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I have two pits ages 2 and 6,they are big babies.
When they misbehave I send them to the bedroom to bed. It is amazing how fast they learned. All I have to say is "do you want to go to bed" and they stop whatever it is they are doing.
I have two pits ages 2 and 6,they are big babies.
When they misbehave I send them to the bedroom to bed. It is amazing how fast they learned. All I have to say is "do you want to go to bed" and they stop whatever it is they are doing.
My dogs are older now but, when they were little I did send them to bed.
Can't say I ever have. They are dogs not kids and need training not punishment. I have zero behavioral issues with my boys, after extensive training and teaching then what's acceptable. A little training goes a long way, I found out with my MB! He is now a dream dog, just like his brother.
the few times i have had to correct bailey, i would wait until i caught her IN THE ACT of doing what she was not supposed to be doing (snacking in the litter boxes, for example) and shout, NO!! BAD DOG!! and then COMPLETELY ignore her for about 15-20 minutes..... no pets, no scritches, no eye contact.... NOTHING.... she can NOT stand this ...... and learns her lesson quickly......
have done it with dave too, though it does not seem quite as effective with him.....
My voice if I drop it an octave or two and sound stern they get the drift and straighten up. If I catch them in the act of misbehaving I do the voice thing and boy do they scatter. My dogs have never ever been spanked the voice thing seems to do the trick..heck it even scares me.
He doesn't get punished, per se, but if he's caught misbehaving, which pretty much amounts to being destructive, he gets the stern voice of "no," "drop it" etc. and remove whatever the item is if possible. I also ignore most other nonpreferred behavior. If he's whining, begging, doing nuisance barking, etc., no attention/eye contact, orient my body away from him until the behavior has ceased, and I'm ready to engage, not when HE says so. He's a smart dog, and he's able to put it together that good behavior gets my attention, not bad.
I don't know how/if he was punished in previous settings, but I do know that if he does something he's not supposed to (like snagging an empty carry-out paper coffee cup from the table when somebody's not looking and ripping it to shreds, or getting into the laundry basket and eating socks) and isn't caught in the act, he'll go hide from the mess/our potential reaction. He has one of two spots he goes to hide...into the bathroom and curled up on the bath mat, or in the corner of our bedroom between the bed and the wall, also curled up, with his tail tucked over his nose and just his eyes looking up at you. When I find him like this, it's usually because there's a shredded up sock in the middle of the living room or a toppled and rooted through garbage can somewhere. If I haven't found the mess yet, this is my clue to go look for it. My guess is that he used to get in BIG trouble.
the few times i have had to correct bailey, i would wait until i caught her IN THE ACT of doing what she was not supposed to be doing (snacking in the litter boxes, for example) and shout, NO!! BAD DOG!! and then COMPLETELY ignore her for about 15-20 minutes..... no pets, no scritches, no eye contact.... NOTHING.... she can NOT stand this ...... and learns her lesson quickly......
have done it with dave too, though it does not seem quite as effective with him.....
That's exactly what I do with my dogs too. Works wonderfully!
I verbally reprimand them. If two are getting into a serious argument (George and Dodger), I order Dodger into the bathroom to cool things off. Sometimes I spray them both with a water bottle to prevent further arguing.
George is largely deaf and somewhat demented, so reprimands don't work, and he often just charges at Dodger, barking and starting trouble. Then he'll turn and bark at the wall.
Dogs can be trained from the time they are pups to a degree.
I have a father and son dogs.
I have to use different commands for them to obey.
Both were punished across the rear with a rolled up newspaper when puppys and both have not forgotten the words "wheres my paper".
Junior would bite food from my hand and hurt my fingers so I would slap him across the nose when he did that and say "be nice". He learned after a couple of slaps and now I just say be nice when offering him a bite of some food and he will gently take it from my fingers. His father never had that problem from early on as a pup.
With father I say "sit" or point a curved finger downwards and he sits while with junior "down" or with a finger pointing to the floor they both will comply. I tried the silent finger pointing to the floor for them to listen and obey...it works for us.
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