Dealing With A 'teenage' Dog

[sheena]

I use "whoops" as a NRM as it is very hard to say it with an angry voice & is an upbeat & happy sound that simply lets the dog know, that's not what I wanted & could we please try again. I am going through this at the moment with my new beginners class at agility. I don't want them using 'no' or 'ah ah' as they are harsh words & are really something that you might use when you want your dog to 'leave it' or 'come away' & we certainly don't want our dogs to think that when they make a mistake with the weaves (for eg) that we want them to 'leave it' or 'that is bad'...if you get my gist :)

[Stressmagnet]

Whoops! Works with Ernie. Uh uh is for when he's being naughty - but whoops is for when he's just not getting it.