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- From: Valaria_Vorlop@mindlink.bc.ca (Valaria Vorlop)
- Subject: Re: Opal's Inferiority Complex
- Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada
- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 20:53:10 GMT
- Message-ID: <18809@mindlink.bc.ca>
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- > Mark Myers writes:
- > In article <BzEu6u.A8A@acsu.buffalo.edu>, kkeating@acsu.buffalo.edu (Kelly
- > Anne Hinkle) writes:
- > |> The problem is this--whenever I scold Jessica for doing something she
- > knows
- > |> she shouldn't, Opal slinks away like I'm yelling at her. So as I'm
- > saying,
- > |> "J, no!", I have to say "Good dog, Opal!" It's kinda hard sometimes!
- > :)
- > |>
- > |> Any suggestions?
- >
- > My canine psychology book says that it's a mistake to praise
- > Opal in this situation. To the dog you're praising him/her
- > for being frightened.
-
-
- What I've always done is made sure I'm VERY consitant about how I scold. I
- only look at the dog being punished and ignore the other dog totally unless
- it is actually doing something praiseworthy. I also use the name of the dog
- being punished, rather than just NO or BAD DOG, it's ALWAYS "Name, NO!" and I
- use a different voice when I say the dog's name, depending on whether it is a
- reprimand, command or praise. Commands and praise are also always preceded by
- the dog's name. After a while, the dog not being adressed will ingore
- anything directed to the other dogs. Actually my dobie has even backed me up
- on occasion when I was disciplining another visiting dobie...I alpha rolled
- the visitor and my dobie snarled in her face, so I know he completely
- understood
- that he had done nothing wrong.
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