Duane Hull Webboard User Reg: 09-23-2011
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But what if the happy dog was acting happy because he knows that he can trick you into blaming the other dog, and the other dog is sad because he is afraid that he's going to get a correction for something that he didn't do?
Michael Soldwisch Webboard User Reg: 02-21-2012
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Funny that you mention that ;-) , because it actually happened. I have a home surveillance system watching the dogs, while I am not home. That's how I always know who really did it.
The interesting part is, that when you leave the house, they go to bed and rest until you are back.
I look at this the same way as a dog that looks nervous when you walk in the door and you see trash all over the house.
The dog may very well connect the trash on the floor with you getting pissed off. HOWEVER, the dog has absolutely NO connection to your anger and actually getting INTO the trash 5, 10, 30 mins ago.
If you don't catch the dog in the act there will NEVER be any training accomplished by correcting the dog after the fact.
Jodi Moen Webboard User Reg: 12-28-2010
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Yes, and the dog probably even agrees that the mess on the floor is horrible and gross, he just doesn't connect that the mess had anything to do with him. This is why they still go into the trash.
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John Stowe Webboard User Reg: 09-28-2013
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My 2 cents... Your dog may associate you coming home with the guilty look as well. My adopted dog looked guilty every time I came home, for the first week I had him. There was nothing wrong with the house. I think at some time he associated his owner coming home with some type of correction/punishment.
Connie Sutherland Moderator Reg: 07-13-2005
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Sadly, I've encountered this several times in adopted dogs too, John.
They associated the owner's homecoming with something bad happening to the dog.
That so-called guilty look was anxiety, unease, even outright fear.
A couple of them did take only a week or so to lose that, and a couple took longer.
Corrections that are not crystal clear to the dog (that is, administered immediately so that there is no question about the cause), fall into Ed's unfair corrections category.
If the dog has had lack of management (such as freedom of the house too soon), then the correction rightfully belongs to the owner for handler error.
Connie Sutherland Moderator Reg: 07-13-2005
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Quote: Bob Scott
I look at this the same way as a dog that looks nervous when you walk in the door and you see trash all over the house.
The dog may very well connect the trash on the floor with you getting pissed off. HOWEVER, the dog has absolutely NO connection to your anger and actually getting INTO the trash 5, 10, 30 mins ago.
If you don't catch the dog in the act there will NEVER be any training accomplished by correcting the dog after the fact.
Ditto.
All that's accomplished is a setback in the bond between the owner and the dog.
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