Mean little Brat
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I am adding a spray bottle on my to-do list for this weekend.
I have a 1 1/2 year old male rescue who came from a home with 2 big dogs. My 6 1/2 year old female is not too happy with his method of play. There have been a couple of fights.
It is getting better but the spray bottle is a GREAT idea!
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My spray bottle worked wonders. I haven't had to use it in years but even the inadvertent sight of it makes my two behave like angels. My vet even took my advice and uses it in her mobile vet clinic. She says it's the best, cheap investment she ever made.
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We only use a spray bottle for too much 'digging' on the couch, Topper is the only one who occasionally gets overly enthusiastic. If I can't reach the bottle, I make a "phsst" sound, like a spray, and he will stop, turn and look at me. Rarely he will notice that I don't have the bottle and go back to digging, but just the sound of the bottle usually stops the behavior.
Of course, now that he is going deaf, I amy have to buy more bottles again!
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When the Hart pack is "play fighting very ruff in the yard, they get the hose, so it is geting better, The boys actually stop when they see me go for it. SMART…...
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The other thing you might want to try is a empty pop can with a couple of rocks, or marbles or pennies. tape the hole and have at hand to throw near to startle. and then ignore the behavior but work on a trick like sit and shake - so the NOISE (distract) comes from above - you don't reinforce (they don't understand that anyway) but you redirect.
Classic Pavlov
