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Re: [pyrnet] Pyr in Suburbia



Thanks - we worked on "watch me" in obedience class, so "quiet" might go well with it.  I did find it can be very difficult to get Bacchus to look me in the eye when he didn't want to!  Whereas my Labs would always watch my face.
 
I will also try the clapping.  And hopefully two years or more from now he will be a little quieter!

--- On Sun, 3/28/10, marymjm <marymjm@aol.com> wrote:

From: marymjm <marymjm@aol.com>
Subject: Re: [pyrnet] Pyr in Suburbia
To: pyrnet-l@pyrnet.org
Date: Sunday, March 28, 2010, 1:25 PM

I've found that the "Quiet. Just Listen." command works wonders. (for the Pyrs & myself) Also, "Quiet. Watch." This, of course, works only when the pups are inside or I am out with them. Left alone outside they will always do what they were bred to do. Guard and Protect.
 
Rainbow is 7 and Whisper (31/2) learned from her example. I do believe it takes three + years for a Pyr to develop and mature in many ways.
 
That being said - I do live in the country so a city/suburban setting might be more problematic.  
 
Start the "Quiet"  command with much praise when he does it right. It takes a one on one process but it's great when everything starts to connect. Remember - you are the Top Dog in the pack:-)
 
 
 
In a message dated 03/27/10 19:10:16 Central Daylight Time, laurie88888@yahoo.com writes:
It's 8:00pm and just got totally dark outside.  Bacchus is out being a great guardian dog but wow, has his bark matured!  It's loud!  And insistent!
 
Is there any way to teach a Pyr that it's OK to give a warning bark or two at someone walking by but that most walkers are OK?  Not to bark incessently in the loudest possible bark at every innocent person trying to get a little exercise, from the time they turn on to the street until they are a speck in the distance?

I realize there are times when it's OK, when his instinct says someone is really suspicious or hanging around, or if someone is walking a dog with a crazy light on the collar causing the light to bounce around like a strobe (he just about goes insane).  But he barks at the same people every day, some who walk by twice a day!  He may just want to go greet them but I'm sure the people see him as a loud threatening dog.
 
I always pet him and praise him for being a good guardian and tell him he's right to bark, he's just doing  his job, and then try to explain why he doesn't have to *keep* barking, hoping that my calm tone will rub off.  Then I may take him inside but of course he wants to go right back out.
 
Maybe I just need to adopt an older Pyr with a little more experience and common sense to teach him a few things?
 
Laurie (my neightbors must be getting sick of this) & Bacchus (but they should thank me for keeping all the bad people away)