Vicaroo1000
"Slug Assassin" and PBS Gardening Dweeb
- Jun 23, 2011
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- Beefeater's Buxom Beatrice and Lord Harrington's Bodacious Beauregaard
[MENTION=7627]stacyh[/MENTION] - remember too that the "terrible twos" are a phase and he WILL grow past that stage. The key is not developing bad behaviors into bad HABITS.
My Bo has a complete and utter fascination -- no OBSESSION -- with reflections. Yesterday on our daily walk, the sun happened to come out for a millisecond (this is Seattle) and Bo went BERSERK; pulling HARD, choking himself to get to a mirror reflection from a nearby homes windchime. There were two mirrors on the thing which means two "shiny spots" where whirling around on the pavement about ten feet from us. The closer we got to it (he's pulling) the WORSE it got of course, because the closer they get to the "target" the more control you LOSE. All my hollaring "Bo! No! No! HEY! BO!" did absolutely NOTHING. (Of course it didn't. "Nose Eyes EARS" right? That's how they see their world) and when the light finally went on for me (I'm an avid Cesar Millan fan), I did what I should have done to begin with; touched him in the flanks. He was indeed surprised and immediately stopped focusing on the shiny thing so I could get his attention and redirect. I have seen Cesar do that a gazillion times on TV. I've also heard a thousand times that yelling the dog's name is the WORST thing you can do. hahahahahahaha LESSON LEARNED (for now anyway).
My Bo has a complete and utter fascination -- no OBSESSION -- with reflections. Yesterday on our daily walk, the sun happened to come out for a millisecond (this is Seattle) and Bo went BERSERK; pulling HARD, choking himself to get to a mirror reflection from a nearby homes windchime. There were two mirrors on the thing which means two "shiny spots" where whirling around on the pavement about ten feet from us. The closer we got to it (he's pulling) the WORSE it got of course, because the closer they get to the "target" the more control you LOSE. All my hollaring "Bo! No! No! HEY! BO!" did absolutely NOTHING. (Of course it didn't. "Nose Eyes EARS" right? That's how they see their world) and when the light finally went on for me (I'm an avid Cesar Millan fan), I did what I should have done to begin with; touched him in the flanks. He was indeed surprised and immediately stopped focusing on the shiny thing so I could get his attention and redirect. I have seen Cesar do that a gazillion times on TV. I've also heard a thousand times that yelling the dog's name is the WORST thing you can do. hahahahahahaha LESSON LEARNED (for now anyway).
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