Does your dog listen to anybody?

Can you tell me how do you train her not to listen to everybody but just you and your family? like when somebody instructs her then you said no? Ii'm teaching him using the other language so I am the only one to command him. Thank you for your response! :-)

First thing, you have to establish yourself as 'alpha' to them. Dogs are pack animals and there is always the leader of the pack. They have a 'pecking order' just like other animals, and your dog quickly learns that family members are inbetwen you (alpha) and the dog. You must be the ultimate leader of the pack lol. If you issue a command, they quick learn that if the command to sit isn't followed, you will push their butt down (gently) until they get the message that you are the one who does the rules and enforces them. And when you do it, you always give them praise (they respond better to loving praise than to harsh words...and I never hit!) I don't know if this is the conventional (or right) way to do it, but when my girl was a pup I'd have her on a lead. When somebody non-family would try to get her to come, I'd pull her back and say 'come' and then pet and praise her. It took some collaboration with friends to teach her that, in other words, they knew what I was trying to accomplish, and knew why I was training her the way I was. I also did a double duty at the same time when teaching her her commands. I also used hand signals (also known as silent signals.) Only my family knows this set of hand signals. For instance, she knows if I take my hand at waist level, and give one quick 'queen wave' that I want her to sit. If I take my hand at waist level, and put it out palm down and make a flat motion down, that I want her to sit. She knows that if I turn and look at her with a certain 'face' that I want her to growl and bark a warning...and not stop until I verbally tell her to. With food, I got her to NOT take it from anybody else in this way: I'd have some treats, or a little people food, and give her some, pet and praise. Then I'd have a friend have some of the same food, and offer it to her. She was on a leash and when the friend tried to get her to come, I'd issue a 'come' and 'stay' command, gently tug on the leash, and tell her to sit. Then I would praise and give her my own treat. It took some time and patience, but she learned that I was the only one she should take food from. When I did the exercizes with members of my family, she would look at me when they would call her with the treat, and I'd tell her go ahead, and then praise her. In my mind, this establishes that family members are part of the 'pack' and they are higher in the pack than she is. She listens to commands for sit, lay down, etc from my grandson when he was only 3 (she knew that my grandson was higher in the pack order than she was lol) I live in the country on a farm, and there really aren't any neighbors around that are close. Most of the time I'm pretty much alone here, unless the family is here. There are many strangers that show up at my door begging for a hunting permit, permission to use their 4-wheelers, and things like that. I have always trained my dogs like that, just so that I could feel safer. She is the worlds sweetest dog, and she knows that if I'm comfortable with somebody at the door, she should just lie there and mind her manners...and she also knows if I'm slightly tense because the person on the other side of the door makes me nervous. It's my belief that when our dogs know we're 'leader of the pack' and can sense more than we know:-) Almost like a psychic connection lol. Anyways, that's how I do it, and it has worked well for me with the dogs I've had here. It does take time, and it takes patience, but behind all the training, the dog knows that it's really loved and will do anything for their pack. Didn't mean to write a book here hahaha. Hope this helps some :-)

It always very sad to hear dog s getting old :-( :-( I have a 13 years old sheep too... :-(

They are like toy dog, very cute hehe Thank you for your response! :-)

Your puppy is so cute hehe ^_^ I have a yellow lab dog, he is only 6 months old, I want to teach him not to listen to anybody but his personality is just very friendly so I'm learning how to do it. Thank you for your response! :-)

yea I don't like that either, sometimes when I bring them to petco and people just come and pet him, I don't like it. THey should ask me first if they want to say hi to him, that's what I think. Thank you for your response! :-)