I can tell you right now I get really PO'ed when adults come to my home and bark at my dogs. I tell them the dogs know how to bark show them that you are more intelligent than that because you don't speak their language. I strongly discourage recreational barking so for a person to bark at the dogs is very annoying and does not teach the dogs anything useful.
Thanks Cathy "Susan A. Schlenger" wrote: > > Hi, Phyllis, > Frankly, this is something I would not do, but not because I think it > would necessarily scare the puppies. Rather, I like play to be > something which encourages that which I want the puppies to enjoy doing; > and I don't wish to encourage barking-as-play! To my way of thinking, > it is much like teaching them to unroll and tear up toilet paper; might > be cute when they are young, but you don't want a dog who does that in > every bathroom as an adult. Imprint training is wonderful but it works > both ways; anything taught at a very young age is hard or impossible to > retrain. > > Best, > > Suze (who has seen people train their foals to do such cute tricks as > get up and "HUG" their owners with front feet rendering the horse > dangerous and perhaps untrainable once older) > > Phyllis Lasser wrote: > > Hi, > > Perhaps an interesting topic to be discussed would be the following. > > I recently had a family member get down on the floor while my puppies were > > playing and barking at one another. This person got down on all fours and > > barked at them which produced a started look on the puppies and caused my > > older dogs to rush at him barking all the way. When I expressed my > > displeasure and tried to explain that this was a very threatening action and > > could impact negatively on the socialization of puppies I was accused of > > being overly protective and not knowing what I was talking about. > > Unfortunately, my puppies hesitated and then ran over to this person and > > proceded to lick. In spite of that, I don't think that the fact that these > > particular puppies did not run away would indicate that this is generally > > appropriate behavior. > > This is deliberately vague because I would like to hear some opinions from > > list members on this type of action, etc. I am honestly not looking for > > people to agree with me and would like to hear opinions on both sides of the > > issue. > > Thanks, > > Phyllis > > > > ========================================================= > > "Magic Commands": > > to stop receiving mail for awhile, click here and send the email: > > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20NOMAIL > > to start it up gain click here: > > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20MAIL > > > > E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for assistance. > > Search the Archives... http://apple.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ckcs-l.html > > > > All e-mail sent through CKCS-L is Copyright 2002 by its original author. > > > > -- > Suze at Llawen Cavaliers > "...I have seen that in any great undertaking it is not enough for a man > to depend simply upon himself." -Isna Ia-wica > "Thought comes before speech" Luther Standing Bear > > (c) Susan A. Schlenger 2002 All Rights Reserved > Do not forward without permission of the author. > > ========================================================= > "Magic Commands": > to stop receiving mail for awhile, click here and send the email: > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20NOMAIL > to start it up gain click here: > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20MAIL > > E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for assistance. > Search the Archives... http://apple.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ckcs-l.html > > All e-mail sent through CKCS-L is Copyright 2002 by its original author. -- ========================================================= "Magic Commands": to stop receiving mail for awhile, click here and send the email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20NOMAIL to start it up gain click here: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20MAIL E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for assistance. Search the Archives... http://apple.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ckcs-l.html All e-mail sent through CKCS-L is Copyright 2002 by its original author. http://www.FlyingColorsCavaliers.com
