NT Dog Owners, please come in...

[jch3]

My girlfriend and I have been looking for a dog, and I think we have finally found one. Her name is Cherry, she is a 9 month old Border Collie/Lab mix. Even though I've been a dog person my whole life, this will be my first actual dog.

I also have a few questions for all the dog owners:

1) Has anybody done clicker training for their dog? From everything I can tell, this looks like a good method.

2) Has anybody changed their dog's name? I don't think we are going to stick with Cherry.

3) Any general training tips I should know about?

 

[jch3]

My girlfriend and I have been looking for a dog, and I think we have finally found one. Her name is Cherry, she is a 9 month old Border Collie/Lab mix. Even though I've been a dog person my whole life, this will be my first actual dog.

I also have a few questions for all the dog owners:

1) Has anybody done clicker training for their dog? From everything I can tell, this looks like a good method.

2) Has anybody changed their dog's name? I don't think we are going to stick with Cherry.

3) Any general training tips I should know about?

 

[dts939]

i can't really answer all your questions, but would you really want a dog thats already 9 months old? unless your adopting it and saving it from a shelter, i feel like you should try and get a pup and then it will be a lot easier to train and you wont have to worry about changing its name

 

[dts939]

i can't really answer all your questions, but would you really want a dog thats already 9 months old? unless your adopting it and saving it from a shelter, i feel like you should try and get a pup and then it will be a lot easier to train and you wont have to worry about changing its name

 

[tsx24]

theres nothing wrong with a dog thats 9 months old. i saved a dog that was about 2 and a half years old and i changed her name no problem. My only tip is to try to get a dog you really connect with rather than a dog thats super cute.

 

[los angeles fresh]

Originally Posted by dts939

i can't really answer all your questions, but would you really want a dog thats already 9 months old? unless your adopting it and saving it from a shelter, i feel like you should try and get a pup and then it will be a lot easier to train and you wont have to worry about changing its name

Nah, you can teach a dog how to sit anytime. You just need time, practice, and lots of treats 

Other than that, congratulations on adopting a dog. My next future dogs will come from a shelter for sure 

 As for the clicking method, one of my friends uses it and it works like a charm. They run for about 50 cents 

 and as for the name, I'm sure you can change it personally. Don't know about paper though. This shouldn't discourage you from getting her

 

[los angeles fresh]

Originally Posted by dts939

i can't really answer all your questions, but would you really want a dog thats already 9 months old? unless your adopting it and saving it from a shelter, i feel like you should try and get a pup and then it will be a lot easier to train and you wont have to worry about changing its name

Nah, you can teach a dog how to sit anytime. You just need time, practice, and lots of treats 

Other than that, congratulations on adopting a dog. My next future dogs will come from a shelter for sure 

 As for the clicking method, one of my friends uses it and it works like a charm. They run for about 50 cents 

 and as for the name, I'm sure you can change it personally. Don't know about paper though. This shouldn't discourage you from getting her

 

[tsx24]

theres nothing wrong with a dog thats 9 months old. i saved a dog that was about 2 and a half years old and i changed her name no problem. My only tip is to try to get a dog you really connect with rather than a dog thats super cute.

 

[bjamez20]

i tried clicker training, and it worked well but it was kind of a pain to always have a clicker around, so i switched to regular and thats been fine too

i changed my dogs name when he was like 14 months old, it wasnt hard at all

 

[bjamez20]

i tried clicker training, and it worked well but it was kind of a pain to always have a clicker around, so i switched to regular and thats been fine too

i changed my dogs name when he was like 14 months old, it wasnt hard at all

 

[cwrite78]

you couldn't have found an easier dog to train. collies are extremely smart, and on top of that it has retriever in her.

i can't really answer all your questions, but would you really want a dog thats already 9 months old? unless your adopting it and saving it from a shelter, i feel like you should try and get a pup and then it will be a lot easier to train and you wont have to worry about changing its name

this is the mentality that has so many old dogs in shelters

 

[cwrite78]

you couldn't have found an easier dog to train. collies are extremely smart, and on top of that it has retriever in her.

i can't really answer all your questions, but would you really want a dog thats already 9 months old? unless your adopting it and saving it from a shelter, i feel like you should try and get a pup and then it will be a lot easier to train and you wont have to worry about changing its name

this is the mentality that has so many old dogs in shelters