Thread: Teaching NO !

I knew you would disagree, goes without saying. I thought the question was what corrective action should be taken with the command NO, how to teach what NO means...this has been a cool thread...tangled and messy but interesting. It is, as you say, confusing when there are a whole wodge of negative tones and commands...thats when the dogs ears turn off...which brings us to that mystical self-hunting problem...too many commands, too much whistle blowing...the recall, it doesnt work, then the stop, it doesnt work...dog sticks middle claw in air and cranks the gears up...the respect factor wasnt taught first because so many of us want a dog fully trained and mechanical by six months old.