For instance the "off" command or the general "no" command. What do you use and how did you train it?
For off we basically set up some kind of thing we didn't want him to go into like a garabe can with a small towel hanging out. We walked him by it on a leash with my wife holding the leash and me a spray bottle. Once he started to try and grab the towel, I would spray and wife would pull him back saynig off immediately then "come here come here" followed by praise as he went away. About the third time he never went for the towel again.
But what about the general no command? I need to get out of t he habit of using the word no but it comes so naturally, lol. Do you guys use another word? If hes chewing something he shouldn't, do you just say no and redirect? did you have some sort of training way or just try to catch him in the act with perfect timing of redirection?
For off we basically set up some kind of thing we didn't want him to go into like a garabe can with a small towel hanging out. We walked him by it on a leash with my wife holding the leash and me a spray bottle. Once he started to try and grab the towel, I would spray and wife would pull him back saynig off immediately then "come here come here" followed by praise as he went away. About the third time he never went for the towel again.
But what about the general no command? I need to get out of t he habit of using the word no but it comes so naturally, lol. Do you guys use another word? If hes chewing something he shouldn't, do you just say no and redirect? did you have some sort of training way or just try to catch him in the act with perfect timing of redirection?