Hahaha THAT is such a golden thing! Our golden does the 'zipping' thing
whenever we clap our hands. She just goes wild running in circles as fast as
any dog can.
Love my goldens!
I could never use a fido fence. Fortunately, goldens are really trainable.
"Steve and Lisa" > wrote in message
...
> Hey Just Me.......we tried the coin thingy....but Monty found it a game
(and
> he's a fraidy pants) would purposely jump on the couch to hear them rattle
> and run zipping around afterwards.
>
> He does however have the typical personality of a Golden and all he needs
is
> a firm "NO" he freezes in place. (Hence the freeze in the
pond....resulting
> in not knowing how to get out......lol)
>
> I agree if you start when they are pups (having had a Black Lab before
> Monty....and hubby having had an Alsatian aka German Shepherd) with
> affection and discipline...just like children......they normally do obey
> their commands.
>
> Monty not only has voice commands......but hand signals as well. He's not
> been in a crate since 4 months.....can be trusted in the house alone for
> long periods. When little he tried the chewing bit...but we removed the
> negative gave him a positive.....now if he wants to chew he goes to his
toy
> corner and pulls out a toy. He, when about 7 months tried getting ...well
> specifically paper towels .....off the counter when we left......how did
we
> handle it.....well we pretended to leave......had a pair of
> binoculars.....went out back watched through the slider to see when he
would
> go for the paper towels.....took couple minutes guess he wanted to be sure
> we were gone....and off he went.....to which I ran to the house caught him
> in the act and berated him verbally......not once since has he touched
> anything on the counter. I can leave STEAK thawing on it while I go to the
> store.....it will still be there upon my return. (Guess he figures I'm a
> crazy woman who can return at any moment and yell at him....lol)
>
> lol sorry rambling......but you can teach them....just takes time and
> patience.
>
> Lisa
> "Just Me "Koi"" > wrote in message
> ...
> > First let me declare that I am a die hard dog lover! Had German
> > Shepherds, great dogs! But now have 2 Boxers! Best dogs ever!
> >
> > Some will say that a bad dog is a reflection of an owner that is not
> > training the dog with love and firm discipline! Then what do I know!
> >
> > I think of my dogs as my children. I wouldn't want them to go out in
life
> > without being trained to understand consequences. In training my dogs,
I
> > followed a dog book titled "Family dog" by Richard A. Wolters. Pretty
> good
> > result as to obedience! Maybe it may work for you.
> >
> > If my dog chooses to stick it's nose in a fido fence (I don't have a
fido
> > electric fence by the way) , then it deserves the corrective measures
that
> > comes with that. He/She will learn fast not to go near the fence! A
very
> > firm disappointing voice from me usually gets my dogs attention and is
> > enough correction, or worse absence of play and affection as a direct
> > consequence of unacceptable behaviour is also effective. 20 coins in an
> > empty can of soda is also extremely effective if you can catch the dogs
in
> > the deed.
> >
> > Can you teach an old dog new tricks?
> >
> > --
> > _______________________________________
> > "The difference between 'involvement' and 'commitment' is
> > like an eggs-and-ham breakfast:
> > The chicken was 'involved' - the pig was 'committed'."
> >
> > http://community.webshots.com/user/godwino
> >
> > "Steve and Lisa" > wrote in message
> > ...
> > > I could never zap Monty.......he's just too sweet and lovable. :o)
> > >
> > >
> > > Lisa
> > > "Ka30P" > wrote in message
> > > ...
> > > > Moon wrote<< How do you teach a dog not to bother a pond and the
> things
> > > there
> > > > in? >>
> > > >
> > > > An electric shock Fido Fence.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > kathy :-)
> > > > <A HREF="http://www.onceuponapond.com/">Once upon a pond</A>
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
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