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(Melinda Shore) wrote:


Do you think the dogs really understand the rules, or is it
a matter of them being obedient? I think I understand what
dogs can understand and pretty much what they can't, but I'm
really not sure where the line is and I think that's a
really interesting question. It would be pretty cool if
they could understand one-person-but-not-two.
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I think there's a combo. They automatically hop off at lights out -
that's patterning IMO. They NEVER try to come up on the bed during the
night, unless there is only one person. Perhaps patterning again, but
not a situation of given permission vs not. I'm sure it is more clear
cut being obedient when they first learn it, but after that, it's
auto-pilot and I believe, understood.

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Janet Boss
www.bestfriendsdogobedience.com