tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8588172.post2562117737694562623..comments2023-09-27T03:48:12.375-04:00Comments on Suburban Diva's Confessions: No wordsTraceyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14684214476192606258noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8588172.post-73174394980145447992007-05-27T15:01:00.000-04:002007-05-27T15:01:00.000-04:00Here's what you do about Jingles and the door. Ge...Here's what you do about Jingles and the door. <BR/><BR/>Get some treats. Think of an easy-to-make noise (a cluck, clap, snap, whatever) that will be the signal to Jingles that she did something good and a reward is on the way.<BR/><BR/>Put her on a leash. Does she sit? Sitting would be good. Sit, make signal noise (I'm going to use snap as an example), give treat. (I use turkey pepperoni.) If she doesn't sit, just practice calling her name. She looks your way, snap, treat. Do this until she is really good at it. Then practice it with the door open. Then off leash. Then off leash with door open. The only hard part is making the signal at the moment the good thing occurs. You want the animal to begin to understand that what they were doing when they got snapped is the thing you are teaching. Then you have time to dig out the reward. Do several training sessions for a couple of days and I think you will see Jingles begin to open her mind to you and training. Then you can take if from there and teach her anything. I keep saying "you" but really this is a great project for kids if they're old enough.<BR/><BR/>If Jingles pushes her way out the door, is she in danger? Because this has become a very rewarding game for her. She pushes out the door and a big, fun game of chase the dog ensues. What could be more fun? Somehow, it has to become more rewarding to stay in the house with her family.<BR/><BR/>If you try this, let me know how it goes. I have lots of other ideas, too.Piddlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12056865331170868231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8588172.post-34336200447610058272007-05-24T20:02:00.000-04:002007-05-24T20:02:00.000-04:00since summer vacation started today I have a littl...since summer vacation started today I have a little extra time on my hands...I have starting plotting a system of sabatoge on the ole' Mrs. Kravitz, nasty lady!JODIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06200377715733843284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8588172.post-62413978026998896342007-05-24T15:54:00.000-04:002007-05-24T15:54:00.000-04:00I dunno T. If it were anyone else in the world, th...I dunno T. If it were anyone else in the world, they would receive the benefit of the doubt. This woman goes out of her way to insult me at every encounter. I think I need to cut all contact from her.<BR/><BR/>I'm still shaking from the whole thing. <BR/><BR/>And I would love some Jingle help--can you believe I paid a small fortune for in-home dog training. She is only trained when they are in my home.Traceyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14684214476192606258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8588172.post-84077468749905561232007-05-24T14:30:00.000-04:002007-05-24T14:30:00.000-04:00OMG I got teary-eyed reading about you running aro...OMG I got teary-eyed reading about you running around looking for your child (and when you mentioned pond my heart sank cause we have one too). <BR/><BR/>It's the only thing I don't think I could recover from, losing a child.<BR/><BR/>So glad it ended well.<BR/><BR/>Can I come over and work some clicker training magic on that pooch of yours?Piddlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12056865331170868231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8588172.post-51093349856490273262007-05-24T10:00:00.000-04:002007-05-24T10:00:00.000-04:00Maybe that was just Mrs. Kravits' VERY poor attemp...Maybe that was just Mrs. Kravits' VERY poor attempt at humor? Either way she could really use a brain-to-mouth filter.T with Honeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13870996927675120152noreply@blogger.com