Put 'em down it's obviously too late.
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Ok, so what should I do? One training lady said give them a cookie even after they are barking and fussing, so the dog learns to go to you instead of the door. My solution is not as bad as that.Originally Posted by Kidnemo
How do I give the dog a negative association with behaviors that don't naturally have one?
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Get a cat, it's the only solution.
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No he's right. The dog's intention is to go to the door and bark at the people. You're stopping him and petting him. He's going to think that when he goes to the door to bark at people (whether he gets to the door or not) he'll get treated with attention after doing it. In his mind he's getting to have fun barking at people (which he wants to do, naturally) AND getting treated like a rock star from you. What's his incentive to stop?
When my dog would beg for food at the dinner table I gave him raw onions and turnip. He chewed it for awhile and then spat it out on the ground, sniffed it and nudged it with his nose and then stopped. He assumes now when he begs he'll get food he doesn't like and stopped after a week or so of this. When I want to give him something tasty to eat I don't do it from the dinner table. I wait until afterwards.
The action didn't rear the right kind of result. It reared a negative result for him and he stopped doing it as a result.
You need to give the dog something it doesn't want or like so it associates barking at the door with something unpleasant. I never had this issue. My dog always ignores the door aside from peaking its head out from around the corner to see if it's anybody he likes.
Last edited by Drewbacca; 17 Mar 2008 at 01:58 PM.
How old is he? At first puppies are very eager to please and will do everything you tell them too, but they do go through an adolescent stage where they try to test the limits more, you just have to be consistent and firm, later he/she will mature and it'll become easier again.
So it's your sisters dog? Has she made absolutely sure that the dog looks at her as the boss? If the dog doesn't see it's owner as the "leader of the pack" that can start a whole bunch of disciplinary problems.
The most important thing is how fast you react to the misbehavor. It has to be quick, and efficient. They books always say not to beat your dog, so I think what works best is a really aggressive NO! and make sure to startle them someway. And no exceptions to the rules.
I'm sure other people will have a lot of helpful tips. I have to go to class now though, good luck!
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I used to flick my dog in the nose with my finger when it would bark at people in the kitchen and it stopped. It wasn't aggressive or hurtful, just annoying. He looks super pissed every time I did it too. But he stopped. Because he didn't want to be flicked in the nose. This could be defined as beating.
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I told you what you need to do, but you don't want to listen.
Classes don't teach them advanced obedience, just how to come, sit, stay, and not act like degenerates. It also teaches you how to train a dog.
You don't need private lessons, a group setting would work fine. I refuse to believe they cost $80 a session for a group class.
Boo, Hiss.
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You're poor though.
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You need to negatively correct the dog.
A simple excercise would be this (bullet points are easy):
-Have a person outside the door and you and the dog inside near the door
-person outside knocks
-"correct" the dog as soon as the knock happens, which is most likely when the excitement level is elevated
-my "correction" I like to give a sharp "hey!" and give them a slight nudge/poke near their front shoulders
-make the dog sit next to you (in a heel position), having a leesh on them (with a collar, high up on the neck, not a harnass) when doing this excercise would help
-after they are calm/relaxed, let the person enter
There is tons and tons more I could add to this, but I'm off to lunch now!
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This should not have been funny at all.
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