Thread: Teaching NO !

Originally Posted by Kaimaicockher

but if i read between the lines every one uses it, and you all seem to assusate it with some kind a negative ,

wouldn't teaching NO be like trying to teach a dog the word THE ?

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 more vigarously!

Secondly, in my opinion, yes. I would think that 'no' = 'the' is a very accurate representation.

You know how sometimes you can give your dog a look, a 'uh', a 'Jeeeeeeeeeeeeeet.....' and they just seem to stop, look at you, then 'stop doing the bad thing'? Well, not only are they stopping doing the bad thing, they are starting doing the good thing. And he's doing it because you either gave him a cue (this can be subconcious and often is) and also because you've done it before and his reaction has resulted in either a positive or a lack of a negative (pat on the head or lack of smack on the bum) I like what Wirehunt said. Introduce 'stop'. What's it mean? Freeze! Musical statues! Practice getting your dog to do it from all sorts of behaviours and all sorts of locations. Then when he has a shoe/duck/child in his mouth, you can tell him exactly what you want him to do. Stop. Freeze. Drop that thing. Stand still until you give him the next cue.

Now all of that was pretty difficult to type while I had my dog inside my jersey with me and the bloody thing just finished my last chocolate! :rolleyes: