merledogs Posted May 12, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 12, 2013 Moaning Snow - Taffy used to have some bad habits like trying to chase livestock, cyclists, etc plus barking at motorbikes, cyclists, people when he was in the car. I taught him a good solid "LEAVE IT" (said in the voice of doom) and it works in a multitude of situations. It even works if he sees a certain dog that he doesn't like, I tell him to leave it and he gives them a wide berth, whereas previously they would get in each others faces and growl. I can now walk him right through the middle of the cows or bullocks and he completely ignores them He doesn't bark at motorbikes either, even if they are right next to the car. May be worth trying with Sal? Gutted that City didn't win the FA Cup but Wigan did well so can't take anything away from them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
murtle Posted May 12, 2013 Report Share Posted May 12, 2013 Morning all! Hugs to peeps who need them. Cup final weekend, must mean it's my birthday soon! Sorry your team didn't win Alex. Today I will get my belly dance award! Sadly that means I need to go and remember the dance, luckily it is a group dance Whizzie - hugs xxx Sal...shhhhh!! Hound woman ouch x Mxxx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazz Posted May 12, 2013 Report Share Posted May 12, 2013 enjoy your dance morning all, have a nice day xxxx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owl Posted May 12, 2013 Report Share Posted May 12, 2013 Ants burping hehe ... even Wispa doesn't bark at those. Though she does bark at any knock or anything like a doorbell or chime on the radio. The funny thing is she doesn't bark when we are at mum's house except at the milkman which is fair enough. She doesn't even bark at the home carers visiting next door, even though they have a different uniform from mum's carers. We went tracking yesterday and were very lucky, we didn't get rained on much and saw some great rainbows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yantan Posted May 12, 2013 Report Share Posted May 12, 2013 Oooh I love rainbows Lucky you Owl If there's anything I hate it's unexpected visitors arriving. I like to have some warning. We live in a lived-in house, we don't care that Archie has his toys strewn through out the house, that the edges in the hall may have a few dust bunnies, the dishes are piled on the side until one of us gives in and empties and refills the dishwasher, someone's clean washing is piled on the dining room table and the towels are overflowing the linen basket in the bathroom when it's just us two here and no one else to see it. However we like to take care of these matters if we are expecting guests. So we neither of us were best pleased at a friend arriving yesterday tea time with her latest conquest from a dating agency in tow with no prior warning. Like she couldn't have phoned ahead to make sure we were even in before dragging him some 25 miles to Keswick And who in hell turns up announced at tea time? I was 5 minutes away from making our evening meal. Actually I am afraid to say that a half hour into the visit I excused myself to do just that! We watched another 4 episodes of Game Of Thrones yesterday and Jayne you were right. It started picking up in episode 5 and I found myself really enjoying no 6. There was hardly any soft porn although the use of the "C" word was rather liberal. We decided we have both become prudes in our middle age Just call me Mary Whitehouse. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whizzie Posted May 12, 2013 Report Share Posted May 12, 2013 Oh Yantan, you have made me laugh. In my teens I had a t-shirt emblazoned with the words "F'off Mary Whitehouse"Perhaps I am more of a rebel than I thought! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
murtle Posted May 12, 2013 Report Share Posted May 12, 2013 I love some of the descriptions on here, they are brilliant! That's a hell of a trip without warning. xx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happylittlegreensquirrel Posted May 12, 2013 Report Share Posted May 12, 2013 Have you tried the 'thank you' method. http://companionanimalsolutions.com/blogs/control-your-dogs-barking/ 10 years of practice will take time to eradicate thats very similar to the method we used for Holly and it reduced her alert barking by about 90 % Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gooster Posted May 12, 2013 Report Share Posted May 12, 2013 I might persevere then Marion and get to episode 5/6. It's only on sky on demand till the 16th May I think, so need to get watching Maybe your friend was hoping to get her and her new OH fed Marion Cheeky mare Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happylittlegreensquirrel Posted May 12, 2013 Report Share Posted May 12, 2013 No I haven't Sam, primarily because this isn't a fear or anxiety thing, as I said she does this at home with mil as well and mil has partially encouraged it which is why I'm having such a problem undoing 10 years of Sal being reinforced that her barking is acceptable. The ideal solution is to try and get her to follow a stop command that way when she does go back to mil she will still have a dog that alerts her which is what she apparently wants but who will shut up when shes told. Nothing I've read about the DAP's suggest that they are suitable for alert barking, if they ARE effective for that then I'll get one tomorrow lol can you teach her a bark command first and then introduce the stop command , is she a foodie dog , would a clicker work ? I am currently clicker training a slightly out of control ridgeback puppy owned by a local politician and she is doing very well , my payment is that he will have her sterilised and help me run spay / neater clinics in his district later this year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owl Posted May 12, 2013 Report Share Posted May 12, 2013 That sounds like a good arrangement, Sam. We used to call that lady Hairy Whitemouse i am afraid. It will be a long time before Yantan and Ruby get to be anything like her. For a start, I don't think you can get those appalling glasses these days. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snow Posted May 12, 2013 Report Share Posted May 12, 2013 Shes weird guys - honestly weird - she can be food orientated but only when it suits her and sometimes she'd have you believe I must be trying to poison her by offering her a slice of salami or piece of cheese she will turn her head away and refuse to look at it, but the instant I stop offering it she will jump up or paw at me asking for it only for me to reoffer it and pretty much have to place it in her mouth, she will then either take it off somewhere and eat it or she will spit it straight out at her feet, refuse to even look at it but if I or Nog make any movement towards it she will pick it up toss her head and eat it whilst all the while looking at me as if to say "if I have to" lol other times she will take whats she's offered but then spit it out walk away and let Nog have it - even if I have given her a treat whilst Nogs not even in the room she will sometimes just drop it and ignore it and Nog hoovers it up later *shrug* yet this may well have been a treat she'd been asking for! Yet similarly she comes and sits next to Nog every evening for "previcox" time - obviously she doesn't get a previcox but I've always made pill giving time for Nog into a fun treat time so we dont ever have any battles of getting it down him, so he associates "previcox" with something very very nice to eat - currently this is 2 slices of danish salami 1 slice for the pill and one as a treat, Sal now also gets 2 bits of salami - 1 slice cut in half given alongside Nog each time he gets his. She also queues up with Nog for the toilet reward or nags me if I forget to give her one if she went out and he didnt LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merledogs Posted May 12, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 12, 2013 I've walked the dogs, had breakfast and potted up another five plants. Just in time cos it started spitting. Love watching the birdies eating out of the feeders this time of the year, because they are paired up so will sit next to each other on the feeders There's a family of sparrows which live in next door's bushes. Yesterday I watched a cheeky one dip into a feeder which was being used by a Collared Dove, then hopping onto the next one which was being used by a Wood Pigeon, which was about ten times its size Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackmagic Posted May 12, 2013 Report Share Posted May 12, 2013 Shes weird guys - honestly weird - she can be food orientated but only when it suits her and sometimes she'd have you believe I must be trying to poison her by offering her a slice of salami or piece of cheese she will turn her head away and refuse to look at it, but the instant I stop offering it she will jump up or paw at me asking for it only for me to reoffer it and pretty much have to place it in her mouth, she will then either take it off somewhere and eat it or she will spit it straight out at her feet, refuse to even look at it but if I or Nog make any movement towards it she will pick it up toss her head and eat it whilst all the while looking at me as if to say "if I have to" lol other times she will take whats she's offered but then spit it out walk away and let Nog have it - even if I have given her a treat whilst Nogs not even in the room she will sometimes just drop it and ignore it and Nog hoovers it up later *shrug* yet this may well have been a treat she'd been asking for! Yet similarly she comes and sits next to Nog every evening for "previcox" time - obviously she doesn't get a previcox but I've always made pill giving time for Nog into a fun treat time so we dont ever have any battles of getting it down him, so he associates "previcox" with something very very nice to eat - currently this is 2 slices of danish salami 1 slice for the pill and one as a treat, Sal now also gets 2 bits of salami - 1 slice cut in half given alongside Nog each time he gets his. She also queues up with Nog for the toilet reward or nags me if I forget to give her one if she went out and he didnt LOL She has you on a string! She behaves like that because you allow her to. I would not let her control the situation. When she first refused a treat I would put it away without saying anything. If she doesn't take it she doesn't get it. Similarly, if she takes it and puts it down I would lift it up and put it away. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gooster Posted May 12, 2013 Report Share Posted May 12, 2013 I love having a brother who works in the Apple store. When I was on holiday in Egypt, my old iPhone that I use as an iPod basically exploded. All the back cracked it blew up like a balloon! Anyway, on Friday he took it into work to get one of the geniuses to put a new battery and back on it (which would cost £55), anyway when I got back to mum and dad's yesterday, he has just got me a new handset for the same price Thankfully I had backed it up to my laptop before I went away, so should just be able to plug my new one into my laptop and it will be fine 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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