Help with behavioral training

Have you tried walking out again and closing the door behind you and waiting her out? You leaving being the consequence of her barking (poor Bentley will be confused I know).

Alternatively, can you give Bentley and ignore Lexi (hard if she's as jealous as Juliet is when I'm giving Romeo attention and just wants to butt in)?
 
corbinam said:
I do like the idea of giving her a squeaky toy because I think part of it is her wanting to express her happiness noisily (it's not just that she wants attention because she runs around the house barking happily).
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I like that idea also.

My Shelties are all seniors now so they are models of good behavior (yeah, right!) -- well, at least they're more sedate about their mischief. But my Border Collie is 3 and he has presented me with similar behavior. Keeping in mind the adage that 'what we call bad behavior is almost always just an excess of undirected energy' I have found that just trying to shut him down does nothing to help, so when he wants to chase or jump, I get his tug and we have a good 5-minute game of tug, with plenty of 'drop' and 'lie down' commands worked into it.

After that, he's burned off some of the 'need to connect' energy and I can get his attention more effectively.

Something like that might be a solution for your girl?

As for the "bad" = cat chasing, that actually is hilarious, and maybe you could use the word "wrong" for unwanted behavior. That's another thing I do with my BC, I say "wrong!" in a stern tone and he has figured out that it means he should stop what he's doing.
 
I am outraiged
stoppeed dawg rly needz ta stop wid da torment
I shud jus be alloud to do az I please, snce I'm da cat and therfoar rulz don't apply ta me

Signed, Bimmer
 
Toffee's Mom said:
I am outraiged
stoppeed dawg rly needz ta stop wid da torment
I shud jus be alloud to do az I please, snce I'm da cat and therfoar rulz don't apply ta me

Signed, Bimmer
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:lol:

(Irene, how did Bimmer get your log in?! It sounds just like something he would say, so I know it was him!)
 
corbinam said:
Nope! And that's actually part of the problem! I sometimes let the dogs chase the cat when he is bad, because he at least listens to them! :uhoh:
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If I say Tanner in a stern voice Ember charges out from whereever she is and pounces on him if she can't get to him she barks furiously at hum. Luckily at 17 yrs old I don't need to yell at him much.

and yes he does listen to Ember more than he does me.
 
corbinam said:
:lol:

(Irene, how did Bimmer get your log in?! It sounds just like something he would say, so I know it was him!)
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I think boss kitteh must have texted him with my log in ID from the rainbow bridge, that little fiend... :sadsmile:
Mikesch would know exactly how Bimmer feels, cuz Toff tried that with him also, as I also tried to use the Sheltie enforcer :o Ony time boss kitteh ever stopped what he was doing if he thought he couldn't get away with it since Toff can run faster than I...
Best advice I can give is to stop using no... but I am afraid she would just learn the new word... So leave the kitteh be and don't use NO, ever :no::gaah

lol
in other words I got nothin'
 
This made me chuckle. I don't think Beau' previous owner socialized him around dogs which would account for why he's terrified(along w/ being pummeled by off leash dogs) but, he loves cats. we go to one dog store that has a store cat and he tries so hard to engage her in a game of chase and and she looks at him like"What the hell dog, I'm a cat leave me alone"
 
corbinam said:
The problem with that is that I don't think it translates to being a long term solution (I would have to ALWAYS ask for an alternate behavior, or she would go back to it)
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behavior that is not reinforced /or self reinforced in your case/ does disappear...
It is all about reinforcement...I might not be able to control you but if I control your salary you will see life the way I like:yes:
 
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