Is there a general strategy for pulling this off?

Yep. Put something she doesn't want to lay on there (like books). After
awhile, she'll find a new "favorite spot" and you can *hopefully* remove the
books.

~Emily


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Chris Smith wrote:

Hi again,

My 12-week-old Border Collie/Aussie puppy, Ruby, really likes her spot
on the floor just in front of the couch.

If the spot is her favorite because that is where *you* hang out, it
might be difficult to get her to pick a different place. Unless you
move with her as well, which sort of defeats the purpose, as you'll
still be tripping over her.


Is there a general strategy for pulling this off?

Only thing I can think of is to encourage her to use another spot. Mark
the spot by laying down a towel or putting down a dog bed there. Every
time she settles in the wrong spot, say 'Uh-uh', take the toys over to
the other spot or toss it there, play with her there, and encourage her
to do the same, praising if she stays in her spot. You can also teach
her a "place" command, so she does not get underfoot when you're in the
middle of something. Here is an article on how to do this using
clickers: http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/17552/98282 (towards the
end of the article)

BTW, I have never done anything like this myself. However, Khan has a
specific place where he eats (on his towel), and no matter where you are
when you give him something to chew, he'll run to his towel to eat it.
Nothing I actively taught, just something he picked up.

Suja

Gosh, when one of my digs picked a similarly pesky location, I nudged
him with a toe until he moved. He was just a little guy at the time...
155 lbs. He got nudged often enough that he finally picked another
spot. ANd learned the command "move it". grin

Jo Wolf
Martinez, Georgia

In article ,
Mary Healey wrote:

Get the dog to move out of your way. If this is an oft-traveled path,
the dog will eventually get tired of making way for your motating self
^^^^^^^^
I like this word. What does it mean?

and find somewhere else to settle. If it's not an oft-traveled path,
then the time and energy required to make the dog settle elsewhere
really isn't worth it.
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In article ,
Mary Healey wrote:

Kevin Michael Vail wrote:
Mary Healey wrote:
snip motating self
^^^^^^^^
I like this word. What does it mean?

Well, I must bow to Professor Morrison's vast array of linguistic
reference literature and confess that, apparently, "motating" ain't a
real word. Yet.

A Dave Barry scribble that uses the non-word "motate", meaning "to move,
scramble, or otherwise travel" can be found at:

http://homepage.mac.com/pauljlucas/p...lub_story.html

NFI, and all that.

Oxford English Dictionary (online) has an entry for 'motation' (though
not motating or motate).

Motation (n)
Obs. Rare

Frequent Movement

1721 N Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict., Motation, an often moving to
and fro.


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"Jo Wolf" wrote in message
...
Gosh, when one of my digs picked a similarly pesky location, I nudged
him with a toe until he moved. He was just a little guy at the time...
155 lbs. He got nudged often enough that he finally picked another
spot. ANd learned the command "move it". grin

Jo Wolf
Martinez, Georgia

My dogs were trained the same way, but their command is "beep beep".
I starting using that when I'd end up with 2 dogs in my small kitchen, and
no room to move. Now I just wish I hadn't picked such a dorky cue word,
lol.

-Jenn

"peejoe" wrote in message
...
My dogs were trained the same way, but their command is "beep beep".
I starting using that when I'd end up with 2 dogs in my small kitchen,
and
no room to move. Now I just wish I hadn't picked such a dorky cue word,
lol.

-Jenn


That's not too bad, at least it fits the circumstances. My dog is a shar
pei/pit bull mix with a very independent stubborn streak. "Come" to her
meant "let's play you can't get me" I worked with her for over a year on
it, and still it only worked indoors or when she knows she is "working."
Outdoors during free time, "come" meant "RUN" One night at bed time I went
to get her and I said "beddy-bye" and she froze. Stood right there and let
me get her. Now that is my standard command to get her. She still won't
come... but she'll stand still and wait for me to get her every single time.
Sometimes you have to do whatever works.

Robin

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"Handsome Jack Morrison"
wrote in message ...
Agreed, And cracking the books at such an early age will increase
her
chances of getting into an Ivy League school...


LOL
you can take a dog to the library but you can't make it read,g
Alison

"Emily Carroll" wrote in message
...
Is there a general strategy for pulling this off?

Yep. Put something she doesn't want to lay on there (like books).
After
awhile, she'll find a new "favorite spot" and you can *hopefully*
remove the
books.

~Emily

and also put a blanket , or something he likes to lay on, in
another place to encourage him to lie there.
Alison