Re: [pyrnet] dog classes

["Susan Irving" <sirving@rogers.com>]

Yeah, I too find that NOW means right away.  This is just a recent thing, so
I assume that after a while they'll start ignoring that too and it will
become a new command they respond to.  My daughter says pyrs get bored with
the same old words and decide which new ones they'll respond to!
Susan


----- Original Message -----
From: "Tracy" <espinay@bigpond.com>
To: <pyrnet-l@pyrnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, April 12, 2003 6:40 AM
Subject: Re: [pyrnet] dog classes


> <<I find that with my pyrs, "come" means near and "front" means right TO
> me.>>Susan
>
> Only because you have (consciously or subconsciously) taught it that way.
> For intance, I was at one point 'surprised' to find that I had taught my
> dogs that 'NOW!' was the command for the recall!  ie after calling them to
> come inside and them dawdling towards me I would say "get in here NOW!"
It
> got to the point where I was just singing out 'Nowww!' to get them in <g>
> It is amazing what we teach our dogs when we don't pay attention ;-).
>
>
> Tracy Bassett
> Murrumbateman, australia
> espinay@bigpond.com
>
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