when it does something you want like boiled chicken string cheese or a chicken hot dog.