Getting Started In Dog Breeding
23 May 2009
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Help with disruptive Vizsla (breed) dog?
I have started dog-sitting for a friend who recently got a 2-year old male Vizsla from the pound. It is probably not a pure-bred, but the appearance and personality traits are dead-on.
The dog is very friendly and generally well-behaved when I am at home with it, but if I leave the house (work, store, etc) I usually come back to find things knocked over or pulled off counters and tables. I believe the dog is being disruptive to get attention and in protest of being left alone (it is a bit clingy - common for Vizslas).
I don't have much experience with Vizslas, but several websites mention that they are very sensitive dogs (emotionally) that do best with positive re-enforecement while strong negative punishments can actually make the situation worse (see link below).
My question is how do you make the dog know that misbehaving when left alone is not OK?
Vizslas:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungarian_Vizsla
There are 2 things you can do here, 1 is to crate train and the other is more excercise. Vizslas are very active dogs and more often than not, when properly excercised they are 100 times more easy to manage.
Also, when you are gone, there is no reason the dog can't be in a crate. It keeps him safe, your home protected and he eventually learns that what he is supposed to do when he is alone is to rest.
Problems solved and no punishments necessary.
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