training the "inside voice"?

[pAin_t_Misbehavin]

Border collie people have a great command: “that’ll do.” It means “what you’re doing was just fine at the time, but you need to stop now.”

I teach it by redirection. I use “that’ll do” followed by another command for a behavior incompatible with the first. In your case, maybe “that’ll do!” “here!” since the dog probably wouldn’t continue to bark once he was focused on his recall. [Of course, if his recall’s not 100%, you might have to go get him the first few times.;)] But the point is, to give a command that the dog can’t accomplish and continue the behavior you want to stop.

After a few repetitions, try using “that’ll do” all by itself and see if the dog stops what he’s doing. Since poodles are nearly as clever as border collies :winkgrin:, I bet he will.

FWIW, I don’t think a swat on the butt is a bad thing to do to a dog who’s ignoring you. I’m not saying it’d be my first choice of correction, but hey, you gave him a chance to do the right thing, and he didn’t. I don’t think what you did necessarily makes you a bad dog mom.

[MrWinston]

Beagles in agility

[QUOTE=Bluey;4414712]
There is a reason you hardly ever see a beagle competing in agility and not one at all in obedience.

I am sure that someone, sometime did get one trained for that, but I doubt they were very competitive.

Now, other than what beagles were bred to do, catch all those good smells and whoo-whoo-whoo about it, they really are short haired, small and sweeter than most breeds, your typical social butterfly.
Who would not fall for that?[/QUOTE]

Believe it or not there is a woman down here in FL that has beagles that are competitive at the excellent level in AKC competition. It was pretty dismal at the beginning, dog following nose between every obstacle. It’s pretty darned good now. I did have to wonder since the woman is an experienced handler, what posessed her to make that particular choice of agility dog. I would NEVER need that much of a challenge.

[Bluey]

[QUOTE=MrWinston;4416312]
Believe it or not there is a woman down here in FL that has beagles that are competitive at the excellent level in AKC competition. It was pretty dismal at the beginning, dog following nose between every obstacle. It’s pretty darned good now. I did have to wonder since the woman is an experienced handler, what posessed her to make that particular choice of agility dog. I would NEVER need that much of a challenge. :-)[/QUOTE]

There is one in El Paso, TX, that competed for several years with some Basenjis, that could be said to be cousins to beagles, with a pinch of ADHD added.
She now has goldens.:winkgrin:

I started in obedience with a norwegian elkhund, which was a disaster in itself.
Then had an aussie and it made me look like the greatest trainer in this world.

I guess that we learn so much from the harder to train and compete.
“Diaper dogs”, those that keep covering for your mistakes as handler are the best to have, but you don’t learn the same things with them, like how to be made a fool by your dog and laugh it off.:lol:

[pAin_t_Misbehavin]

[QUOTE=Bluey;4416516]

I started in obedience with a norwegian elkhund, which was a disaster in itself.[/QUOTE]

Ha! I grew up with an elkhound. She was incredibly smart. Obedient? No, not so much.:winkgrin:

But I got that beat. I started in obedience with a chow!:lol:

[Bluey]

[QUOTE=pAin’t_Misbehavin’;4416972]
Ha! I grew up with an elkhound. She was incredibly smart. Obedient? No, not so much.:winkgrin:

But I got that beat. I started in obedience with a chow!:lol:[/QUOTE]

Oh, my, you do have one on me there.
A friend bred chows and they were super nice dogs.
She always brought puppies to the puppy class and sometimes up to beginner obedience classes, but no further.
She called them her pet rocks, as their best trick was just sitting there, looking fluffy and perfectly still.

Our norwegian elkhund was a great herding dog, but you had to work around her ideas, like once which gate to guard and we just had to go pen cattle somewhere else, she was not letting them thru that gate.:rolleyes:

[Bar]

This has been interesting to read. I have a dog that barks alot and is driving myself and my family crazy. Never had a dog that barked like this. When one of drives into the driveway, the dog starts barking and does not stop until we walk in the door. It is so stressful. Can’t figure out how to make her stop!

[S1969]

@Bar

This has been interesting to read. I have a dog that barks alot and is driving myself and my family crazy. Never had a dog that barked like this. When one of drives into the driveway, the dog starts barking and does not stop until we walk in the door. It is so stressful. Can’t figure out how to make her stop!

Bark collars work.

[My_Two_Cents]

FYI Old thread. That said, this is a good thread,