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Dog alarm clock
These past couple of years I have been having the hardest time getting up
in the morning. I sleep right through the alarm like it was nothing. I was joking with some friends yesterday that I should teach Luther, my shepherd mix, to wake me up in the morning. Preferably only when the alarm goes off. Does anyone have any ideas on how this might be accomplished? He's a pretty well behaved dog but not expertly trained by any means. If I could do it I think it would be hilarious. |
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Grant Robertson wrote in
: These past couple of years I have been having the hardest time getting up in the morning. I sleep right through the alarm like it was nothing. I was joking with some friends yesterday that I should teach Luther, my shepherd mix, to wake me up in the morning. Preferably only when the alarm goes off. Does anyone have any ideas on how this might be accomplished? He's a pretty well behaved dog but not expertly trained by any means. If I could do it I think it would be hilarious. I dunno, but resetting Luther when Daylight Savings Time goes in and out twice a year is going to present a problem :-) Seriously, my alarm goes off at 0545, but Storm's chin is on the bed at 0543. Her tail-wagging shakes the bed a little and that wakes me up. It only takes her a few days to adjust in the spring and the fall. I don't know how she does it. Kate |
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Grant Robertson wrote in
: These past couple of years I have been having the hardest time getting up in the morning. I sleep right through the alarm like it was nothing. I was joking with some friends yesterday that I should teach Luther, my shepherd mix, to wake me up in the morning. Preferably only when the alarm goes off. Does anyone have any ideas on how this might be accomplished? He's a pretty well behaved dog but not expertly trained by any means. If I could do it I think it would be hilarious. I dunno, but resetting Luther when Daylight Savings Time goes in and out twice a year is going to present a problem :-) Seriously, my alarm goes off at 0545, but Storm's chin is on the bed at 0543. Her tail-wagging shakes the bed a little and that wakes me up. It only takes her a few days to adjust in the spring and the fall. I don't know how she does it. Kate |
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Grant Robertson wrote in
: These past couple of years I have been having the hardest time getting up in the morning. I sleep right through the alarm like it was nothing. I was joking with some friends yesterday that I should teach Luther, my shepherd mix, to wake me up in the morning. Preferably only when the alarm goes off. Does anyone have any ideas on how this might be accomplished? He's a pretty well behaved dog but not expertly trained by any means. If I could do it I think it would be hilarious. I dunno, but resetting Luther when Daylight Savings Time goes in and out twice a year is going to present a problem :-) Seriously, my alarm goes off at 0545, but Storm's chin is on the bed at 0543. Her tail-wagging shakes the bed a little and that wakes me up. It only takes her a few days to adjust in the spring and the fall. I don't know how she does it. Kate |
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Grant Robertson wrote:
... I was joking with some friends yesterday that I should teach Luther, my shepherd mix, to wake me up in the morning. Preferably only when the alarm goes off. Does anyone have any ideas on how this might be accomplished? He's a pretty well behaved dog but not expertly trained by any means. Teach him to paw at you, or pounce on you, or lick your face, or bark, or whatever it is that you want him to do to wake you. This should be something he's inclined to do already, that you can reward and encourage. Then make the sound of your alarm the "cue" to start waking you up. -- Mary H. and the Ames National Zoo: Regis, Sam-I-Am, Noah (1992-2001), Ranger, Duke, felines, and finches |
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Grant Robertson wrote:
... I was joking with some friends yesterday that I should teach Luther, my shepherd mix, to wake me up in the morning. Preferably only when the alarm goes off. Does anyone have any ideas on how this might be accomplished? He's a pretty well behaved dog but not expertly trained by any means. Teach him to paw at you, or pounce on you, or lick your face, or bark, or whatever it is that you want him to do to wake you. This should be something he's inclined to do already, that you can reward and encourage. Then make the sound of your alarm the "cue" to start waking you up. -- Mary H. and the Ames National Zoo: Regis, Sam-I-Am, Noah (1992-2001), Ranger, Duke, felines, and finches |
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Grant Robertson wrote:
... I was joking with some friends yesterday that I should teach Luther, my shepherd mix, to wake me up in the morning. Preferably only when the alarm goes off. Does anyone have any ideas on how this might be accomplished? He's a pretty well behaved dog but not expertly trained by any means. Teach him to paw at you, or pounce on you, or lick your face, or bark, or whatever it is that you want him to do to wake you. This should be something he's inclined to do already, that you can reward and encourage. Then make the sound of your alarm the "cue" to start waking you up. -- Mary H. and the Ames National Zoo: Regis, Sam-I-Am, Noah (1992-2001), Ranger, Duke, felines, and finches |
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Grant Robertson wrote:
These past couple of years I have been having the hardest time getting up in the morning. I sleep right through the alarm like it was nothing. I was joking with some friends yesterday that I should teach Luther, my shepherd mix, to wake me up in the morning. Preferably only when the alarm goes off. Does anyone have any ideas on how this might be accomplished? He's a pretty well behaved dog but not expertly trained by any means. If I could do it I think it would be hilarious. A few years ago we got a Zen alarm clock, one that starts off with a soft chime and builds up to several louder chimes over a period of 15 minutes. Very nice - except it turned Oppie into a Zen dog. He leaps up at the first chime, plonks his head on the bed and whaps the nightstand with his tail (his version of Zen). I expect you could teach Luther using a clicker and successive approximations. Use the alarm as a signal and reward him for approaching the bed, then scratching the side of the bed or licking your face or barking at you - however you want to be wakened. You need to make sure you ONLY reward him for the behavior after the alarm has gone off! FurPaw |
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Grant Robertson wrote:
These past couple of years I have been having the hardest time getting up in the morning. I sleep right through the alarm like it was nothing. I was joking with some friends yesterday that I should teach Luther, my shepherd mix, to wake me up in the morning. Preferably only when the alarm goes off. Does anyone have any ideas on how this might be accomplished? He's a pretty well behaved dog but not expertly trained by any means. If I could do it I think it would be hilarious. A few years ago we got a Zen alarm clock, one that starts off with a soft chime and builds up to several louder chimes over a period of 15 minutes. Very nice - except it turned Oppie into a Zen dog. He leaps up at the first chime, plonks his head on the bed and whaps the nightstand with his tail (his version of Zen). I expect you could teach Luther using a clicker and successive approximations. Use the alarm as a signal and reward him for approaching the bed, then scratching the side of the bed or licking your face or barking at you - however you want to be wakened. You need to make sure you ONLY reward him for the behavior after the alarm has gone off! FurPaw |
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Grant Robertson wrote:
These past couple of years I have been having the hardest time getting up in the morning. I sleep right through the alarm like it was nothing. I was joking with some friends yesterday that I should teach Luther, my shepherd mix, to wake me up in the morning. Preferably only when the alarm goes off. Does anyone have any ideas on how this might be accomplished? He's a pretty well behaved dog but not expertly trained by any means. If I could do it I think it would be hilarious. A few years ago we got a Zen alarm clock, one that starts off with a soft chime and builds up to several louder chimes over a period of 15 minutes. Very nice - except it turned Oppie into a Zen dog. He leaps up at the first chime, plonks his head on the bed and whaps the nightstand with his tail (his version of Zen). I expect you could teach Luther using a clicker and successive approximations. Use the alarm as a signal and reward him for approaching the bed, then scratching the side of the bed or licking your face or barking at you - however you want to be wakened. You need to make sure you ONLY reward him for the behavior after the alarm has gone off! FurPaw |
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