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Originally Posted by Martian
Sorry guccilvr, but I'm going to have to call bullshit on this one. A dog doesn't understand a word's meaning. He will understand tone and body language. Those are what you use to communicate. It doesn't even matter what you say to your pups really, so long as you make it clear that you're not happy with them. As long as you're consistent about it, they'll learn to associate your displeasure with their unwanted activity and they'll stop doing it.
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so holdup, you called bullshit on me when I was telling someone to watch their tone and you said they understand tone?
If I say everything in a harsh tone the dog won't know what to do. But if I use NO in a harsh tone and sit in a calm tone. They will understand that sit is good and No is bad.
Dogs understand meaning just fine. In fact, iirc, Dogs can understand some 300 words that a human uses. If they didn't then they wouldn't understand voice commands. I say sit and the dog sits. Oh and I don't give treats for training. I know several trainers who will agree that you shouldn't use a harsh tone when you are giving a command to a dog. That being said, everyone has their own way of training.