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Originally Posted by concretegurl  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? |
I think there is nothing wrong with the squirt bottle honestly and I have used it and after three or four squirts (not at the same time) if I even just showed her the water bottle when she was being "bad" she would stop. A water bottle is better then a loud noise which can cause dogs to be afraid of loud noises or hitting them ( I NEVER hit but lots of uneducated people do). Throwing a ball for your dog and giving them a treat when they are barking rewards the behavior if they have stoped barking and then you did it that is different because they have stopped the bad behavior and are being good and should be reward for the good behavior. In no way is it cruel unless you are doing it wrong and squirting them right in the face. I am really upset that you think the water bottle is cruel. I would NEVER ever do anything cruel to Callie ever and I love all animals and it makes me so upset when people do cruel things to them and a water bottle is very far from being cruel.