runningweird
Well-Known Member
My family just adopted a 10 month to 1 year old husky mix from a shelter- I think she is either part beagle or border collie but we can never know for sure. See Exhibit A:
We met the dog through a program run by a friend of ours, Miles and Mutts - a program that takes runners and shelter dogs and pairs them so that once a week the dogs get out and run in the open air. It's based in Shippensburg, PA and I think ours was the second adoption as a result of that program.
She's very gentle with all the kids - even the 3 and 1 year olds that run around causing constant bedlam all day. She eats well and hasn't had any issues with turning our house into a bathroom or destroying anything except the odd clothes pin.
We have had her for a week and she is finally shaking off the shelter zombie dog effect and she is starting to play with us and does fairly well on runs with me.
I grew up with border collies - dad even had some sheep we used to train them. But training a dog on a farm is a lot different than training one in house with only a 1 acre unfenced yard.
I don't know where to start. I want to train her to obey my voice commands, not some clicker thing, and have no desire what so ever to use an internally spiked collar for leash training.
anyone on here point me in a good direction?
We met the dog through a program run by a friend of ours, Miles and Mutts - a program that takes runners and shelter dogs and pairs them so that once a week the dogs get out and run in the open air. It's based in Shippensburg, PA and I think ours was the second adoption as a result of that program.
She's very gentle with all the kids - even the 3 and 1 year olds that run around causing constant bedlam all day. She eats well and hasn't had any issues with turning our house into a bathroom or destroying anything except the odd clothes pin.
We have had her for a week and she is finally shaking off the shelter zombie dog effect and she is starting to play with us and does fairly well on runs with me.
I grew up with border collies - dad even had some sheep we used to train them. But training a dog on a farm is a lot different than training one in house with only a 1 acre unfenced yard.
I don't know where to start. I want to train her to obey my voice commands, not some clicker thing, and have no desire what so ever to use an internally spiked collar for leash training.
anyone on here point me in a good direction?