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I did also bring my more vinegary water bottle and wow what a difference. He actually squints now when I say "quiet" because he is anticipating the squirt - which means it is making a difference in the correction.
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IMO, this is an awful method to use to teach your dog to be quiet. First of all he likely sees the bottle being the correction. My bet is you keep using this method and you so much as show your dog an empty bottle and it will be the bottle that he sees as the correction and not you. Secondly until a dog understands and knows a behavior you shouldn't be correcting them for not doing something they don't know. Thirdly, do you plan on always carrying a spray bottle around?
I do believe in corrections from time to time and use them on my dogs. I do so when I know
they knowthat what they did was wrong and I do so in a way that they understand that the correction came from me. I have recently started teaching my youngest to track. He is learning and by no means is he and expert (nor am I his teacher). If he makes a mistake it would be unfair for me to give a correction because this isn't something that he knows, he is still learning. I also use corrections that are always convenient and on hand such as my voice and sometimes the leash.