teaching pups to back off in kennel?

wkendarcher · Post by **wkendarcher** » Fri Jun 06, 2003 12:16 am

when i open the door to my above ground kennel to feed the pups of course are trying to jump out. what tips do you have on teaching them to back off until i feed them or i,m ready for them to come forward. I,ve read on here some where that you need to teach that but i don,t have a clue. I,m new at this training. the two pups are 10 wks old now and are broke to come to a whistle.

Post by **Bev** » Fri Jun 06, 2003 6:01 am

Keep a squirt bottle with water in it ready when you go to open their door or gate. Tell them first to "back up" while you remove their bowl to fill it. If they don't, give them a spritz in the face. Fill their bowl outside the kennel, then do the same when you put it back in. Or, use the 2-bowl method: keep one outside, fill it, and when you put it in the pen, take the empty one out for the next day. That will minimize the time spent fumbling around inside the pen.

Normally, we let ours down each evening and while they're running around the yard, we clean pens and change water. When we bring out the food bucket, they all start heading for their respective pens because they know they get fed there. Even the tiniest of pups will kennel up on their own into an above-ground pen if you put them some sort of ramp they can crawl up to their door. We did this with Dolly's litter of ten and it was a hoot to watch them.

Whatever method you use, repetition is they key.

Emery · Post by **Emery** » Fri Jun 06, 2003 9:33 am

Yep, what Bev said (repetition) along with consistancy... Maybe this is one and the same in some people's books, but I thought that I would throw it in there just for good measure.

Good luck,
Emery

wkendarcher · Post by **wkendarcher** » Fri Jun 06, 2003 11:26 pm

Thanks bev and emery

I,m new at this training and i don,t know what i,d do without all kind and helpful tips i get from everyone. isn,t it great how all the info can be shared by so many people with the same interests?i tried that tip this today and they would back off but keep coming back but i can tell it,s going to work just fine.they looked like they just came out of the shower

they catch on quick.i,m taking them to the starting pen in august and want to have them handling real well by then. thanks again Harold Holbrook,Wilmore,Ky

wkendarcher · Post by **wkendarcher** » Thu Jun 12, 2003 11:09 pm

The pups back up pretty good now but one barks at me

i think he has a little attitude but they are doing fine.

Post by **Bev** » Thu Jun 12, 2003 11:16 pm