On Thu, 16 Feb 2006 14:27:05 -0500, Harry Krause
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JohnH wrote:
On Thu, 16 Feb 2006 13:43:44 -0500, Harry Krause
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JohnH wrote:
On Thu, 16 Feb 2006 11:05:13 -0500, "RCE" wrote:

How do you teach a juvenile delinquent dog not to bark at everything he sees
in the back yard?
He's just over 10 months and is starting to feel his oats. We have a fenced
in backyard for him to romp around in but he has developed a liking to
standing at the fence line and barking at a neighbor's house that is quite a
ways back from the fence line. I want him to get used to playing around in
the back, but don't want to drive the neighbors nuts. He's proud of himself
because his voice has changed and now has a very deep, throaty bark.

If I call him back to the house he always comes. I just can't leave him out
there for very long.

RCE

Go sailing out the back door like a banshee yelling 'NO' as loudly and
gruffly as you possibly can. I'm assuming your dog understands 'NO'. That
worked for both my dogs.

Now I can no longer use the word "no" with the lab. She can't hear.

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John H

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You guys need to move up to a category of pets smarter and less
dependent than dogs.

None of my cats bark. Further, each has a repertoire of tricks it
performs on its own, without coaxing. Some of these tricks seemingly
defy gravity.

And each cat takes care of its own bathroom functions in the assigned
litter boxes. No need to worry about your pets' bowel habits if you
leave the house for a day or two.


Got cats too. Got one cat that thinks anything left on the floor in the way
of a briefcase, camera bag, or suitcase needs to be 'marked'. My wife won't
let me shoot it. It, BTW, is the 'almost twin' of yours.

Both of them are 'lap' cats. Strangely, the white faced one sits on my lap,
and the orange faced one sits on my wife's. They *never* switch. In the
picture on abpso, Huguenot (Huey) is the one on the left, Tobias (Toby) the
one on the right. Although both are male, only Toby feels the need to mark
things.
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John H


Are they "fixed"? All our cats have been fixed, and none marks.
One of our older male adoptees, Casper, howls if he's sleeping by the
window and a critter happens by...

Yeah, both fixed. That's part of the animal shelter deal. I'd always
thought the same thing about 'fixed' cats, but now I know better. We just
don't leave briefcases, etc., laying on the floor or tables open any more.
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'Til next time,

John H

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