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Originally Posted by yorkieskater I think I've been reading too much. Ha! I'm becoming a "book" parent. I need some advice on discipline. I have done the "time out" thing when I wanted my dog to stop chewing on my expensive desk and it worked. Now he responds to "leave it" very well. However...his "time out" area was his pen which I don't want him to think it is "bad" to be in his pen...so should I have a separate "time out" place?
#2 If we are outside or at a friends house...there are no places for "time out". Like on a walk. He puts on the "I'm not going to listen to you" ears if another person or animal is coming by. Yes...I am doing clicker training and treats...but he completely ignores these things amongst distractions like those. I've read about people using coins in the can...but I don't want him to associate a scary sound to the dog passing by him...however...it would get his attention to my "no" or "heel" command I am trying to do. Walking in a circle doesn't work. I didn't know if the coins in the can or a spray bottle would be too harsh of a punishment? I was going to use putting him on his back, but I read a thread on here that said that was a bad way to correct....so what IS a good way to correct and/or get attention?
#3 last night for the first time he tried to get "frisky" with my arm. I said "no" (he knows the word) but he acted like he didn't hear me. He was so "into" his play that he was oblivious. I had another dog who was like this too. The vet discribed it as them being in another world. You almost have to make a loud noise to distract them and bring them back to listening. So would coins int eh can, spray bottle, or time out been an effective correction for this?
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Take charge and bring them back to reality by becoming the top dog. The pack leader would nip at them. Take your hand and use it like a dogs mouth and bite them on the shoulder to snap them out of it. When they are in "thier own little world" they don't even hear you, you are just noise. A bite will bring them back to your world.
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