Your routines are amazing and we can only hope to get to that point someday. Maddie responds very well to "No" but a paper slap on my leg might help bring home the point. Today when I said "NO!" and she came away from the catbox (it has to be in my office and she has to be with me in my office during my work hours), I told her "good girl" when she came to me. I've READ that you should praise them when they stop doing the bad thing.
Thank you for your thoughtful response and great suggestions. I hope I can train MYSELF well enough and quickly so that my girl knows what she should and shouldn't do and is a happy girl. |