Comments on: 5 Rules for Making Good Dog Cues https://www.somethingwagging.com/5-rules-for-making-good-dog-cues/ Helping Your Dog Love The Boat As Much As You Do Wed, 12 Dec 2018 02:31:56 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: From the Dog House, March 18 through March 24 « Fromthedoghouse Fromthedoghouse https://www.somethingwagging.com/5-rules-for-making-good-dog-cues/#comment-73722 Thu, 28 Mar 2013 02:18:12 +0000 https://www.somethingwagging.com/?p=9319#comment-73722 […] Staff – You seldom understand me when I bark, how am I supposed to understand you when you aren’t clear, Rules for making good dog cues […]

]]> By: Georgia Little Pea https://www.somethingwagging.com/5-rules-for-making-good-dog-cues/#comment-73249 Tue, 26 Mar 2013 05:03:54 +0000 https://www.somethingwagging.com/?p=9319#comment-73249 Cleaning up toys would be so good! Please share when you work that one out. Georgia only digs her toys out when she’s throwing a tanty and strangely, the man of the house doesn’t notice balls and bits of cotton and rubber lying around the house. Still working on “small”. Impossible!

]]> By: Jodi, Kolchak & Felix https://www.somethingwagging.com/5-rules-for-making-good-dog-cues/#comment-72735 Sun, 24 Mar 2013 07:15:55 +0000 https://www.somethingwagging.com/?p=9319#comment-72735 Our comands are terrible. We’re a mess and ALL over the place. Somehow…Kol figures it out. He’s either really smart…or he’d be doing this stuff anyways. No way to know. I guess I’m just lucky.

]]> By: Dawn https://www.somethingwagging.com/5-rules-for-making-good-dog-cues/#comment-72345 Fri, 22 Mar 2013 20:21:33 +0000 https://www.somethingwagging.com/?p=9319#comment-72345 Makes a lot of sense. I find #2 and #3 difficult to implement, though. For #2, I can’t help but to talk to my dogs like people sometimes, which means I often speak in sentences. It’s the same with #3. I might say come to mean different things depending on the context. It’s a good thing my pups are smart. But it would probably be much easier for them if I followed your tips completely.

]]> By: Bethany https://www.somethingwagging.com/5-rules-for-making-good-dog-cues/#comment-72168 Fri, 22 Mar 2013 07:36:24 +0000 https://www.somethingwagging.com/?p=9319#comment-72168 Really great post! Many trainers and workshops say to keep a book of cues… How does that help me or the dog? Remembering is key! Lately pride has come in realizing that, without any cues at all, routine (CONSISTENCY!) has helped the boys know what to do. We leave the kitchen with our dinner plates, you go to your beds! You come in from a walk (likely muddy and wet) you go straight to your crates. Communication is easy when everyone knows what is expected… Can I get my husband trained like this?

]]> By: BZ Dogs https://www.somethingwagging.com/5-rules-for-making-good-dog-cues/#comment-72137 Fri, 22 Mar 2013 04:57:05 +0000 https://www.somethingwagging.com/?p=9319#comment-72137 Of course if the result is meaningful to the dog then it probably doesn’t matter how long or convoluted it is. I will say that having a dog named Beau (as we named our first dog) goes a long way toward preventing you from telling your dog No all the time 🙂 I also found that if the dogs name ends in an “e” sound then people sound happier when they say it.

]]> By: Donna https://www.somethingwagging.com/5-rules-for-making-good-dog-cues/#comment-72072 Fri, 22 Mar 2013 00:26:12 +0000 https://www.somethingwagging.com/?p=9319#comment-72072 Those Border Collies….I bet you could WRITE DOWN what you want them to do and they’d do it. 🙂

I use “With Me” also. I think I got it from one of those thousands of positive training books I read while trying to figure out the yellow one. 🙂

How about:
Party’s Over (for settling after a greeting)
Around (for moving around)
“Put your toys away if you’re done with them.” Oh, right, that’s border collie speak. How about “Clean Up?” 🙂

]]> By: Houndstooth https://www.somethingwagging.com/5-rules-for-making-good-dog-cues/#comment-72060 Thu, 21 Mar 2013 23:54:13 +0000 https://www.somethingwagging.com/?p=9319#comment-72060 The big struggle at our house right now is over “quiet” and “speak.” I’d be happy if a certain German princess would even acknowledge that she heard me. I have the best luck pairing a command with a visual cue, and I’ve found that it makes me more consistent.

]]> By: Roberta https://www.somethingwagging.com/5-rules-for-making-good-dog-cues/#comment-72056 Thu, 21 Mar 2013 23:25:24 +0000 https://www.somethingwagging.com/?p=9319#comment-72056 I strive to not use words but gestures for cues. When I really need compliance, my tone drops deep and sharp: ‘LEAVE IT!!’ and they do…for the most part. It’s hard for me to maintain a deep tone, though, so I make sure my hand gestures and body language are consistent (well, I try). “Down” for Justus is an open hand held forward, like saying “stop.” The theory being if he ever were out in a field and I needed him to “down” for safety so I could get to him, I can raise my arm with my hand splayed out – “DOWN.” Haven’t had to try it…learned this from Sue Sternberg at a Petfinder Adoption Options workshop about 4 years ago.

]]> By: Global Dachshund Crossposting https://www.somethingwagging.com/5-rules-for-making-good-dog-cues/#comment-72021 Thu, 21 Mar 2013 21:23:58 +0000 https://www.somethingwagging.com/?p=9319#comment-72021 Excellent post. I actually use “settle” when I want the dogs to do just that. Tone of voice , pitch & consistency are the big 3.

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