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Originally posted by shybird
Schatz is a big licker too. She was licking everyone and everything.. I taught her to kiss, then no kiss. Now she understands to stop licking NO KISS. She will stop wen I tell her.. |
This is another very good way to stop a behavior. Teach them to do it on command first then teach them to stop. My Sara is a very very vocal dog. Especially when she's getting petted or her back scratched, she loves to grumble, groan and generally carry on. This does NOT work in a therapy setting. Scares the bejesus out of people who don't know what it is. So, I trained her to vocalize on command, then it was easy to teach her to stop on command as well. She very rarely vocalizes in public now. :)