Thread: Teaching NO !

Yes , I think the point is "stop "covers the lot sufficiently even if we have a couple of tonal growls as well .I mean I arrggh aarrgh at my dog but in reality it does bugger all .I just remove the dog from the unwanted behavior if need be .
What does always amaze me is how a dog can get into sync with the owner with hands and verbals

Originally Posted by el borracho

What does always amaze me is how a dog can get into sync with the owner with hands and verbals

More than words, for sure. I have a six-months young pup here at the mo who didn't have a single word applied to him as a bit of an experiment. Turns, recall etc all done by body language. So far putting a command to body language has been far easier than vice versa, I think I'll stick with it!

I don't use no, and more importantly, I don't use any kind of stop without chaining something to it as stopping a dog without giving it another option is drive diminishing. Stopping a dog on the stop whistle and not giving him another command is really good to knock the go out of them. Stop whistle, then send him out, back, throw a retrieve etc. Never just 'stop, and sit there all sorry for yourself'

Originally Posted by Pointer

More than words, for sure. I have a six-months young pup here at the mo who didn't have a single word applied to him as a bit of an experiment. Turns, recall etc all done by body language. So far putting a command to body language has been far easier than vice versa, I think I'll stick with it!

My fella knows a few words on their own (sit, down, blah blah) but I'd go so far as saying 90% of his cues are purely visual and have no verbal cue added. If he's 100m away from me, like hell he's going to know what I am shouting but he will still be able to see my exagerrated visual cues.

Originally Posted by el borracho

Yes , I think the point is "stop "covers the lot sufficiently even if we have a couple of tonal growls as well .I mean I arrggh aarrgh at my dog but in reality it does bugger all .I just remove the dog from the unwanted behavior if need be .
What does always amaze me is how a dog can get into sync with the owner with hands and verbals

Once you are communicating with the dog without commands the road is easy... if you've only got commands it will always be tough.