So I'm pretty experienced with dog training, but I was wondering how easily trainable spoos are? Many places say bordercollies are easy to train, but they arnt.. erm to rephrase they are so smart they learn things you didn't want to teach them like how to open doors and all sorts of other mischif. and If they found out giving a cute look gets them lots of attention they'll manipulate you and training gets hard when the rest of your family gives into their ploys.
So I was wondering if spoos, being the second smartest breed have similar difficulties when training?
Also what sort of collar would you suggest? For the other dogs Ive trained Ive always used martingale collars on lean dogs or mischevious breeds like border collies who seem to figure out a way to escape anything if they want to. But I have also seen at petsmart a few newer collars (or new to me)
Fur- saver: a chain color (does not pull shut like a chokechain) with thin metal links so the fur can poke through
escape proof webbing collar (not actuall name I just forgot what its called ._.) It functions like a martingale in that if the dog pulls the collar tightens on all sides except the trachea so the dog cant escape but wont choke its self. its soft but imo it looks easy to chew through for a puppy
cushin collar- a normal buckle collar that is made of some kind of soft material and padded inbetween layers with a squishy shock absorbing matterial. its thick enough for a pup not to chew through easily and atleast when I put it onmyself lessons choking, I still felt difficulty breathing but it was more or less a hug around the neck rather than a suffocating head lock.
And then there were all manners of flashy collars with embroidery, studs, reflectors, ect lol
Whats best for a poodle in your opinions?
also leashes, Ive got a nice leather(maybe fauxleather?) leash, 2 nylon leashes (1 standard 6ft, 1 14ft ) a retractable heavy duty leash, and for style a light chain leash 7ft with a leather handle and a nifty clip that I can attach to my belt.
A note on retractable leashes I only use them in open areas not near roads and I always teach my dogs the heel command, so on leasurly walks they are allowed to roam, I usually make them heel until we get to some place like a park then I swap out the nylon leash for the retractable and let them do what ever they want, if they are ready for it at that time ill let them go off leash.
So I was wondering if spoos, being the second smartest breed have similar difficulties when training?
Also what sort of collar would you suggest? For the other dogs Ive trained Ive always used martingale collars on lean dogs or mischevious breeds like border collies who seem to figure out a way to escape anything if they want to. But I have also seen at petsmart a few newer collars (or new to me)
Fur- saver: a chain color (does not pull shut like a chokechain) with thin metal links so the fur can poke through
escape proof webbing collar (not actuall name I just forgot what its called ._.) It functions like a martingale in that if the dog pulls the collar tightens on all sides except the trachea so the dog cant escape but wont choke its self. its soft but imo it looks easy to chew through for a puppy
cushin collar- a normal buckle collar that is made of some kind of soft material and padded inbetween layers with a squishy shock absorbing matterial. its thick enough for a pup not to chew through easily and atleast when I put it onmyself lessons choking, I still felt difficulty breathing but it was more or less a hug around the neck rather than a suffocating head lock.
And then there were all manners of flashy collars with embroidery, studs, reflectors, ect lol
Whats best for a poodle in your opinions?
also leashes, Ive got a nice leather(maybe fauxleather?) leash, 2 nylon leashes (1 standard 6ft, 1 14ft ) a retractable heavy duty leash, and for style a light chain leash 7ft with a leather handle and a nifty clip that I can attach to my belt.
A note on retractable leashes I only use them in open areas not near roads and I always teach my dogs the heel command, so on leasurly walks they are allowed to roam, I usually make them heel until we get to some place like a park then I swap out the nylon leash for the retractable and let them do what ever they want, if they are ready for it at that time ill let them go off leash.