What to do if dog ignores a one person and literally signaling. f**k you but when other person comes it, He has him as a Master?

[asaithambi]

What to do if dogs just ignores commands of one person and listen to other one, No matter the gender, it might be woman and he listens to her while much stronger men is ignored. Is there way to fix that?

 

[graciousx]

@asaithambi Dogs do not choose their loyalty based on how "strong" someone is, but on the level of trust and confidence.

If you want to have a stronger bond with the dog, spend time with him. Exercise him, make yourself interesting. Be fair, consistent and reward the dog if he is doing something right. If you do all of that, you are going to have a loyal and obedient dog.

 

[imagebeastmarkbeast]

@asaithambi The post and OP comment replies gives me the ick….vibes are off

 

[chic7134]

@asaithambi Yeah. So I do most of the training. I feed them, I do the trick training, I reward them for good behaviors. Dogs don’t generalize well. So if I ask for a sit, buts hit the ground. If my husband asks for a sit, he gets a reluctant, ‘if I must’ sit about half the time. If a stranger asks for a sit? No dice. We ain’t sitting. Ironically. If I’m standing in the room when someone else asks, better odds of sitting.

Dogs are smart. They know I give them treats for sitting a solid half of the time. And so they listen to me. That’s all.

 

[joyfulnectar]

@asaithambi Dogs choose their own masters sometimes, I swear it haha

Honestly don’t know what you can do about it if you’re the main caregiver. Do you do all the feeding etc? Or is this other person doing it?

 

[asaithambi]

@joyfulnectar No it is neighbors dog. She is feeding him, but she has a son, who is Even not liking him, but he listens to him

 

[cjl98]

@asaithambi Why are you trying to order around someone else's dog?

 

[eront]

@asaithambi Reinforcement.

Often times it's novelty, reinforcement issues, or whatever.

Repetition and reinforcement create behaviors you want that can be cued to by anybody.

 

[wakeme]

@asaithambi It is also lots of body language. The "master" may be augmenting verbal cues with some signal or change in posture that the dog is picking up.

Dogs are masters of anticipation and will look for the earliest cue of what's expected. It might be your eyes flicking to the floor. Or you shoulder dropping or leaning forward.

Ultimately, to fix it, pay the dog. Your rate of reinforcement is too low. Find better treats and feed them faster. If you can pay 10-20 treats a minute, that's great. "Sit. Click. Toss treat. Repeat." You should be able to get the dog to sit 10 times a minute like this. The dog WANTS to figure out how to get that food.

Good luck!