grotty_rotty Posted June 21, 2007 Share Posted June 21, 2007 Grotty gets confused and now sneezes when I say 'speak' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peigirl Posted June 21, 2007 Share Posted June 21, 2007 The best I can get out of Raf is a whimper on command He only ever barks as a watch dog. The door bell makes him bark, but I don't want to encourage him to do that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peigirl Posted June 21, 2007 Share Posted June 21, 2007 (edited) Double post Edited June 21, 2007 by peigirl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mooper Posted June 21, 2007 Share Posted June 21, 2007 As someone else said, the free shaping did it for us. Out of frustration, Jack let out a fairly soft, muffled, whingey "woof". I clicked and treated, and now that's his was to speak. It's proving fantastic for us, because he's a real barker, but now he's learning to give this subdued sound instead My husband isn't liking it much, though, because he's started to "speak" the moment we put our cutlery down after dinner ... he knows it's his turn next, and if we ignore him for too long (according to Jack) he'll give us a good talking to We're working on "quiet", too, and that's working well with the clicker training. I find winter in Canberra is the perfect time to work on all this. It's too cold to play outside by the time we get home from work, but some clicking inside gets Jack in a total frenzy to please us. He loves it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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