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Originally Posted by rnnw62 I am TRYING and I quote trying to teach Teddy quiet with both a hand signal of shhh (finger to the mouth) and quiet. Each time I do the shh sound he actually does become quiet even if it's for a
second and I reward him and am building from there. It
takes a while but it does seem to be helping. His quiet times
are getting longer and he will break his barking to the shh
sound almost immediately now. |
Yes! That's how I'm teaching Joey "quiet" and he's definitely improving. I recommend you try this method. Why go straight to aversives if you solve the problem using more positive methods?