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Post by Pink Cashmere on Oct 27, 2022 16:02:39 GMT -5
That is a mom are you going to do something about this kid look from Newbie. Yes, it is! She looks at me like that a LOT lol. And I have to make Boy leave her alone.
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Post by Pink Cashmere on Oct 27, 2022 16:09:32 GMT -5
Boy just wants to be with his "mom" He does. He loves to snuggle with either me, Mister, or Newbie. Newbie doesn’t always want to be bothered with him though. That’s when I intervene on her behalf. He’s supposed to sleep in his crate at night, but somehow he often ends up sleeping on a bed, either ours or the one Mister escapes to when my sleep shenanigans bother him, or Newbie’s. Since he seems to do well with not peeing or pooping overnight, I guess we can get him his own bed. I’m willing to bet money though, that he’ll still try to sleep with Newbie.
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Post by Pink Cashmere on Oct 29, 2022 16:09:34 GMT -5
Sometimes I keep kibble in my pockets so I can randomly reward Boy when he does what I ask him to. He is definitely one of those dogs that will work for food lol. Today, I put kibble and treats in my sweatshirt pocket while they were outside. As soon as I went outside and sat down, both of them were all in my face because they could smell them. So my little game doesn’t work as well since now they know when I have treats or kibble in my pocket lol. I still don’t hand them out freely, they have to do something first, and they still may or may not get some of what’s in my pocket. Boy has been practically glued to my side ever since he smelled them. All of a sudden, he takes off running to me when I call him, every single time, instead of playing crazy sometimes and making me get up and go get him. He follows me in the house, walking just behind me and constantly looking up at me, and when I stop walking, he sits on his butt to wait for what I’m going to do next. Those are things I want to teach him to do on a leash, but not necessarily all day every day in the house. So I’m kinda stumped on how to handle that to separate what I expect him to do when we are out and about, from what I expect in the house. Does that make sense? Ideas? raeoflyte?
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Post by Pink Cashmere on Oct 29, 2022 17:59:46 GMT -5
It’s raining and Mister was trying to lure the dogs out of the garage to do their business. They both said no sir, we’ll just sit here where it’s safe and dry.😁 I gave Mister a handful of the kibble and treats from my pocket and even Boy, the greedy monster, still refused to go out in the rain. He moved even further back into the garage lol.
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Post by daisylu on Oct 29, 2022 18:42:21 GMT -5
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I love seeing these furbaby pics! I am glad that you are enjoying them.
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Post by raeoflyte on Oct 30, 2022 14:24:42 GMT -5
Sometimes I keep kibble in my pockets so I can randomly reward Boy when he does what I ask him to. He is definitely one of those dogs that will work for food lol. Today, I put kibble and treats in my sweatshirt pocket while they were outside. As soon as I went outside and sat down, both of them were all in my face because they could smell them. So my little game doesn’t work as well since now they know when I have treats or kibble in my pocket lol. I still don’t hand them out freely, they have to do something first, and they still may or may not get some of what’s in my pocket. Boy has been practically glued to my side ever since he smelled them. All of a sudden, he takes off running to me when I call him, every single time, instead of playing crazy sometimes and making me get up and go get him. He follows me in the house, walking just behind me and constantly looking up at me, and when I stop walking, he sits on his butt to wait for what I’m going to do next. Those are things I want to teach him to do on a leash, but not necessarily all day every day in the house. So I’m kinda stumped on how to handle that to separate what I expect him to do when we are out and about, from what I expect in the house. Does that make sense? Ideas? raeoflyte? I'd take good behavior any time, any place and that sounds like perfect behavior! But otherwise I'd mark and reward a little more when that's offered where you want it and ignore it where it doesn't. If he's a people motivated dog it may not make much of a difference, but you'll have clearly demonstrated when the behavior is important to you.
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Post by Pink Cashmere on Oct 30, 2022 14:53:03 GMT -5
Sometimes I keep kibble in my pockets so I can randomly reward Boy when he does what I ask him to. He is definitely one of those dogs that will work for food lol. Today, I put kibble and treats in my sweatshirt pocket while they were outside. As soon as I went outside and sat down, both of them were all in my face because they could smell them. So my little game doesn’t work as well since now they know when I have treats or kibble in my pocket lol. I still don’t hand them out freely, they have to do something first, and they still may or may not get some of what’s in my pocket. Boy has been practically glued to my side ever since he smelled them. All of a sudden, he takes off running to me when I call him, every single time, instead of playing crazy sometimes and making me get up and go get him. He follows me in the house, walking just behind me and constantly looking up at me, and when I stop walking, he sits on his butt to wait for what I’m going to do next. Those are things I want to teach him to do on a leash, but not necessarily all day every day in the house. So I’m kinda stumped on how to handle that to separate what I expect him to do when we are out and about, from what I expect in the house. Does that make sense? Ideas? raeoflyte ? I'd take good behavior any time, any place and that sounds like perfect behavior! [img src="https://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff155/JiminiChristmas/ymamsmiles/smile.gif" class="smile" alt=" " src="//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png"] But otherwise I'd mark and reward a little more when that's offered where you want it and ignore it where it doesn't. If he's a people motivated dog it may not make much of a difference, but you'll have clearly demonstrated when the behavior is important to you. I keep seeing references to “marking”, can you tell me what that means? And thanks for the advice!
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Post by weltschmerz on Oct 30, 2022 16:13:50 GMT -5
I'd take good behavior any time, any place and that sounds like perfect behavior! [img src="https://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff155/JiminiChristmas/ymamsmiles/smile.gif" class="smile" alt=" " src="//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png"] But otherwise I'd mark and reward a little more when that's offered where you want it and ignore it where it doesn't. If he's a people motivated dog it may not make much of a difference, but you'll have clearly demonstrated when the behavior is important to you. I keep seeing references to “marking”, can you tell me what that means? And thanks for the advice! A dog releases a small amount of urine. It's to show ownership of a territory. Many animals do it. 'Mine!'
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Post by raeoflyte on Oct 30, 2022 16:29:10 GMT -5
I keep seeing references to “marking”, can you tell me what that means? And thanks for the advice! A dog releases a small amount of urine. It's to show ownership of a territory. Many animals do it. 'Mine!' I don't mean that kind of marking! It's what clicker training is. You associate the click to treats so you can give a click when they give the desired behavior and then follow it with a treat. I use "yesss!" as my mark instead of a clicker.
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Post by Pink Cashmere on Oct 30, 2022 17:30:35 GMT -5
A dog releases a small amount of urine. It's to show ownership of a territory. Many animals do it. 'Mine!' I don't mean that kind of marking! [img src="https://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff155/JiminiChristmas/ymamsmiles/smile.gif" class="smile" src="//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png" alt=" "] It's what clicker training is. You associate the click to treats so you can give a click when they give the desired behavior and then follow it with a treat. I use "yesss!" as my mark instead of a clicker. I’ve never researched clicker training, for whatever reason that caused me to not be interested in it. I start off using treats and praise, and once I’m sure the dog knows what the command means, gradually phase out the treats and mostly just use praise. So marking is just rewarding the behavior you want, when it happens, is that correct?
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Post by raeoflyte on Oct 30, 2022 18:06:49 GMT -5
I don't mean that kind of marking! [img src="https://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff155/JiminiChristmas/ymamsmiles/smile.gif" class="smile" src="//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png" alt=" "] It's what clicker training is. You associate the click to treats so you can give a click when they give the desired behavior and then follow it with a treat. I use "yesss!" as my mark instead of a clicker. I’ve never researched clicker training, for whatever reason that caused me to not be interested in it. I start off using treats and praise, and once I’m sure the dog knows what the command means, gradually phase out the treats and mostly just use praise. So marking is just rewarding the behavior you want, when it happens, is that correct? Yep. So you can give basically instant feedback without fumbling with a treat.
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Post by Annie7 on Oct 31, 2022 9:02:06 GMT -5
It’s raining and Mister was trying to lure the dogs out of the garage to do their business. They both said no sir, we’ll just sit here where it’s safe and dry.😁 I gave Mister a handful of the kibble and treats from my pocket and even Boy, the greedy monster, still refused to go out in the rain. He moved even further back into the garage lol. Such cute pictures. I love how they are sitting so well. The other morning Nala didn't want to go out either because of rain. It was over 13 hours between when she went out the previous night to when she finally went next morning. At daycare apparently she'll stay in the kiddie pool forever, but doesn't like rain.
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Post by Annie7 on Oct 31, 2022 9:05:00 GMT -5
I don't mean that kind of marking! [img src="https://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff155/JiminiChristmas/ymamsmiles/smile.gif" class="smile" src="//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png" alt=" "] It's what clicker training is. You associate the click to treats so you can give a click when they give the desired behavior and then follow it with a treat. I use "yesss!" as my mark instead of a clicker. I’ve never researched clicker training, for whatever reason that caused me to not be interested in it. I start off using treats and praise, and once I’m sure the dog knows what the command means, gradually phase out the treats and mostly just use praise. So marking is just rewarding the behavior you want, when it happens, is that correct? I find that my timing is off when I tried to use the clicker. So, I prefer to use "Yessss" too. Marking is letting the dog know at the instant it does what you wanted - it could be a word or a click. It takes time to get the treat to the dog, so marking lets the dog know which behavior we are happy about.
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Post by Pink Cashmere on Oct 31, 2022 17:38:32 GMT -5
I’ve never researched clicker training, for whatever reason that caused me to not be interested in it. I start off using treats and praise, and once I’m sure the dog knows what the command means, gradually phase out the treats and mostly just use praise. So marking is just rewarding the behavior you want, when it happens, is that correct? I find that my timing is off when I tried to use the clicker. So, I prefer to use "Yessss" too. Marking is letting the dog know at the instant it does what you wanted - it could be a word or a click. It takes time to get the treat to the dog, so marking lets the dog know which behavior we are happy about. That makes sense, thank you and Rae for explaining it to me!
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Post by Pink Cashmere on Oct 31, 2022 18:05:31 GMT -5
We just took Boy on his first walk in the neighborhood. It was horrible lol.
I had Boy and Mister had Newbie, and they were walking faster than us and all Boy wanted was to catch up with them, in between being terrified of the cars driving by when we were on the big street that runs through our neighborhood. I just ignored him when he got spooked by the cars and kept walking. Occasionally I did stop walking so he could see that they were just passing by and wouldn’t hurt him, but I still ignored him being afraid. He has to figure out on his own that cars driving past us aren’t a threat to him, and I didn’t want to encourage his fearful behavior by trying to soothe him. Which feels counterintuitive, but I believe it’s the best thing to do in a situation like that, let his doggie brain figure out that he doesn’t have to be afraid of unfamiliar things and he can just be a dog and trust me to be in charge and keep him safe on our walks.
The only good thing from when we’ve been practicing at home on a leash was that whenever I stopped walking, he sat down and looked up at me.
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Post by Pink Cashmere on Nov 2, 2022 17:07:12 GMT -5
This is the stupid deflated blue ball that Newbie loves so much.. Boy brought it on the deck last night, apparently he likes it too. And now they are playing tug of war over it.
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Post by weltschmerz on Nov 2, 2022 19:46:29 GMT -5
Pink, I met a woman today walking a HUGE standard poodle. He was all over me, giving me slobbery kisses. Nice dog. She said he's really smart. I think border collies are the smartest and poodles come next.
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Post by Pink Cashmere on Nov 2, 2022 20:24:13 GMT -5
Pink, I met a woman today walking a HUGE standard poodle. He was all over me, giving me slobbery kisses. Nice dog. She said he's really smart. I think border collies are the smartest and poodles come next. My standard poodle use to give me hugs. He’d stand on his hind legs and wrap his front legs around my waist. It was cute. He was definitely one of the smartest dogs I’ve had.
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Post by raeoflyte on Nov 2, 2022 22:39:00 GMT -5
Puppy is very nearly perfect. We're on day 3 of sit and I only had to help her 2 or 3 times over a half mile walk. We're also working on cleaning up heel which I decided to do with devil dog too since it's a new exercise. Basically you set a goal - 5ft, the end of the driveway, end of the block - whatever is realistic and if they creep ahead, turn around and go back to the beginning. No matter how far you got. Puppy only had a couple do overs. Devil dog turned what should be an 800 step walk into just over 2000. And he's trained! But a total creeper. This was a good exercise because it turned off the part of my brain that was trying to get to a destination. It was just about the next goal.
Big thing I need to work with Puppy on is barking when we get into the food bin. She'll lay down when it's time to give her food, but she is a fool between that bag starts crackling and walking over.
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Post by Pink Cashmere on Nov 3, 2022 17:58:44 GMT -5
I am so happy that you took a chance on Puppy and she turned out to be a nearly perfect Puppy. I think I will try what you are doing with my own dogs. Thank you for sharing and explaining! Mister usually feeds our dogs, but lately I’ve been doing it sometimes when he gets home late, either because of work or going to see his Mom. I love feeding them lol. They get so excited when they see what I’m doing, but they both sit and watch while I’m getting it together. Even though they sit, you can still see their excitement. And when I tell them go eat, they run and gobble their food down in what seems like 2.2 seconds. And lick the bowls clean. And go back a few more times to lick it some more to make sure they didn’t miss anything. This is the first time I’ve fed dogs the kind of stuff I do now, and I have literally never had dogs that obviously enjoyed their food like these 2 do. I am grateful that we can provide them with food they really love, that is also good for them because it is natural and doesn’t have all the fillers that some dog foods have.
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Post by Pink Cashmere on Nov 8, 2022 17:25:38 GMT -5
Boy thinks this is a good napping spot on the deck. I disagree.
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Post by Annie7 on Nov 9, 2022 11:52:02 GMT -5
Boy thinks this is a good napping spot on the deck. I disagree. You mean you didn't make that box just for him? See how well he fits
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Post by Pink Cashmere on Nov 12, 2022 19:18:26 GMT -5
I have loved dogs my whole life, but I’ve never liked them on my furniture. And most definitely not on my bed. But somehow Newbie ended up sleeping on my bed sometimes when she first came home. And Boy has slept on/in my bed more times than any of the other dogs I’ve had since I was a child, combined. He is a cuddler, and prefers to sleep as close to you as he can get, whether it’s Newbie, Mister, or me. And during the night, he ends up scooting up far enough on the bed to lay his head on my pillow, which is too much for me, and I push him back down to the middle of the bed, which means he has to find a good spot to cuddle up against me all over again. I’ll never admit it IRL, but I kind of like how he wants to be so close to me when we sleep. But at the same time, I already have a lot of issues sleeping, and it doesn’t help when I’m trying to make sure I don’t roll over and smush him or I’m just aware of where he is on the bed even if it doesn’t really matter. So I’ve banned him from the bed, just because it’s just been one more reason I don’t sleep well. But it’s really hard to resist this.
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Post by raeoflyte on Nov 13, 2022 17:29:55 GMT -5
We don't let the dogs on furniture, but if puppy was an only dog and my bed wasn't already full with me, dc, and dh she'd be allowed to break that rule.
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Post by Pink Cashmere on Nov 13, 2022 17:45:59 GMT -5
We don't let the dogs on furniture, but if puppy was an only dog and my bed wasn't already full with me, dc, and dh she'd be allowed to break that rule. The dogs get on “Mister’s” sofa in the den. That’s the sofa he always sits on. The other sofa is leather, and I’ve convinced him that the dogs shouldn’t get on that one because their nails will scratch up the leather. I always sit on the leather sofa, no doggie germs or fur. I remember you saying that Puppy is nearly perfect. How is she doing these days?
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Post by Pink Cashmere on Nov 13, 2022 17:57:21 GMT -5
This is what happens whenever I’m in the laundry room and not tending to laundry. No commands necessary lol. The treats are in the laundry room. SMH Newbie and those darn ears though!
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Post by Pink Cashmere on Nov 13, 2022 18:41:24 GMT -5
I came back to that picture, because for some reason it’s really funny to me, and these days I need all the laughs I can get. Doesn’t it look like if Newbie could flap her ears, she could probably fly? Or is it just me that thinks that? Lol! Between her ears, her eyes (which, let me tell it, she uses to hypnotize lol), and the way she acts, the things she does, she is most definitely one of the most *interesting* dogs I’ve ever had. And I didn’t realize until this picture that their “socks” match. We were all meant to be together!
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Post by wvugurl26 on Nov 13, 2022 19:41:33 GMT -5
They are sitting so pretty waiting for treats!
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