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Originally Posted by docmartin  Absolutely agree with 'The Oracle' of Yorkietalk here. Crystal now at 13 months and really pretty good with her pee pad area came home from a long run with her mom recently, jumped on my bed and promptly had a pee.
This was out of pure excitement at seeing Dad, lucky old me!
I didn't punish her as she was completely ecstatic at the time and she would have become really confused.
Twenty minutes is too long for these little souls to recall what brought the 'jankers' on in the first place and is depressive I feel. I rely on Crystal's innate sense of right and wrong and when she returned to her pad, we had a celebratory 'Pee Party', loads of singing and dancing, a little treat and reassurance generally her she was still 'Hey number 1'.
I think the motivation of love and encouragement really works with these very bright little guys? They know when they've slipped up and probably feel far worse about it than we do. They want to please and I believe appreciate the intelligence that tolerates their little mistakes. |
Totally agree with you, encouragement really play a big part of dog training.
And, of course, "Treats" as well.
Dogs usually don't remember what they did "Wrong".
Instead, they will remember what they did "Right" to make their owner happy and receive "Treats".