young but showing good signs

[shaun1986 11]

well new pup is settling in good, only 10 week old and giving my retired greyhound a hard time lol. anyway im starting the training young and he is almost house trained and only had 1 accident in house so far. Ive started training him the basic obedience and hes doing very well, also i got 1 of his favourite soft toys and tied a lead round it and running round garden with it and hes going hell for leather chasing it and when he caught it i praised him. Im just trying to get him to drop it after hes shuck it to death lol, i might look an absolute idiot runnig round garden with a toy attached to a lead but i want him to be good for the job. i cud do with making a lure coursing machine for when hes a bit older

[J.DOG 1,355]

Sounds a good one mate I think someone on the site makes and sells lures quite cheap

[Casso 1,261]

well new pup is settling in good, only 10 week old and giving my retired greyhound a hard time lol. anyway im starting the training young and he is almost house trained and only had 1 accident in house so far. Ive started training him the basic obedience and hes doing very well, also i got 1 of his favourite soft toys and tied a lead round it and running round garden with it and hes going hell for leather chasing it and when he caught it i praised him. Im just trying to get him to drop it after hes shuck it to death lol, i might look an absolute idiot runnig round garden with a toy attached to a lead but i want him to be good for the job. i cud do with making a lure coursing machine for when hes a bit older

let the pup settle, house training i can understand but let him feel his way round things, dont fry his nervous system by constant stimulation, try being an observer of him ,study his actions and behavior, let him turn to you for gentle stimulation,,,play is the best thing for him, dont tell him off for mouthing just redirect to some item you can have interaction with ,

there is a lot written on how to bring up pet dogs ,which do not work with what we expect from working dogs ,,play with items then let the pup win,,it will make him fell great ,it will feel great to play with you, it will also as time goes on teach the pup that it can express his energy with you ,,it cut out heaps of destructive and aggressive behavior in the future,,

best of luck with him,,