12/27/2023 0 Comments Lab puppy muzzle![]() ![]() It's not a tick-box "is Sit trained?" - tick! Is "Leave trained? - tick!". It's not that it doesn't work, it's that it's not being applied properly, split down into successful enough stages, practised to the point of fluency, generalised sufficiently to different locations and objects, reinforced highly enough or consistently enough - and so on. People often say "XYZ recommendation doesn't work". You need the behaviour to be fluent and 100% reliable indoors under controlled conditions before you can then expect it to work away from the house. If he wants what you have to give him enough, he won't even think about biting and eating the stick - he will be spitting it out as fast as he can, to get your reinforcer. Metal plate covered with leather in the front. So - you need to bring home some sticks, you need to have available tasty treats and you need to practise with things he can drop more easily and you can mark and reinforce and then build up to him dropping the stick and you marking and reinforcing. Strong leather basket dog muzzle for Labrador training and work. I think you need to work on what isn't working. ![]() Really, you need to train a reliable drop cue - and doing this kind of thing preventatively and with every puppy, is important because this is a huge problem area for many dogs: So whilst yes, a muzzle will physically prevent this behaviour from occurring and is a good idea in terms of management - it's papering over the cracks and not addressing the underlying behavioural tendency via training - which is what really needs to be worked on. I would be especially worried if this involves sticks because those are often not very safe for dogs to ingest and can cause punctured stomachs and intestines etc, not to mention splinters. When this behaviour becomes obsessive and about the dog repeatedly eating just about anything they can, then it's highly likely that 3 is happening. puppy eating or swallowing the item quickly, to possess it before you can take it off them. guarding of the item - growling, freezing, turning back towards the person and the beginnings of resource guarding.ģ. running off with the item and the human chasing the puppy, thereby reinforcing the puppy for picking up the item because chase is so much fun.Ģ. The puppy learns that people are a threat to what they have, which leads to either:ġ. People freak out for one reason or another and take stuff off the puppy. ![]()
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