Recent content by doberdemon

Awww thank you so much friend, that means a lot and I’m honored to be an inspiration in any regard! 😂 I’m far from perfect, and still very inexperienced as far as dog training goes, but I think I’ve learned a lot in the year I’ve had my Dobe and I’m happy to share it! I’m so glad to hear you...

Update! We’ve been doing a half post for about 3 weeks now, tolerates it much better than a full post and it holds his ear up well! Much to my dismay though the second it comes down for a repost (today being the most recent after being up for 7 days) it folds right back over! 😩 We’ve also been...

Work in progress, yep! ☺️ I’m putting 100% of myself into him as he deserves, but that’s not to say he doesn’t make things challenging at time! 😂😭 I have heard the Doberteens can be pretty rough though! So we’re just going back to basics and powering through while we look for some outside help...

I love that! 😂 Haha yes, I do see that e-collars can 100% help in communication and it does appear Enzo will need those nudges so I would indeed like to learn to use it! A previous trainer did try a prong on him and he just absolutely shut down, so that’s why I’m a little hesitant to aversives...

Still here! Enzo is…improving yet still challenging. We cut down the humping behavior immensely by training calm, and making sure he’s underthreshold and not overstimulated! He’s come so far with that and we never have slip ups as it’s well managed! ☺️ He does however still have a selective...

Fingers crossed, I’m really putting my foot down to try and get it to stand since it’s been trying so hard on its own lately! Do you think it’s possible if it’s been down for 8mos though? I’ll still give it a try and see if it makes a difference, I just don’t know what method to use! You’re...

So long story short I’ve been terrible about posting, haven’t tried in something like 8mos and now my boy is 13mos. One ear stands and one flops. That one has been flopping for the whole 8mos, though his cartilage is still insanely soft and he can make that ear stand if it’s perked up. I stopped...

Don’t worry, he’s not had an opportunity in a while thankfully! I don’t want him reinforcing this obnoxious behavior while I figure out how to prevent it! And yes, he definitely has lost any privilege of being trusted off leash! We’re working with a long lead to give him freedom while also...

Unfortunately we’re learning that! 😩 Tbh the biggest struggle for me I think will not be training him, but my family to get on board and stop undoing my work LOL! Currently I’ve discovered that we’ve used treats so much that they’re no longer valuable to him. Parents like to constantly just give...

100%, doing right by him is my #1 priority, and doing it correctly too! Thank you so much for the encouragement, it’s much needed when I feel so frustrated with training 😂😭 Trust me, as much as he is stressful sometimes, I already don’t want to imagine not having him, he’s the love of my life...

Haha doesn’t he? Thank you! I can’t take him ANYWHERE without constantly being stopped or hollered at by people complimenting how pretty he is, not to brag, but I think he’s pretty dang cute! 😂 It’s very sweet (I think he knows and enjoys it too much though!!) Thank you for sharing it’s not...

I have clearly not been doing the right things at all, haha. 😬 Starting from the top, so when this began, he was off leash and it was originally just an occasional excited dog humping issue. I was with him to supervise, when he engaged I would immediately remove, leash and bring him for a...

I have indeed heard of NILIF, and I try my best to do it but have yet to get my family on board so he’s gotten away with more than he should. Not an excuse, I know I need to get a handle on them and him, and I will do better to do so now that he’s really acting out! I’d love to learn more of the...

Hey y’all, this is my first post here, I’ve posted on Reddit and in Dobe FB groups and I just don’t know where else to go! My puppy has developed a very particular and bad habit I need help with. I have a 9mo male (unfixed until ~18mos?) American/European Dobe named Enzo, and he’s absolutely...