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Originally Posted by srostie  Just wanted to say thanks to Nancy 1999 for her suggestion to try "bark repeller", I only needed to use once! Both dogs stopped barking and came running, so I gave them a treat! I "negative marked" them with an "unhuh" before I pushed the button. Now when they are barking I just say "unhuh" and they come running. What is interesting to me is that I thought they would go back to barking once they got the treat, but they don't. Thanks so much! http://www.yorkietalk.com/forums/ima...es/biggrin.gif |
Great, and I think you are wise to use it as a training aid and reinforce the positive behavior. I think if it's only used as an aversive devise, they will become accustomed to it and learn to ignore it. I also like the word "uhuh" I think it works better than the term, "no bark". It has more of a "guttural" sound, and dogs are said to pay attention to the throatier sounds better. I hope you share these training tips with others.