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BPO Training Forum => Behavior, Housebreaking, Obedience => : gardner October 24, 2007, 09:23:40 PM
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long story short:
dog hit by cars (2), no id except collar, surgury, pins in front leg, 6-10 mos old, totally house trained, likes females, wary of males, afraid of most dogs, of course chases smaller animals. he was adjusting to house life but has started barking and niping at us. i know it it attention he wants and we can give him a bone to stop it but we need more.... momma is starting to hate him. anyone help.
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Our rescued Aussie Shepherd was also a barker. As soon as the barking started, I would turn away from the dog. If the barking didn't stop at that point, and it didn't for a few weeks, I would leave the room and shut the dog gate behind me. As soon as the barking stopped, I'd come back and ignore the dog for a few seconds to see if the barking would begin. If he was quiet, he got attention.
The squirt bottle can work, but you have to carry the bottle all the time and some dogs like the water. With the ones that don't, once they get trained that way they can sometimes be kept quiet by showing them the bottle. One dog I worked with who was barking while crated was eventually kept quiet all day just by having the bottle on the floor in front of the crate.
If you are sure the dog is nipping for attention, you could try leashing the dog to you when it isn't crated. That may give it enough attention to keep it from nipping to get more. The attention is a good distraction from the pain of the injury.
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LOVE the squirt bottle. My ex had two dogs that were less than "polite" when I met him. Before long, I had a squirt bottle that stayed full with the same water for over a year because the sight of it was all that was necessary!!
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thanks,
the "NO" and then toy is working already. going to get the clean squirt bottle.
thanks again. will post pics soon.