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Originally Posted by Teegy  I do what yorkietilly does, what I call scruffing him when he shows in appropriate behaviour.
I don't have crates so when they are naughty they get made to stay on a mat or bed until I say they can move and if they move back they go. Tufty is now showing a bit of aggression toward Teegy because it's almost time for bye bye testicles. Teegy is a big softy suck, but won't put up with it and neither will I. Scruffed and a firm telling off. Tufty would grab my socks that I had dropped on the floor, I just went and took them each time and put them in the laundry hamper, last week he brought a pair of knickers to bed. hahahahahaha, they know what they are doing little buggers |
Scruffing! I like that term. You should patent it and write a book as you coined it.
The Yorkies and other dogs I have had around the house living, visiting or as fosters react less to loud sounds/words and clapping when training or disciplining than to silent, gentle hands-on teaching/guidance/redirection as mine tend to get excited and amped by clapping, loud talking, even when directed negatively toward them. But we clap a lot and talk negatively(you hear a lot of "
No!!!!???!!??!!''s a lot lately in the state of Texas) when watching sports on TV so they are conditioned to amp up around that type of thing here. They race around like mad barking and jumping as we are cheering/moaning/high-fiving/clapping or commiserating with one another during games.
Therefore, when I train or have to use the very occasional discipline(which you hardly EVER have to use when you regularly use positive-reinforcement training on a regular basis and regularly exercise and play with your dog, followed by serious snuggling episodes), quiet, gentle hands and mimicking mom and other dogs' ways of training/discipline as best I can seems to quickly and permanently get their attention as to the thing not to do again.
So what works for one family and their dogs may be just the wrong thing in a different context or different situation. That's why there are so many ways suggested for training of dogs. One has to tailor the training/rarely used discipline techniques to the family and the dog that lives with it and vice versa. So study lots of ways to train and find out what works best for your lifestyle, your family and your dogs and fashion/change/mix techniques if need be.