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#405848 - 03/12/2018 02:16 AM |
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I use nope, as a warning here. The word has a meaning. Stop it. It work's as a back up with a correction. I find nope is calmer than no.
And the kids get the no. Everyone in the end knows to whom I am talking to!
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Re: This made me laugh
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#405873 - 03/15/2018 06:10 AM |
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Great idea against confusion. I'm going to use "nope" now for my husband, so he doesn't mean I was just talking to the dogs.  Tends sometimes to smart avoidance tactics. 
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Re: This made me laugh
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#405874 - 03/15/2018 10:39 PM |
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I do still use no and in a very firm voice but it's when Trooper does something that I don't want him doing for any reason.
That may mean fence fighting with the neighbors dog.
He rarely does that anymore and never when I'm out there.
When I'm inside a single tap on the window will stop it cold.
I also use quit for something that I don't want the dog to do at the time as when I might be working in the garden and he pesters me to play fetch.
He may just lay down near me to whine and pout a bit with his kong in his mouth.
He knows it's a temporary thing because he'll be back trying again in ten mins or so.
For "ME" that's not a problem simply because I didn't insist he stop an unwanted behavior.
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#405879 - 03/16/2018 05:42 AM |
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That with the tap on the window doesn't work with mine yet. Only if I go outside and say a loud, firm "não". But not each time. Sometimes they don't bother about what I'm saying. They don't bark so often any more, but this is probably not my merit, I guess it is their age
A word in the sense like "quit" i have also, though until now only if I want them not to touch something. I can put a bowl filled with high value treats directly in front of their nose, say "quit" and they don't touch it until I give permission even if I turn my back and walk away for some meters. I can see it, because I'm walking towards a glassdoor which reflects.
It also works for not touching other things or remaining calm on walks, when a chicken family passes by. So far they've learned some impulse control.
But when a bunch of little monkeys turns up in our yard it is absolutely hopeless.
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#405883 - 03/17/2018 05:37 AM |
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Wow, what a perfect training method! 
Well, I don't understand anything about chicken herding, but I encounter lots of them on walks, because people leave them run free. Once I saw a stray dog, who caught and killed one of them. This exited Bruxinha so much that I had problems to hold her back. Even my "quit" didn't work any more.
What concerns the monkeys I at least don't need to be scared about them, they are much too quick for the dogs. But their speedy and high jumps seem to anger the dogs awfully.
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#405885 - 03/17/2018 11:14 PM |
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Chickens will scatter all over the place where as ducks and sheep will try and stay together.
The herky jerky movement of chickens is also a big stimulant for a dog.
Not so much anger but I'm guessing the speed and high jumps of the monkeys is also a big stimulant to a dog's prey drive.
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#405886 - 03/18/2018 05:32 AM |
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We have also a bird here called Bem-te-vi. I think in English it is Great Kiskadee. He has learned exactly what time I train my dogs and even if I make an extra session to irregular times, he understands: Now perhaps I'll catch a treat.
He observes sitting on the roof and when I throw something for a dog he comes in the speed of a rocket directly in front of them and steels it. I really have the impression that Soicks hates them because of this. Even if they are sitting quietly somewhere she runs towards them and barks like a dool.
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#405887 - 03/18/2018 10:36 PM |
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That is interesting. It would be easy to believe the dogs could rreally develop a reason to get that bird.
Can you reward them by hand delivery instead of tossing it?
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#405891 - 03/19/2018 08:07 AM |
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I normally reward by hand delivery, though sometimes I toss to make them run a bit. It is then somehow like a reward event with the advantage that I don't need to run so much. It also teaches them the away- command and then the recall.
The birds are much to quick and can turn extremly rapid, when they see a dog coming too near. I don't sympathize in this point with dogs. We all have to learn to live with some anoying things in live, isn't it? 
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