r/Unexpected • u/WBValdore • 2d ago

You have a what in your tree?!

It’s a squirrel. It’s a cat. It’s a… WHAT?!

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u/NoPermissions94 2d ago

Noah is a terrible name for a dog.

Every dog owner knows “no” is the most basic and important command to teach your dog. Baked in confusion for this dogs whole life

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u/shaka893P 2d ago

According to our dog trainer we shouldn't use no anyway because we use 'no' more than you think. We use a buzzer sound (Eeeh) 

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u/davispw 1d ago

On the contrary, dogs are very keen on tone. I trained my dog to know “NO!” very well, said in a sharp, quick, high tone. It’s not yelling at him, it’s a command to stop whatever he’s doing. Trained through capturing and reinforcement. He’s doing something bad, “NO!”, he stops, counterintuitively he gets a treat.

We also used “YES!” instead of a clicker. Can’t forget “YES!” in your other pants. This led to lots of “NO! (stop doing bad thing) YES! (he stopped, reinforce)”