when dogs are scary smart
over the last several months, we have been implementing a protocol to eliminate karybelle the sheltie’s barking surrounding her mealtimes. we have accomplished this by initially introducing an alternate activity during prep time (stuffed kong) and religiously giving her a time out gated in the yard if she stops that activity to bark, thus delaying her dinner until she’s quiet. this has been extremely successful; she’s gone from barking literally 100+ times during meal prep to barking 0 times, and only occasionally slips up. the behavior she has chosen to replace her meal-prep-screaming (after all, that energy has to go somewhere) is frantically - but silently - running circles around the coffee table to finally slam into a perfect down-stay as her bowl is set down.
this evening as the food was coming out, karybelle seamlessly slipped into her silent circling routine. except after a couple of reps, she abruptly changed course, yeeted herself out the dog door, barked once, and immediately jumped back in to resume her circling.
if that isn’t a demonstration of crystal clear understanding of criteria, i…don’t know what is lmao
literally the canine version of this
mauve-moth-machine liked this
skylarthegrey reblogged this from akaashikelji
fuckincuteassanimals reblogged this from rayshippouuchiha
unprojects liked this ever-felt-the-sky reblogged this from farisaki
dpd-genrefictionbiblioholic liked this
daddyschlonglegg reblogged this from kissingagrumpygiant sugar-peanut-cat reblogged this from sugar-peanut-cat
jaeriottt reblogged this from therealjaesepticeye
ravioli-wife liked this
arctangential liked this
bishounen-jump reblogged this from doctoraliceharvey
bishounen-jump liked this
jbearnj liked this
my-thoughts-and-junk reblogged this from thisiswhymomworries agentdaedalus reblogged this from asirenbyanyothername
asirenbyanyothername reblogged this from unicorniallychromantic
kenta-rin reblogged this from herps-and-derps
unnecessarylovetriangle reblogged this from scoutbert
sweaterm0uth liked this
kitty-sylvie liked this
iamascaryhuman reblogged this from butts-bouncing-on-the-beltway
qwomp liked this thecagedsong liked this
glasses-drunk liked this
arundolyn liked this
koolxmx reblogged this from thathilomgirl
koolxmx liked this yfneccentric liked this
thathilomgirl reblogged this from doctorbluesmanreturns
thathilomgirl liked this beastlyart liked this
dancing-coyote liked this nerdberd reblogged this from devontiny
nerdberd liked this
devontiny reblogged this from bucephaly
lottiefairchildbranwell reblogged this from zephyrantha
zephyrantha reblogged this from booksandchainmail
famishedeye liked this
grindthebones liked this
colonel-c-brandon liked this mothsplaining posted this
over the last several months, we have been implementing a protocol to eliminate karybelle the sheltie’s barking...
- Show more notes
