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I joined this site several months ago while looking for Basset breeders. I actually found a good one, and a great pup who is growing up well. However I have some questions that perhaps only basset owners can help with.
Katie Bug is 7 months old. She has been spayed and is doing well. She is a ball of energy still. LOL! And here I thought bassets were lazy. OH no...not her!
I signed her up for an obediance class, but we have had a lot of canceled classes due to snow. But one of the biggest obsticles to me is the trainer. First she said Katie was sure to be the class clown, based only on her breed. Then when I was struggling in class to get her attention...the teacher told me to just be patient, bassets were slower than other breeds. To not expect as much.
Our 1 year old Chihuahua is in the same class and is excelling. He has sit, down, give me your paw, all down cold. We are using the same methods...but Katie is definatly not getting it as well.
She can sit on command. But "come" is not good. She won't lay down and only will pay attention to me in class for about 20 mins tops. We have not even started to leash train them in class yet. I am just working hard on "watch me".
Food is a focus...but she loses that focus pretty quickly. I basically end up stuffing her face all class to get her to just sit with me.
The class is using clicker training...but so far there is no sign that she is understanding the clicker. It is also using a buckle collar.
So I guess what I need to know is well...what methods seem to work with your hounds? She is a theft and will pick things up of endtables and coffee tables and take off and chew it. She jumps on people to get food and barks at my other dogs if they have anything at all she wants.
Nothing seems to affect her. Tethering just makes her whine and pull and bark and trip me up. And with the other dogs trying to play with her while she is tethered...that is no good.
Yelling is useless.
Rewarding postive behavior doesn't seem to be remembered later. So it has not affected her at all.
It's as though treats or praises are windfalls from heaven, not a effect to her behaviors at all.
I bought some agility equiptment to try and get some energy out and she loves the jump (see photo) and tunnel. She is crate trained and only goes in while my partner is at work. From 7 am to noon. And then from 1 to 3. Otherwise we have been confining them to one room. (housebreaking was an issue but has been much better *knock on wood* over the past month with her and the Chi)
Anyway...sorry for the long post. Just want some ideas on what works. How did you train your basset. Do I just need to stick with it? Or are there other methods that work better?
And here are some fun photos to show off my beauty queen. She is a tiny 31 pounds btw!
Katie Bug is 7 months old. She has been spayed and is doing well. She is a ball of energy still. LOL! And here I thought bassets were lazy. OH no...not her!
I signed her up for an obediance class, but we have had a lot of canceled classes due to snow. But one of the biggest obsticles to me is the trainer. First she said Katie was sure to be the class clown, based only on her breed. Then when I was struggling in class to get her attention...the teacher told me to just be patient, bassets were slower than other breeds. To not expect as much.
Our 1 year old Chihuahua is in the same class and is excelling. He has sit, down, give me your paw, all down cold. We are using the same methods...but Katie is definatly not getting it as well.
She can sit on command. But "come" is not good. She won't lay down and only will pay attention to me in class for about 20 mins tops. We have not even started to leash train them in class yet. I am just working hard on "watch me".
Food is a focus...but she loses that focus pretty quickly. I basically end up stuffing her face all class to get her to just sit with me.
The class is using clicker training...but so far there is no sign that she is understanding the clicker. It is also using a buckle collar.
So I guess what I need to know is well...what methods seem to work with your hounds? She is a theft and will pick things up of endtables and coffee tables and take off and chew it. She jumps on people to get food and barks at my other dogs if they have anything at all she wants.
Nothing seems to affect her. Tethering just makes her whine and pull and bark and trip me up. And with the other dogs trying to play with her while she is tethered...that is no good.
Yelling is useless.
Rewarding postive behavior doesn't seem to be remembered later. So it has not affected her at all.
It's as though treats or praises are windfalls from heaven, not a effect to her behaviors at all.
I bought some agility equiptment to try and get some energy out and she loves the jump (see photo) and tunnel. She is crate trained and only goes in while my partner is at work. From 7 am to noon. And then from 1 to 3. Otherwise we have been confining them to one room. (housebreaking was an issue but has been much better *knock on wood* over the past month with her and the Chi)
Anyway...sorry for the long post. Just want some ideas on what works. How did you train your basset. Do I just need to stick with it? Or are there other methods that work better?
And here are some fun photos to show off my beauty queen. She is a tiny 31 pounds btw!


