How does your dog re-act to punishement.

I was just reading a thread that Aly gave some
excellent advice. It got me thinking, because
I had my dogs since they were puppies, were
some dogs on our list have been saved from
a rough prior past.

I will admit Rocky and Pepper can try my patience
and I have raised my voice at them.

If I raise my voice to Rocky, he will
look at me with ears erect, take a few steps back, and
than he barks at me, as he is wagging his tail.
(he thinks it's a game, and I can't stay mad him, when he does this)

Pepper will cower with her ears back for a few seconds,
but she is back to her normal pushy self like
nothing happened.

How do your dogs re-act if you
raise your voice to them?

Bella is totally unphased. :rolleyes: She will give me a look of concern but her tail still remains high! :) Ripley, whose past is a big question mark, certainly responds to a raised voice. He tends to stop immediately whatever caused me to raise my voice (but only momentarily do I have his attention...haha!) I guess I am an old softy and they know my bark is worse than my bite! :)

Timber puts her ears down and crawls across the ground on her side. She bares her teeth in a smile and licks her lips alot and shakes her head alot so she doesn't have to look me in the eye. She's very submissive.

Leather puts her ears down and squints. She bows her head a bit too, but she's not as submissive as Timber.

I usually hold Kai's muzzle because he won't stay put if I don't hold him...and holding it could help with him being more submissive to me. I try to get eye contact because I've realized that he hates that. He tries to avoid looking at my eyes but I just move his head until he looks at me. I can tell he's really uncomfertable..but once it's all done, he stays quiet for a bit then is back to his naughty self within minutes.

Both of my dogs are incredibly sensitive. A few times I've been on the phone with my sister and my voice got kind of loud and both the dogs crawled slowly under the bed, tails tucked.

So I don't even raise my voice to them because I don't want to traumatize them and I know they would not respond to it. I taught them the leave it command which helps TREMENDOUSLY! They don't get into much trouble, but when they do, they're usually getting into something they need to leave alone - like the trash. I tell them to leave it, have them come to me and lay down, then they get a treat for being good. Positive reinforcement works wonders. Especially for my abused girl, Lolly, who is one of the most sensitive dogs I've ever encountered.

Leo whom I adoted two years ago as a young dog, is totally unphased by a raised voice. I can give him that stern voice and look and he just gives me that "Who? me?" look. Penny (adopted 1 1/2 mos ago) on the other had - I give her a stern NO and she cowers. I think it is a issue of confidence. Leo learned as a small pup that he would always have a place in the "pack" and would always be cared for.
Penny Lane on the other hand, I adopted as an older dog (background unknown) - I always get the feeling that she doesn't realize that she has a permanent home. :D Although I absolutely love adopting dogs that need special care - there is always the background that affects their behavior. Time and patience will take care of some of it - but they always have that background that we know nothing about that can sometimes affect their behavior. I am not going to stop training Penny however, because I know that not establishing rules will do her more harm than good - once she learns that she is not going to be put out on the street, she definately needs to know that I am alpha

It depends on the dog, and who is raising their voice.
With Kito, if I yell, he just looks at me (if a dog could roll his eyes, I'm sure he would), but if it's my husband yelling, he takes off.
Abbey lays down immediately, and flops onto her back.
Riley could care less--he just looks at us with his tail going non-stop.

If I raise my voice Smudge will just kind of stop what he's doing and look at me. Winter will drop down and flop on her back and then proceed to suck up...it works a good majority of the time, and I don't know what Tama does he'd probably be a little jumpy though.

Smokey doesn't really react to being yelled at, he'll still do whatever he was doing.

Reggie reacts some, though he reacts more to noises like clapping which startles him.

With Nebo....he definitely reacts...not to yelling or commotion in general, he doesn't care. He only reacts if the yelling is directed at him, and he knows when it is. Usually all I have to do is yell once, and he runs right to his bed and stays there until I say ok.

Joxer will come and lay by my feet and wiggle away. I rarely have ever had to correct Joxer.

Wilma on the other hand is openly defiant. She almost always has to wear her training collar and leash around the house. She's smart and calculating. Corrections don't even faze her. :rolleyes:

Buford is very sensitive for a big guy. When I raise my voice, he goes into 'low dog' walk. He slinks over to his bed and lays there until I tell him it's ok.

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Originally posted by lovemyshiba
It depends on the dog, and who is raising their voice.
With Kito, if I yell, he just looks at me (if a dog could roll his eyes, I'm sure he would), but if it's my husband yelling, he takes off.
Abbey lays down immediately, and flops onto her back.
Riley could care less--he just looks at us with his tail going non-stop.

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This made me laugh! Although it doesn't apply to my dogs it certainly applies to the cats!! :) When I walk into the kitchen and one of them is on the table I say OFF! They just sit there and, like you say, if they could roll their eyes they would. :) I wind up having to physically lift them off myself. When my husband walks into the kitchen and they are on the table they jump off without him even uttering a word! They know! :) (Sorry to talk about cats in a dog thread. hehe!)

If it's my husband disciplining the dogs, they don't give a hoot. They totally ignore him.

Dusty never cares when I discipline him. He is such a happy dog that nothing phases him. He generally doesn't get into trouble, so I don't really have to discipline him. The only thing he does is goes after the cats, and he'll usually listen if I say "No kitties!" I spank him on the bottom w/a newspaper if he doesn't stop. He'll still be happy. When Roxy does something bad, Dusty knows it. He runs backwards from me because he doesn't want to put his bottom towards me. I think he thinks he'll get spanked for what Roxy does.

Roxy, I just say in a low stern voice "No." and she falls apart. She'll pee and put her ears back and go hide.

Teddy shakes when we tell him no.

Our Ceebers listens to my husband more than me when it comes to discipline, just by the different tones of voice. LOL

My husband got irritated one day and said, "Geez, why is it that I'm the one who gives the discipline, and you get to give him treats, etc...!" He thinks he gets to be the "bad guy" more often than not!

When my dogs get disciplined the one runs outside and will stay out there for about an hour or two. The other one just gives his sad face and goes and plops down on the floor.

This is a topic close to my heart. My lab is 11 mos old. I can't complain at all because he's been really great so far but when he's bad he's really bad. He's very smart and I hate to say it but he can outsmart me sometimes. He's very stubborn and strongwilled as most labs are but I think Taylor is very stubborn. He do what I say when he gets around to it or when he feels he wants to. I've tried the gentle approach and he acts worse, I've tried screaming at him, nope he thinks that's great and yes I've even tried swatting him and he things that's even greater, he thinks I want to play. He seems to be settling down a little bit now but he's still very defiant and sometime bribery with treats doesn't even work. The best thing so far I've found is to ignore him or give him a time out and he gets tied at the door. (this also works for begging for food) Good luck