What is a good dog traning website?

[Beccawhilley]

or help me because my dog who is a little over a year seems like he has ADDHD for dogs. He wont sit still and when he wants your attention and your sitting in a chair he will scoot closer and closer and put his paw on your leg and I tell him no but he wont stop and I tryed putting his paw down and getting up and walking away but that doesn't work.

[nick_j007]

What is a good dog training website?
or help me because my dog who is a little over a year seems like he has ADDHD for dogs. He wont sit still and when he wants your attention and your sitting in a chair he will scoot closer and closer and put his paw on your leg and I tell him no but he wont stop and I tried putting his paw down and getting up and walking away but that doesn't work.

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How long have you had him?
Who else is in the home?
What do you feed him?

Sounds like he is expressing strong attention seeking behaviour. Attention is fine, but it should be on your terms, when he is calm not on his terms. Any pawing then say 'No' and get up and walk away. I suspect somebody else in the home is encouraging just the behaviour that you are struggling with?

Provide a bed for him and try to keep him there to relax. Does he have his won bed?

Nick
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[RobD-BCactive]

Originally Posted by Beccawhilley

He wont sit still and when he wants your attention and your sitting in a chair he will scoot closer and closer and put his paw on your leg and I tell him no but he wont stop and I tryed putting his paw down and getting up and walking away but that doesn't work.

This is a slightly different way of looking at it from Nick, but similar.
OK, your Dog wants attention for some reason. How do you want him to behave, when he needs you?

1) Do you want him to behave badly? In that case only notice him when he acts out.

2) Do you want him to behave well? Then start noticing the good dog, and ignore the bad dog.

It's that simple, just like kids if you are too busy for them, then they learn to act up, so you must pay attention.

Now my dog got into attention seeking pushy barking (as he was keen to play fetch and was expecting it), what soon worked (when everyone started doing it not just me), was ignoring barking dog, no play, no words, no looks. As soon as dog quiet, I'd look and find him most often auto-sitting and looking at me. Then reward with attention.

It works with other ppls dogs you meet regularly, it's quite funny how the owners are amazed when their dog sits calmly at my feet instead of running around and jumping up. Dead simple! Notice and Reward the Good Dog!

Looking about it is the #1 thing pet owners should change to improve their dog handling. If you can, find a local fun Agility Event to spectate at, and watch how the majority are such well behaved dogs (treat pouches and toys in abundance), you'll be impressed and amazed how many dogs are around, and despite the excitement of competing, most are chilled and not reacting.

[Pawsitive]

What Rob said

We often tell our dogs 'no' or get cross if they do something we don't want them to do. Really, we should be rewarding the good behaviour so they learn what we DO what them to do. It makes a world of difference