My family is going to be volunteering at the pet shelter at the base. We went a few weeks ago to inquire about volunteering and brought home a dog. She's a year old Shiba who gets into everything. Okay everyone says she gets into everything but at our house she only has gotten into a few things but it was our fault for not picking up before we left the house. Ms. Puppy Dog doesn't like to come in the house after being outside. We have to chase her or bribe her with food to come in the house. It has taken us up to thirty minutes to get that dog in the house. She a quick little SH-T and if there were cameras in the area someone be laughing their butts off watching us try to get this dog in the house. I bought a tie down and a long lead/leash and put her on it when she goes outside. I hate putting it on her because she loves being outside and she'll just lay there in the sun. I just cannot get her to come in so she's on this long lead least thing. What can we do to train her to come in when we call her in the house? Oh I was leaving her outside unattended until she started digging and she got outsdie the fence. Normally this wouldn't be a bad thing since we are in a fenced in military housing area but my back fence is the primeter fence so she was out in town (okay woods with a steep drop off) and I just couldn't go around the fence or climb over it. It's very high and has barb wire on it.
Did you try giving her a treat every time you bring her in? We had a dog like this and for a couple of days when WE brought her in we would treat her. After a week, we made it harder if she came in with us within 5 minutes without chasing, she got a treat anything longer no treat. Finally we were able to stand at the door with the treat box and call her. When she saw the box she would come. Make sure you show her the box when you give them to her so she knows they are treats. Also make sure you say Good Girl everytime she comes in and you treat her. Hope this helps.
I used to breed Shibas, and she sounds like she acting like a normal one They love to be outside as the were bred to hunt small game. They are more catlike in behavior and extremely independent. Some of this will be keeping her on a schedule...feeding her specific quantities, inside, at specific times. Giving her treats when she does come...I would use the line for outside as a training tool to get her to respond quickly, but if you know you are going to be able to let her out for awhile I would let her enjoy that.
yes this is very normal behavior for a shiba, you can train her but it's going to be time consuming and you'll need to be consistent. First thing is she needs routine this way her time outside is predictable and she knows she'll get to go out. Second, I would work in the house with her on recall training, everytime you call her and she comes you give her a treat, once this is reliable indoors you move to doing it outdoors by once again standing outside calling her and if she comes give her a treat (use something soft and easy to eat we like to use hotdogs cut into small pieces). If she knows that she always goes out after eating, and then always gets a treat when you call her she'll come very quickly. Once she is 100% reliable on her recalls with the treats you can slowly start giving her treats less often until she comes when called with no treats (though I would still offer he treats occasionally)
We had a Shiba for a short time, we had rescued him from being abandoned when some neigbors got evicted. He turned out to be a nighmare of a dog for us and we had to take him to the pound. He ate EVERYTHING and would run away (even breaking his chain a few times) constantly. I hope you can find his "weak spot" and get him trained. Sounds like you have gotten some good advice so far.
Great advice so far on learning to "come". I'd like to add that there are a few simple steps you can take to insure your dog will want to listen to you out of respect and not just bribery. 1) Along with come, teach sit and stay. Here is a link to the first of around 5 or 6 great lessons for basic obedience. They are easy to follow and implement. http://www.chazhound.com/training/dogs10.html Follow up with lots of walks to practice. 2) Keep the dog on a leash when you go outside (or any time you want the dog to return to you when called) until she learns to do it on command every time. Keep her on leash when you are training her so that you are always able to follow through with commands. It is very important that you maintain control of the dog during training or she will not understand your expectations. Don't ever give a command unless you are able to follow through every time. 3) When goes in or out the door, make her sit and stay until you either release her to walk through the doorway, or until you go first. This reinforces your authority and she will in turn respect you. 4) Make her sit and stay (or down and stay if you have gotten that far in training) before she eats. This will reinforce your authority and she will in turn respect you. There are many more things that you can do to teach her respect for your authority. Giving treats to reward desired behavior helps in the meantime, but it only goes so far in establishing a good relationship with your dog. Hope this helps!
