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Barking Mad


After almost 3 weeks of struggling with a hyper dog on a lead and having a nightmare even trying to control him on a walk, last night I had a break through. He barked at me playfully but was being a bit boisterous  so I woofed back quite loudly it even made the other half jump. It stopped him in his tracks instantly  I couldn't believe it. He settled down for the evening. BTW I am talking about the dog not the other half. The OH just laughed at me.

This morning I was dreading the daily battle of who is leading who on the walk and tried to remain calm. I had already planned to go and buy a halti collar later today. I didn't get that far

 Having read all sorts of top  tips how to stop lead biting jumping and pulling. No mention of woofing. I used the tips to get him out the door quietly with an added  Carrie woof.
  • I put his harness on
  • He started leaping about
  • I woofed
  • He stopped
  • I ignored him
  • Then I clipped his lead on
  • He started leaping about
  • I woofed he stopped
  • I waited then took him is walk
  • He pulled I woofed
  • He stopped pulling jumping and biting his lead with only one incident
So if you see a mad woman woofing at a dog on your travels its me he is so good in so many other ways and has learned lots of new things but I must admit I wasn't making any headway on the lead thing and was starting to panic and getting stressed out. Lets see if it works on the next walk of the day.

 UPDATE

 It worked again this time with a quiet woof we had a great 2nd walk cant wait to show the other half.

 OK Why did I woof at my Dog?

 He barked at me as simple as that and we had had a battle  of wills all day on Friday and he quite simply was not taking any notice of me even for treats.It was quite simply a last resort and how would you like it.

 Now having done a bit of research on the web one deep woof in Dog Language  appears to mean stop that!!

 http://www.petsafe.net/blog/2012/03/02/10-translated-barks-know-what-your-dog-is-saying/

 Well I wasn't expecting to woof at my dog to train him on a lead but its a darn site better than yanking pulling, leaping biting lead, battling, using a choke chain (Yuk) I hate them but will admit trying with one. 

 If a woof works for my dog  and he understands woof why an earth not use it. 
  • He isn't required to be multi Lingual in Human and Dog
  • He doesn't require choke chains or other restraining devices
    • Yelling at
    • Stern commands
    • Mixed messages for what do I do for a treat
  • I get the added advantage of being able to add tomy CV
    • English
    • Spanish 
    • Dogish 


 Its been a  pleasure today to put him on a harness and walk with a loose lead calmly. How long it will last I don't know it may just be a flash in the pan knowing my luck it will be.

 Just call me Doctor Dolittle if it continues to work :-)

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  1. Carrie30 March 2013 at 16:50

    UPDATE 2

    The OH has come home from work.Mr Dog has gone on his 3rd walk of the day with both of us and me doing it my way. The OH can't get over it. Our walk was calm and enjoyable we even talked to each other with the Dog walking quietly instead of leaps and bounds and stress levels rising, which of course dogs can sense. Everything was Tranquil. I still can't believe it myself

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  2. Carrie31 March 2013 at 11:30

    UPDATE 3

    Not so good this morning he went wacky in the garden refused to have his lead on and things got quite heated. Eventually I got the lead on and off we went- Not so bad on his walk until I turned around to come back then the jumping, leaping and biting of lead started I woofed and he thought play time yippee. I struggled to get him home but we got there. He remembered to sit outside the gate. He then had a mad 5 mins in the garden and retired.

    On his next walk all was calm and tranquil again he is just like a light switch.

    Memo to ones self remember to put the lead on in the house don't try it in the garden.

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