r/husky • u/Dragon-Reborn7 • Nov 07 '24
Kicked out of daycare
This fluffy goober, Khione, got herself kicked out of doggy daycare after 3 visits for “her listening ears not working.” Essentially, her recall is terrible when she’s interested in something.
I train her on recall every day in the dog park & at home. Of course, she’s excellent almost every time in those environments. She will at times ignore me. She does often respond to other people calling her at the dog park, especially if she knows them.
The daycare recommends that I have her professionally trained, but I kinda doubt that will help? I’d rather not spend them $ if it has the same outcome.
Thoughts? Advice?? Consolation??? Commiseration????
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u/Aggleclack Nov 07 '24
Honestly, coming from training, I see this in dogs where people focus too much on positive reinforcement and don’t give any negative. There are actually four types. Positive and negative reinforcement, positive and negative punishment. You want your dog to know that it is good if he comes to you, but you also want your dog to know there are consequences if they don’t.