| Basically, the dog needs to associate a negative | | | | corrected for it. (Or if you go out to dinner, and |
| experience with jumping up on the fence. But, this | | | | leave him unsupervised.) |
| negative experience must have three things going | | | | Until he drops the behavior, he can't be allowed to |
| for it. | | | | do it and not get corrected. So, everytime he has |
| First, the negative must happen right as he is | | | | a chance to do it, you must be in a position to |
| jumping up on the fence. Second, it must be | | | | correct him. |
| motivational. Kinda like when a cop gives you a | | | | There are at least three more ways to do this. |
| ticket for speeding, but the ticket is only for $2, | | | | 1.) Take a sunday afternoon. Put the training |
| you'll probably wait until you get 100 tickets | | | | collar, and the 1 foot leash on the dog, and leave |
| before you even consider changing your behavior. | | | | him in the backyard.... but keep your eye on him |
| But, if it's a good $250 ticket, it won't take too | | | | through the kitchen window. Have the kid in the |
| many (maybe one or two) to make you stop | | | | next yard create a ruckus, and when the dog |
| speeding. | | | | jumps up on the fence, you immediately yell "No, |
| In other words, you must find your dog's | | | | no, no!" as you run out the door, and up to the |
| sensitivity level. For behavior modification, I'd tend | | | | dog, and correct. (No, no, no forces him to |
| to error on the side of slightly over correcting, | | | | remember what he's being corrected for.) Even if |
| rather than under correcting. You don't care if the | | | | he's no longer got his feet on the wall, he should |
| dog never jumps up on the fence again, and you | | | | be able to associate the correction with the |
| don't care if he has a poor attitude when it | | | | behavior (within 7 to 12 seconds after the fact.) |
| comes to it. (Unlike obedience exercises.) Bottom | | | | 2.) You can get a boundary and perimeter electric |
| line is that the correction must be motivational. | | | | containment system, similar to what Gene |
| And third, he must get the correction every time | | | | described. The collar will be triggered when he |
| he does the behavior. Again, if it's a motivational | | | | jumps up on the fence. Or you can do the same |
| correction, he'll only try it once, twice, or at the | | | | thing with an electric collar. Set the collar to your |
| most, three or four times before deciding it's not | | | | dogs sensitivity level (check the manual).... and |
| in his best interest. | | | | watch him through the window. When the dog |
| What should you do? You can try several things. | | | | jumps on the wall, you push the button. Shouldn't |
| Have a kid hide on the other side of the fence | | | | take more than catching him twice before he |
| with a high powered garden hose. Tempt him to | | | | never jumps on the wall again. |
| jump up on the fence. When he does, blast him! | | | | 3.) The poor man's solution is to glue mouse traps |
| You can also set him up with a training collar and | | | | (not rat traps!) to the top of the fence, so when |
| tab (short leash) and go out and give him a | | | | the dog jumps up.... "snap!" he receives a negative. |
| correction when he does it, but make sure you | | | | This also works well for house plants, too! |
| keep the dog confined when you can't be there | | | | That's all for now, folks! |
| to correct the behavior. | | | | Adam |
| At night, confine him to either a crate or a dog | | | | Dogproblems. |
| run... so he can't do the behavior and not get | | | | |