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Andrew asked in PetsDogs · 8 years ago

How to train my dog to stop following my dad?

I am having a difficult situation right now at home. My chihuahua is 1 year old. He likes to follow whoever he thinks is holding food. When we brought him home my dad loved to play with him. But after awhile my dad got irritated at how my dog kept walking and standing in front of him and getting in his way. He said it was extremely annoying to constantly worry about stepping onto him. My dad never physically hurt him; however, he would stomp and yell to scare him away. He was really pissed off and I am worried about my dog's safety. As long as I can get my dog to stop following my dad, he won't have any problem at all. Can anyone give me some advice?

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  • 8 years ago
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    It really doesn't have anything to do with who's holding food; in the end, dogs follow the person who they accepted as their pack leader. Your dog is most comfortable with your dad, and wants to protect him and of course follow him. Maybe if you feed him, spend more time with him, walk him, and stuff of the sort he'll adapt to you. Chihuahua's are stubborn though, haha.

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    5 years ago

    Your canine will constantly comply with your dad due to the fact he feeds her. By and large the hand that feeds is the hand it is going to comply with, and what you are going to ought to do is attempt to feed the canine with the your households canine, however make sure you're feeding her now not your father. You'll also need to do some training for her like take a seat, stay, paw, etc to get her to realise you're in control no longer your dad. Additionally you're going to have got to instruct her when it is time to exit, or are available in, you're going to need to be the one she follows. If someone else does this, then she will comply with them and not you. I've 6 puppies and no matter what my husband does, the puppies obey me far more than him and they'll no longer stick with him both. In the wild, there is just one percent chief and the entire puppies follow the % chief, the percent chief leads the p.C. And what ever the leader does, so will the other dogs. So again you be the percent chief and get her to obey you, and be certain you might be feeding her with the opposite dogs simply you feed her and get her to give you her paw earlier than she eats to support her comprehend you are the % leader

  • 8 years ago

    When your dad comes make sure you hold your dog so he stops following him and every time you stop him give him two kibbles.

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