[ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: showgsd-l Digest V2 #470
- From: Shofar Shepherds <shofar_k9s@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: murk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx, showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2008 20:45:29 -0800 (PST)
I agree with Mo and Linda. Clarence Pfaffenberger proved that puppies develop
adult brain waves at 21 days of age and training can start then. He did his
testing on German Shepherds being raised as seeing eye dogs in Morristown, NJ.
I first experimented with this in the late 1970s. At 3 weeks of age I began
positive training on my Vance daughter. I didn't use much food back then. She
was happy to work for verbal praise and pats. When she was six months and two
days old she got her first leg on her CD with a respectable 187 1/2.
I've continued to begin puppy training at 3 weeks with the (admittedly few)
litters I've bred. It's all positive at that point, with lots of Ian Dunbar's
puppy pushups included. I also begin to socialize at 3 weeks, taking pups for
rides in cars. My last Sheltie litter went herding with us every week. Have a
great shot somewhere of a 3 week old Dream staring avidly at the sheep. She
later became a great herding dog.
When my puppies go home, they already know how to walk on a lead, and
understand sit, come, down, stand, and stay. They are crate and car trained.
They've walked on a variety of surfaces and met lots of different people.
They've even been exposed to some agility equipment. Since I place my puppies
only in natural-rearing performance homes, this basic training has been much
appreciated by the new owners who can just pick up where I left off.
I accept puppies as young as 8 weeks in my training classes, and prefer to do a
lengthy private lesson at the owner's home. It's much easier, as we all know,
to prevent a bad habit than to correct one.
Leslye Morrow
Member GSDCA
Shofar Shepherds and Shelties
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Linda,
I SO agree!!!!!!!! I start pups as young as 10 weeks, and have their
owners training 10 minutes twice a day. Mo
> It's amazing what you can teach 10 week old & younger puppies with a few
> minutes a day and repetition. They have a fully developed adult
> brain...just
> very little attention span. We have our pups doing a sit, down , sit ,
> stand
> at this age. People just don;t spend the time.
>
> Linda Novotasky
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