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Mine also know I mean business when I bring out the BLLLEEEEEP words.

alspyce wrote:Leih! You still on the meds? Still some typo's. Hope you're still doing well.
You'll have to re-read some of these after your meds are gone!

I was thinking that same thing!! Hysterical!!

I don't think verbal communication is very important once your dog gets into a routine around the house and knows whats expected. However, using verbal communication with physical cues is a requirement depending on the circumstances. Like when your teaching a young pup, the pup needs to learn and understand your voice and the body langauage that goes with it. For the more experienced, try taking your dog out for a walk next to a busy road off leash without talking at all. (Don't really, but you get my point.) It's all circumstantial. IMO

felixone123 wrote:

alspyce wrote:Leih! You still on the meds? Still some typo's. Hope you're still doing well.
You'll have to re-read some of these after your meds are gone!

I was thinking that same thing!! Hysterical!!

so glad to be of service! and yup, still medicated that's why I['m only making it on here every so often...

a lot of it is not really a messed up yhead (oh sure) but it's more like no patience to ensure it's correctomundo

we need a spell check option...

Sugars Mom wrote:we need a spell check option...

Mine from Google toolbar works on here too.

My crew knows the drill around here and most often I find myself saying one word communication taking that from commands given the boarders. Most of the time with my own, it is a "Hey" with a snap of the fingers to remind them not to do what they know better than to do.

But I have to laugh, Christie, about the BLEEEEP when telling them to shut up. This is off track sort of, but right after Katrina, I helped with a huge rescue group effort in Shreveport where we cared for 800+ dogs, just as many cats and even a whole parrot aviary. One of the parrots only liked me (attacked everyone else) so he came home with me. Cisco had a vocabulary, believe me, it wasnt nice. My son had been deployed with the NationalGuard to NOLA and LakesCharles post Katrina/Rita. When he came home, bringing along some other military colleagues, Cisco would chatter and they would holler at him to "MF, shut the F up!" It was bad enough Cisco already had a colorful vocabulary. Well he still says that and most of the time when company is here. Not good. And if you fuss at him, he gets even louder and louder with it!!

One good thing though, he does help with telling the dogs to hush when they bark! During the mild weather though he is out in his huge outdoor aviary.

That is too funny about the parrot's vocabulary!!

[quote="GSDNanny"] Cisco would chatter and they would holler at him to "MF, shut the F up!"

How do i get ,y dog to stop attacking and pulling off my other dogs collar? He knows he shouldn't do it and doesn't do it when we are watching but when we walk away, we come back to him pulling on it or already have it off in his mouth. His is a serious problem. our other dog is a rescue and is very sensitive.

Thank you

Lol I spend my days chatting my dogs they probably think I'm batty but I was brought up round dogs since I was 2 and always been chatty to my dogs but they know commands by hand signal or voice commands but I think its nice to talk to your pets not that there's anything wrong if you don't either

Hmm. I suspect it might be more a gender thing. Guys are less talkative than gals, but of course, only generally, not any one person in specific.

I'm kind of chatty, and I love talking to my girl. I expect that she rarely understands my words, but she can here where I am when she is running loose. If I give her a command, it starts with her name, followed by the command, and if she does it right away, "thank you!" often with a treat or a head rub. Not in training .. that's better rewarded till she gets it. I have found she has learned a number of sentences all by herself, though. I was quite surprised a few months ago when I told my husband (we were sitting in the living room, reading) "Y'know, I think its about time to go to bed." and my girl just got up, went to her crate and lay down. Since then, I have tried a number of variations on the theme and most of them work. She was trained to "<<Name!>> Crate!" which she will do at a dead run from the agility field or from anywhere in the house. And minutes later, as I huff and puff back to the crate, to latch it, I tell her, "Thank you!" (wheeze, pant) and sometimes she gets a cookie. v

all training is " name " followed by the command, the name gets the attention and then the command. Sadie knows what every sound means and so many words. At night, We are usually watching tv and I am browsing the computer. I usually close the laptop then say " its time for bed" . As soon as the laptop closes, Sadie jumps off the couch and is headed up to bed. Or If she just hears "bed" same thing.

I would use a one word " marker" though. keep it simple

IvettePeppers wrote:Thanks for sharing these method.

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