With Connor it is hard. He is so used to being Slapped across the face (NOT FROM ME) that a "No" seems like the easy way out. Like when he first came he helped himself to the food bag (Big No No in our house) I told him No after No after No. It really was a stupid thing but I 1. Don't have the money to pay for a free eating dog and 2. Don't want a fat dog. So Soon I learned that If I just act like it is the worst thing I have ever seen he will never do it again. Like, when I cought him eating from the bag I yelled "Connor No!" took his collor made him sit and said Bad bad Connor I can't beleave you would do that in a stern voice, I then released him and acted like i was mad for a few mins, not looking at him, not petting him etc. etc. He has NEVER eaten from the bag again!
With Nova...Hmm, she is STUBURN. So I usually have to use a squirt bottle or a "time out" in Breeze's kennel.
Breeze - No or a tug on the collor.
Ash
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