Dog doesn't follow the handler - Page 2

No amount of training can be more interesting than a dog realising he is dog.

Enjoy this phase as it will pass soon enough.

Take him in the house and put him on the leash tied around your waist. Keep him on that leash for all day if you can keep doing it as often as possible. Do not just train the dog - live with it.

In order for a dog to follow u at all time u must be a higher prize than everything else going on around him .a dog from a young age need a best friend someone to play with enjoy his time with when u go to get him he is overcome with excitement. That's how u become the high prize as the dog get older your relationship mutures start adding control to the games but still keeping it fun . I find a lot of people rush in to working there dog because they think they are going to run out of time or they think the dog will lose drive.the most important thing to a dogs training is a bond with his owner. Take the time to get to know your dog what makes him tick it will be a lot more fun for him and u. U put the time in at the start and your dog will never want to leave your side . That's how I do it anyway

 

Charactar dogs like you have are mostly not easy to train if he don,t care much
about the handler or toy , today on the sport fields we see a lot ball/toy  driven or food prey driven dogs because they are more easy to train, In the old days you find more strong charactar dogs like bouvier de flandres, rottweilers the oldschool GSD lines. What I have learned talk go train with people who can read and understand strong charactar dogs good before you make mistakes in your training, Behind the keyboard is not allways easy to make a good opinon about some dogs and their handlers.

At the moment I have the same type of dog he work more for his own ,lucky I have some good trainers and handlers behind me to support and give good advice on the field.

 

Strong dogs needs strong handler and patient . !!!

 

do you nag him? do you repeat commands like ''come'' ? Do you repeat yourself to him? do you nag him? Are you saying the same thing to him over and over again? do you say ''come here, come here'' over and over again? do you nag him? do you repeat yourself to him? do you nag him?

@student...excellent point, really excellent excellent point, well said point, excellent well said point.

Joan; do not repeat yourself redundantly.

There's been a lot of very good advice...but it's up to you to figure it out and try to apply it...This isn't always so easy if you don't really understand what has been said...
To make it very simple I would tell you to 1st: Always have this dog On Leash...whether it be a 6' or 30' Leash...I would also...2nd: Every time you take him out...I would have a couple toys with me to play with him...or...If your boy is food motivated...Have some food as treats for him...Whenever he comes back to you...Give him a treat (I use Hot Dogs)...As someone said "Make Yourself the Most Interesting thing out there...Play 2-Ball with him...3rd: play...Play...PLAY...!!!
All the advice in the world is No Good if you don't understand how to apply it...and It Is very difficult to tell someone what or how to do something thru just words...It's better to have someone see what's happening and give you their help...

Most people DO NOT know how to play with their dogs...Learn how and it will turn things around for you...

~Bob~

How do you train? Lots of corrections and/or compulsion?
Could he be in a type of avoidance behavior when he is off leash and feels he doesn't have to comply?
I do agree with vk, dog is like a sheltered kid at Disney for the first time.
"Do not just train the dog - live with it."
Can we make that into a t-shirt?!
High prey doesn't mean unmanageable in the household. I have a high prey Mali next to me now as I type.
If he has been a kennel dog his whole life, he'll for sure need to adjust and learn manners to be good in your home-if thats what you want.

It sounds to me as though the OP does not

want the dog to live indoors.

Given the LE connection there could be reason

for this.

Like the rest of you I lean towards thinking you

get the best bond with a dog you live with,  but

it is possible to get good results from a dog that

lives out.

However, that situation makes the advice ^^^

doubly important about spending time with

the dog, playing with the dog, consistently

rewarding good behaviour, not nagging, &

making yourself more interesting to the dog.

Otherwise it will grow up to always be that bit

too distanced and independant.