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Originally Posted by LDMomma  We live in a condo. I keep mine quiet by walking up to them and touching their side. It has always worked well for me. Except with my Westie, she's having none of that.
*I literally mean touch their side. Not poke, slap, pinch or anything. JUST touch.* |
I'm with you-it doesn't take much other than consistent calm training. I'm sorry but I can't believe how many people use a water bottle literally shooting their dogs with a squirt like that's supposed to calm them...ye its effective but so are shock collars and beatings-it doesn't make it right. Now I'm not saying using a squirt bottle is like using a shock collar or hitting your dog-but it seems to be in the same scale just much lower. To get my dog from barking I used to throw his ball in the other direction-he chased his ball and then his mouth was full! For my "alerter" dog I used a treat reward and a calm "shhhhhh"...not a a hiss a calm assertive shhhhhh here's a treat be calm, literally now I can tell my dogs "no barking in the house. My BF's dog was literally a trained alerter, and she would bark and bark until you dealt with whatever she wanted...well that wasn't working she would bark at everyone coming in the door for several minutes-we just removed her to a room by herself as many times as it took for as long as it took, and when she stopped she was rewarded with either a treat or just attention itself...I'm curious how many people here use water bottle and how many feel that same way about them that I do.I am overly sensitive about it or do others feel it is a rather rude way (perhaps cruel) to train a dog. For those that have done it. does it actually train them or is it a crutch always having to be done?-how long?-how do they react to kids playing having water fights after water training?