[kjc]

I do something similar with Tink, and it does work. I had to desensitize her from 'getting her butt beaten', as she's had abuse issues, so using that phrase when she behaving badly but doing something in a positive manner has made it a good thing for her now. Now when I say,' Get over here so I can beat your butt', they all 4 line up for a butt petting session, tails wagging and pushing through to get closest to me. Main thing is it becomes a distraction from the bad behavior, effectively stopping it, so that works for me.

Bad thing though is we have trash and recycling pickup here 3 nights.... early morning here, and she's gotten better but that's been the hardest to overcome. I really don't want her ignoring noises in the night either.