how to have bond with my dog - Page 1

i am back again ,this time i wana know how to have a very close bond with my dog ,he is 12 month old ,was 6 month when came to my house ,tried everything ,gave him every treat you can think of ,i gave hime food on my hand ,naver been harsh with him ,i have other females in my house as well ,they listin very well but this male not listining ,and run off when he is free ,and if i call and go after he run away on a more distance ,plz help  thnx

There was a tread here a while back.....about bonding.....someone here suggested a while back take your dog in your car and go get ice cream...I could not get my 5 month old to come to me to save my life...so I tried....believe it or not  IT WORKED! every Friday when I went to pick up my daughter from school I would take my dog/puppy with me and stop by ice cream drive through and get ice cream cone I been doing that for 2 months except for last 2 weeks.....anyways...now all I have to do is say..car ride? and I can't get her off my butt, she follows me everywhere until we get into a car..and when I call her and say "ice cream" she comes running towards me...few weeks ago when  I used word come, if she does not I say ice cream.....now she responds to "come"  just as perfect as she responded to ice cream....
who knows...must be an ice cream thing.....try it..what you got to loose? $1.50 a week for ice cream cone?

I am sure someone will come along to give more technical advice....

Simple, keep the dog on a leash and keep the dog with you everywhere you go if possible. Do this for a couple weeks.  Giving a dog food is not going make a dog bond to you.  

Sajid, what country do you live in?

Yes, if you feed the dog exclusively as Love My Canine suggests, that will help. I have seen many dogs form very, very quick bonds with someone who is the ONLY person to feed the dog. But also you should put a leash on the dog and take him with you as much as possible. Do you have a place where you can play with him when he is in some area that is fenced? Where you can play ball with him, for example, and let him be loose without his running away? If not, you can also get a very, very long leash or rope and play with him that way. You seem to have internet access, so we can also suggest some short videos that might give you some ideas about how to play with the dog. Does the dog live in the house with you? If so, then certainly find quiet times just to let him be near you and pet him and talk to him (or her).

 Bonding and training are in my opinion 2 different things although related.  Bondins if I understand your question is done by spending quality time with your dog. I take my 9 month old everywhere, the store, to the mall, the park  everywhere. Sometimes he dosen't even get out of the car. When we get to a place I think he would like such as a park or open field we go far a walk on the leash. Sometimes I'll take a 30 ft lead with me and let him drag it.  I di that for a few weeks and now he is pretty bonded to me. At least the process is started. 

Treat him like he is your best friend, talk to him, sit next to him on the floor etc... Bonding is very important and once done your training will become much easier.

Good Luck!

What Frank said.......he said it much better than I did. 

SportyschGuy and Hodie both made a point that I forgot to make about leash work in the house and the long leash deal.  Just trying to help.

About getting your dog to come, he probably does not have a positive association with it. Many owners over use the word and abuse it..so pick a new word, something you never used before but keep it as the command for come. You have to positively associate the new word to you. That ice cream story is very interesting and hey it worked. You need to do things that really motivate your dog. Do fun things with your dog. Feeding is not the only thing that will help, your dog will mostly be wanting to work with you not eat. Go to the pet store..try to involve your dog in fun things, and in things where he can be leashed for now. You have to work on on leash obedience and master that 200% before going on the next thing of off leash, it's like letting a child run loose in a candy store, you can not expect the kid to not put every candy in a bag, you must first teach self control and that he can zip to every appealing thing he sees. You have to build the respect between the two of you and from there it will work like magic. Use positive reinforcement all the time. Make yourself the positive association where you are just the best thing in the world! Create words the dog can rememeber such as ice cream, and call your dog to you. You don't necessarily need to use come, but remember if you say ice cream for example, and he comes STRAIGHT TO THE ICE CREAM SHOP!