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Originally Posted by CotonMom  How does saying "no" reinforce her behavior? She doesn't like it when I tell her "no" and usually stops what she's doing and gives me a guilty look. |
Any time we notice a behaviour bad or good ands resond to it we reinforce it or make that responce stronger.
So if all we say is no no no to a dog the thing we rather not happen, happens more.
If we only notice the bad and respond to the bad we get bad.
So we note in our heads the bad and catch and stretch the good. So if she looks at a stranger calm we reward that.
If she grrs at stranger, we back up and get out of the grr zone and wait for calm. We want the calm not the grrr... but if we scold her for the grr we teach her that yes indedt that stranger is scary cause Mom just scolded me. So if I grr sooner I can keep tha bad stranger away. Plus mom noticed that grr and she responded by a grr.. scold so I got to be right grrrgrrgrr.
Follow. I am burnt long day. so if this is not clear enough hang on and I will try again later.
JL