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Training Issues for Smoothies

   
Charlie- --2001-2007

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Barked: Wed Jul 5, '06 2:56pm PST 
Has anyone else noticed that the majority of training books and techniques are just not effective for Smooth Fox Terriers? It's certainly not a question of intelligence. When I've taken classes, the other dogs are still trying to figure out the clicker and my dogs are jumping through hoops and doing complicated moves. That is when they WANT to. The primary training technique of repeat, repeat, repeat is ineffective. Foxies get it on the first try, then get bored with any command that doesn't involve lots of moving like "sit, heel, down" etc. So far, the Cesar Millan program is the best I've found ("The Dog Whisperer") but still looking for something more breed-specific as I still believe this breed needs a very different kind of training approach.
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