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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 296278" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>Thanks, thanks, thanks! I'll read Cesears first book. Yeah, maybe he's getting more "feel good" to pacify his naysayers. After all, he has a show to promote. I will have to order spike collars for my dogs (sniff). Believe it or not Rufus, the cocker who thinks he's a pitbull, had a shock collar and it didn't faze him. We got it to stop his incessant barking whenever he saw anything human but his human pack members. Didn't even slow him down. Maybe he liked being shocked. We gave up on that one. </p><p></p><p>The behaviors we are currently working on the most are I AM THE BOSS OF YOU!!! I do it by refusing to allow them to even go out to potty without sitting, and never letting them go anywhere without me crossing first. I'm trying hard on the walking. If necessary, I put them on a very short lead so that they can't walk ahead of me and think, "Haha, I'm the boss of HER." I'm sure that's not ideal, but it beats them walking ahead of me and pulling, although they are getting better. </p><p></p><p>I wish hub could walk them too. He's a good dog leader. But he has bad hips from when he was in the service, he's not getting younger, they're not getting better. He can't walk them too far, so it's up to me. </p><p></p><p>The most amazing part to me is that my boys aren't marking. My cockapoo, who is a social climber, used to pee on anything I put in the middle of the room and peed on everything over and over again. The cocker spaniel alpha would follow her as if to say, "Take THAT!"</p><p></p><p>They haven't marked in three days now. I'm flabbergasted, truly. There are no words. I never thought I'd go one day without the marking. Now it's all going to be blown to bits because they will be staying at a kennel for two nights while we go out of town. I hope I don't have to start from scratch after that. <img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/emoticons/faint.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":faint:" title="faint :faint:" data-shortname=":faint:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 296278, member: 1550"] Thanks, thanks, thanks! I'll read Cesears first book. Yeah, maybe he's getting more "feel good" to pacify his naysayers. After all, he has a show to promote. I will have to order spike collars for my dogs (sniff). Believe it or not Rufus, the cocker who thinks he's a pitbull, had a shock collar and it didn't faze him. We got it to stop his incessant barking whenever he saw anything human but his human pack members. Didn't even slow him down. Maybe he liked being shocked. We gave up on that one. The behaviors we are currently working on the most are I AM THE BOSS OF YOU!!! I do it by refusing to allow them to even go out to potty without sitting, and never letting them go anywhere without me crossing first. I'm trying hard on the walking. If necessary, I put them on a very short lead so that they can't walk ahead of me and think, "Haha, I'm the boss of HER." I'm sure that's not ideal, but it beats them walking ahead of me and pulling, although they are getting better. I wish hub could walk them too. He's a good dog leader. But he has bad hips from when he was in the service, he's not getting younger, they're not getting better. He can't walk them too far, so it's up to me. The most amazing part to me is that my boys aren't marking. My cockapoo, who is a social climber, used to pee on anything I put in the middle of the room and peed on everything over and over again. The cocker spaniel alpha would follow her as if to say, "Take THAT!" They haven't marked in three days now. I'm flabbergasted, truly. There are no words. I never thought I'd go one day without the marking. Now it's all going to be blown to bits because they will be staying at a kennel for two nights while we go out of town. I hope I don't have to start from scratch after that. :knockedout: [/QUOTE]
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