Funny Behavior

[Longcoat]

'huski' date='22nd Mar 2010 - 06:01 PM' post='4409942']

Sometimes too I find that giving my dogs a known command (like here or down etc) works better than giving them a vocal correction like ah ah - i.e. the other night Daisy was flying out the front door as someone opened it to eat the cat's food which was on the other side. I could have gone "AH AH" but instead I called out 'here!' and she pelted around and came running to me instead. I don't think ah ah would have worked in that instance because her food drive is so strong, 'here' worked instantly because I've conditioned her to respond to it in food drive. But that is getting off topic

I do the same thing Huski I have reached a point of saying "hey" and my dog stops, turns around an looks at me, then I will command "here" and he comes back and is praised for doing so. Far better than chastising I have found. In a training routine if he makes a mistake, I say "wrong", turn around and repeat the routine from the beginning. Yelling at and smacking dogs IMO doesn't get the best results.