I have neighbors who have never tried to train their dogs, and the dogs bark all day and race around the house while the neighbors are at work. Drives other folks crazy, and when they get home, they don’t understand why their dogs are too tired to run and play with them…
argythree—-Since they are your neighbors, why don’t you do them a favor & tell them. It might make you a really popular hero with the rest of your frustrated neighbors also. If it was me, I would do it & have done so with my neighbors in the past.
Decades ago, in a Dear Abbey story, neighbors were kept up all hours of the night & day by one neighbors dogs non stop howling & barking when they were gone frequently for long periods of time & the dogs were left outside. The neighbors denied it was their dogs, as they were quiet when they were home. The closest neighbor then recorded the non stop howling, rented a sound system that a rock band would be proud of, & played it back non stop, when it was the guilty neighbors time to sleep. The problem ended immediately, as they recognized the barking sounds as coming from their dogs. Sometimes people need a nudge.
This was one of the exercises we were given to teach Farley to come when called. My husband and I did this endlessly, but to no avail. The trainers blamed us for Farley’s lack of success. They said we were not being consistent and should try harder. We did. We believed that with enough repetition, with enough rewards, Farley would learn. He didn’t.
It is very unfortunate that a well trained dog canbe untrained in a split second.We had a dog that worked well with the pigs, but one day, for unknown reasons, walked under the electric fence with his tail up in the air!Ki-yi ki-yi as he ran across the field, and to add insult to injury, hit it again on the way out.He never wanted anything to do with the pigs after that!
nickel_penny about 9 years ago
They’re just now starting to train their dog? …wow That needs to be done when they are puppies.
Argythree about 9 years ago
Or maybe he just finally realized that a trained dog is a better pet, and decided to put some time into it…
Argythree about 9 years ago
I have neighbors who have never tried to train their dogs, and the dogs bark all day and race around the house while the neighbors are at work. Drives other folks crazy, and when they get home, they don’t understand why their dogs are too tired to run and play with them…
charliefarmrhere about 9 years ago
argythree—-Since they are your neighbors, why don’t you do them a favor & tell them. It might make you a really popular hero with the rest of your frustrated neighbors also. If it was me, I would do it & have done so with my neighbors in the past.
charliefarmrhere about 9 years ago
Decades ago, in a Dear Abbey story, neighbors were kept up all hours of the night & day by one neighbors dogs non stop howling & barking when they were gone frequently for long periods of time & the dogs were left outside. The neighbors denied it was their dogs, as they were quiet when they were home. The closest neighbor then recorded the non stop howling, rented a sound system that a rock band would be proud of, & played it back non stop, when it was the guilty neighbors time to sleep. The problem ended immediately, as they recognized the barking sounds as coming from their dogs. Sometimes people need a nudge.
jimgamer about 9 years ago
You can train a old dog they are not dumb !!!!1 8^)
JanLC about 9 years ago
Lynn’s Notes:
This was one of the exercises we were given to teach Farley to come when called. My husband and I did this endlessly, but to no avail. The trainers blamed us for Farley’s lack of success. They said we were not being consistent and should try harder. We did. We believed that with enough repetition, with enough rewards, Farley would learn. He didn’t.
Sailor46 USN 65-95 about 9 years ago
First of all, I would have to teach all of my dogs to sit and stay, because they would come to me without me even calling them.
tuslog64 about 9 years ago
From the old west re animal training:You can drive a buffalo anywhere he wants to go!
tuslog64 about 9 years ago
It is very unfortunate that a well trained dog canbe untrained in a split second.We had a dog that worked well with the pigs, but one day, for unknown reasons, walked under the electric fence with his tail up in the air!Ki-yi ki-yi as he ran across the field, and to add insult to injury, hit it again on the way out.He never wanted anything to do with the pigs after that!