Thread: Teaching NO !

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.