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Does it work to give a dog a command, such as "no bark" before they do but in a situation where you're pretty sure they will?
Example: When Max hears the neighbour's dogs bark he will prick up his ears, run to the window and then to the door trying to see what's going on out there. Then he will bark too.
I've been stopping the running around by sending him to his mat, but he will still bark from there. So does it work to give him his 'no bark' command before he does it? Or is that just confusing to a dog?
Well, techinically if a command is a negative command, ie, a command NOT to do something, you really can't go wrong, can you?
Even if he WASN'T about to bark when you said no bark, he STILL performed the no bark command correctly by not barking, right?
In a way, it just continually reinforces the concept, so when you fail to preempt him and he starts barking, he understands the command to be quiet.
A gutteral AHHH! pretty much covers everything from don't pee on those flowers to don't chase that deer/rabbit/cat/dog/squirrel.
When the tail or ears go up and they start to focus on something in particular, that's the signal for me to head it off.
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Connie Sutherland Moderator Reg: 07-13-2005
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Yes, me too. It's a deep warning sound like the first syllable of "uh-uh!"
Probably the same as Bob's.
And I'm with everyone on preemptive strikes. Before the dog has even fully formulated the plan "Oooooh, I'm gonna bark like hell at those skate boards I hear around the corner! Ooooh, wait'll they try to skate by MY fence!" I have shut it down.
Sometimes I shut it down and then start up some doggy pushups just to keep the mind otherwise engaged, but either way, I get the focus off the not-yet-ready-for-operation "plan" and on me.
Mike, I guess I have sort of an "enough" command. It usually goes "EVERYBODY SHUT UP! And MOVE!"
Connie Sutherland Moderator Reg: 07-13-2005
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I think the screeching on the main words pretty much fades out the auxiliary words.
I know exactly what you mean, seriously, with "Fluffy, let's heel for Daddy today, not like yesterday -- no, that's not heeling!" And starting every command with a verbal tic like "OK .... "
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