Your naughty days are almost over you naughty dog!!!!!

lovesabargain123

We have 2 springer spaniels (I know, I know what crazy person has 2 of the idiots :rotfl: ) one (the girl) isn't your typical numpty, she's very calm and soft , the other (a male) is an absolute nutcase, he's very friendly and loves people and he's very soft and wants to be attached to you with double sided sticky tape at all time, however he has wayyy to much energy and doesn't quite get the concept of doing things slowly, he likes to go everywhere at at least 100mph and finds furniture is useful to launch himself to get there quicker,unfortunately this get girl dog a bit giddy too!!!

When dh is home they are truely angelic, do exactly as they are told and wouldn't dare to even put their toe on the furniture, the postman becomes their best friend as they give them a cheery wave as they pass the house and I'm pretty sure if they could they'd skip round the house all prim and proper... :A

However as soon as he goes to work it's a different story, the postman is there enemy (as is anyone that dares walk down the street) they climbed on the furniture (and I think they sometimes blow raspberries at me ) and are truely terribly behaved. They seem to forget their manners and run rings round me. :mad: (and I've let them as I'm not really sure what to do with them)

Anyway, someone told me about a spray you can get from pets at home called pet corrector, the theory about it is that when they start to spray it and it gives off a really loud noise , they are then suppose to learn that this is when you really mean business and they have to behave..

I was very very dubious but handed over my £7 all the same

So, dh goes out this evening and it's party time in our house, the fun and games start!!! So I give the spray a go... They both stopped in their tracks and looked at me, I gave them a stern NO and told them to 'sit' which they did:eek::eek: they then came over all sorry and desperate for attention (as they do when dh tells them off) ..so I gave them a stroke and a little treat for stopping and they have been as good as gold all night :eek:

Now I know it's not going to take one loud noise to put a stop to their shenanigans but I think if we persevere we may get somewhere with this, even if it just gives me a bit of confidence with them.....

Has anyone else used this and corrected bad behaviour?? I'm feeling a bit like a god tonight and for the first time in years they have actually listened to me :rotfl::rotfl:

No real point to this loooooong post but it's made me feel better x

krlyr

It's late and I'm on my phone so I'll keep it short but I would say be very careful training with aversives. They often get quick results but also often not permanent ones -once the dogs desire to perform the undesirable behaviour outweighs the fear of the aversive, you lose your power and often have to up the ante. Bad behaviours are often self rewarding so you need to make the desired behaviour even more rewarding. Give them extra special treats/chews only when they're laying on their beds, for example, and they will choose the beds over the furniture.
Aversives run the risk of causing more problems with poor or unlucky timing too. Postman = scary noise, let's bark even more to scare the scary postman off! Set the spray off just as the dogs walk next to each other, rather than when they're misbehaving, and you run the risk of creating a fear of each other. I can post some links etc on how to deal with these issues with other methods tomorrow if you'd like

Caroline_a

I used the pet corrector with my Shepherd. It just stopped him in his tracks when he was being an idiot - he wasn't scared at all it was more of a 'what on earth was that?... where was I?... oh forgotten, never mind' :rotfl: and it worked really well. Never tried one with Sid as he does what Oakley tells him to do..

kjmtidea

Caroline_a wrote: »

I used the pet corrector with my Shepherd. It just stopped him in his tracks when he was being an idiot - he wasn't scared at all it was more of a 'what on earth was that?... where was I?... oh forgotten, never mind' :rotfl: and it worked really well. Never tried one with Sid as he does what Oakley tells him to do..

This made me laugh. My dog is the same, we used the pet corrector to stop him from howling at the doorbell. It worked and we haven't used it since, I guess it is lazy training really but I wouldn't use it for everything.