Tazmeena spending most of the morning on her food ledge being Effective. Meaning Tay, now sometimes Tay a would approach, but back off. Not long toward noon, i took her, Tazmeena, out to under the porch. and so, another day under the house. But, in a certain way, Nice. It's cool there. More than could be said about where the rest of Us were.
looking around, she found the potatoe/onion basket under the counter. Stole a potato.
took it into her crate. It wasn't what she'd imagined. But she kept it.
I returned the call of the dog trainer Jan. A lot was exchanged. But what was most Important was her answer to my question about comotion when Giving Water and biting the hose nozzle. About why she is so seemingly non responsive to the word NO.
Because Dorothy who had her for her first 8/9 months follows Jan's Teaching Advice. The word No isn't a part of that. That growly sound….ehhhh, is not a No, it is what dog trainer Jan calls an Interrupter. It signals something. Only that. Beyond that, and this is what i found extremely interesting, beyond that, is up to ME. I don't want her chewing cheerfully on the spray nozzle. I don't want her in the vegetable bed. But as Jan explained, that's nice, but doesn't mean a lot to her. With the word NO, she might stop, but she would go On, with something else, maybe the same, just with a few minutes interruption. No gives her no information, really. Nothing she can work with. So, you think ahead. You REDIRECT. you ask yourself: What do i WANT her to be doing? Not…what do i want her to stop doing.
What do i want her to be doing?
well, in this instance it would be….Anything. I don't care….but just to stop the hose nozzle stuff.
so…setting this up, i brought one of the Goats water tubs…big….maybe almost 3ft across and 8" deep…maybe more, and set it in the middle of the raised beds that are in question. I put her big blue chew thing (should have taken a pic) in my pocket. Filled the tub with water, 8 " deep, at least and set about watering. When she came to see what was happening, i threw her "toy" into the tub with great splashing. She retrieved it and RAN circles around the maybe 1/3rd acre, round and round until she returned it and again….Splash!…her retr ieving and running. Over and Over and all the while i am cheerfully giving water.
Yes. Not just NO, but what would you Rather they do? REDIRECT. i wish i'd known about this when i had teen age kids.
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