Re: Your Labrador's Magic Word I think this is great - we've been working on it. OH thinks he is really talented at dog training now - he reckons he is great at saying "hooray!" and giving Charlie sardines. Charlie thinks it's a marvellous idea too!
Re: Your Labrador's Magic Word With my old dog we used to yell out "DO YOU WANT YOUR DINNER??". Same principle, and, used rarely, worked a treat.
Re: Your Labrador's Magic Word Pippa, I love the sound of this, very useful indeed. Should you use the same word for 2 dogs? Now to think up a special magic word!! Thanks. Helen x
Re: Your Labrador's Magic Word I think it would be fine for two dogs together as long as they are together in the same location (otherwise there will be a delay in getting the super douper treat into their mouths) ;D
Re: Your Labrador's Magic Word So after reading Pippa's post I sat down with the boys and discussed what could be our magic word, after some quite ridiculous suggestions which only boys could come up with : we think 'COOKIE' is a good word as we don't use it in our house. Is this an OK word, wouldn't feel to daft shouting that out :-[ Just wondered is anyone going to use this system or maybe you already do, what is your magic word? Thanks Helen xx
Re: Your Labrador's Magic Word We started with "hooray" but rapidly changed to "Eureka" as we soon realised that we often say "hooray" (so Charlie got 2 free bits of warm, juice dripping, chicken for that). Charlie LOVES learning his magic word! We were wondering, once we've used the magic word, whether we should start again with a different one. I have to say, it's not taking Charlie long to learn a magic word, he practically takes the skirting board off cornering into the kitchen to get his chicken...
Re: Your Labrador's Magic Word Yes we thought of hooray but with children in the house well teenagers we use that a lot. Eureka that's a great word, now why didn't I think of that!! I think I will get the dictionary out and have another think : I don't think you are meant to change the word or it would lose it's power. Helen x
Re: Your Labrador's Magic Word I think Cookie is a cool magic word (though if you have American friends to stay, they could be in for a shock )
Re: Your Labrador's Magic Word Word of caution ...... ....... don't use the magic word when you have just painted the kitchen door. :
Re: Your Labrador's Magic Word Thank you Pippa, if we don't come up with something else 'cookie' it is I will try to remember that David ;D What's your magic word then? Helen x
Re: Your Labrador's Magic Word [quote author=David link=topic=2811.msg30230#msg30230 date=1381860874] Word of caution ...... ....... don't use the magic word when you have just painted the kitchen door. : [/quote] ;D ;D ;D
Re: Your Labrador's Magic Word [quote author=charlie link=topic=2811.msg30220#msg30220 date=1381859602] Eureka that's a great word, now why didn't I think of that!! [/quote] I didn't think of it though! It was in Pippa's article. Good word though.
Re: Your Labrador's Magic Word Good one David, OK COOKIE is sound pretty lame now. Back to the drawing board : Helen x
Re: Your Labrador's Magic Word Cookie is good, I think you should go with it. David - "Action" is Charlie's poop on command word! ;D
Re: Your Labrador's Magic Word [quote author=JulieT link=topic=2811.msg30285#msg30285 date=1381873531] Cookie is good, I think you should go with it. David - "Action" is Charlie's poop on command word! ;D [/quote] You have a word for poop, I am so way behind ;D I think we may well go with Cookie, but if David had his way it would be "Dr Who" : Heaven help us ;D Helen xx
Re: Your Labrador's Magic Word We don't have a magic word for Obi but if we did I'd consider choosing something that it made sense to scream at the top of my voice in an emergency situation - "oh hell!!!" (or words to that effect) ;D It's something we really should work on - very sensible thing to have in the dog management toolkit!
