Staci, that reminds me of something I learned (again too late)...and I hope this doesn't sound too convoluted...Try not to use her name and "no" together too much. You don't want to have her associate her name and a correction. Her name rightfully is an attention getting word, but as puppies, most frequently when we have to get there attention is when they are doing something wrong and then it's "Hannah, NO" all the time (as you have found out). Just use the "NO". You are going to slip on this one, a lot, because it just comes out, but try anyway. We want the name to be a very positive cue for her.

I got a kick out of the fact you remembered my Hannah Noel story.

[ November 20, 2001: Message edited by: RachelJ ]