Thread: Advice on training a Vizsla that has been re-homed.

Breaking some bad habits may be difficult but it’s definitely achievable with the right persistence. I think the good thing is you are a stranger and basically have a clean slate with the dog. What I mean by this is that the dog has no experience on what it can and cannot expect to do with you so if you set the rules and training right from the start then you start setting up a new life that the dog expects to live by with you.

I have noticed this with friends pets. They give a pointless command and the dog doesn’t listen, the owner doesn’t do anything about it and the dog knows that. I give the dog a sit command and re inforce it. The dog has no choice but to listen to me as that’s the situation I put it in. After a while of doing this with every interaction we have the dog starts learning that it can’t get away with not listening to me as it knows no other experience with me. Still won’t listen to the owner though who has established that error in control / relationship.

I’m am by no means no expert though haha, just some of my very limited experience. Hopefully that makes sense and if you like the dog then I say go for it! One year old is still young.