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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...

Yes!!!!! What Ruff said!!!!!!!

Whaaaaaaaaaat!

My flatmates are a bit retarded so a dog sitting patiently at the door with his legs crossed isn't enough to tell them that they might need to let him out for a piss. So we're...

Sorry I don't think I explained generalising very well.

Example (not huntiing dogs) Mrs B: "But my dog is so good at sit-stays at home!"

He might very well be, but if he has only practiced at...

My understanding is that dogs do not generalise. Lets say your magic 'no' word works at home for your dog to stop jumping up. In another scenario, like at the park and you are holding up your lunch...

Yep, you could call it "fryingpan!" if you really wanted. Or better yet, "Tweed!"

Rover, tweed!!! Tweed you f****n mutt I SAID TWEED!!

:D haha..

I don't understand this thread - I think you've had some great answers from varied people, all from different and valid camps! I am confused as why this is five pages :)

Kaimaicockher, you made the point I made. No means......what? Sit means to sit.

This is why my dog doesn't understand what 'no' means. I bet a lot of other dogs don't understand it either.

What...

First - my dog doesn't know what 'no' means :) actually, it's probably what my boyfriend says when Jet licks his face, in between laughing of course, so Jet probably thinks "no" = lick huma's face...

That's cool man, your first sentence answered my question. As long as you know you are communicating clearly to your dog. I've seen plenty of people say "my dog isn't listening to me!!!" But their...

I understand that concept, but does a dog? Stop doing what? Bark? Sit? Stand? Lift a paw? Look at the bowl? Provide eye contact? Wag his tail? Breath? Blink? I'm nottt attacking your method of...

Are you trying to take the piss out of me because Ruff isn't here to do it ?

Get a new dog.

haha just kidding. I think you are on the right track with your food process, cool stuff :thumbsup: I am going through similar stuff with my pooch, teaching him "shh" by marking and...

I teach my dog what I want him to do, not what I don't want him to do.

You answered your own question - what should he do when you say no? Cower? Teach him 'cower' then. Sit? Teach him 'sit'. Job...