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Old April 5th 04, 04:45 PM
Grant Robertson
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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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Old April 5th 04, 04:55 PM
KWBrown
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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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Old April 5th 04, 04:55 PM
KWBrown
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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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Old April 5th 04, 04:55 PM
KWBrown
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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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Old April 5th 04, 05:03 PM
Mary Healey
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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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Old April 5th 04, 05:03 PM
Mary Healey
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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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Old April 5th 04, 05:03 PM
Mary Healey
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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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Old April 5th 04, 05:22 PM
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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Old April 5th 04, 05:22 PM
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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Old April 5th 04, 05:22 PM
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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