<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><div><span><br></span></div><div> i have always trained my dogs using the same commands for housebreaking..people laughed at me..thought i was nuts..but let me tell you, when it is raining, snowing or just plain disgusting out there is nothing sweeter than giving that command & hurrying the process along. as an added bonus, when buster went down in the rear, i could tell him the magic words & he would do his thing right on target outside. like magic. it made life so much easier.<br><br>mine know many words..they may not opt to "hear" them at times but they know which ones are serious & life threatneing & carry the most meaning. it's funny too, the dogs i watch frequently learn the same commands & adhere to them even tho they are not official family.<br><br>for a stretch i watched a slew of deaf
dogs & my dogs picked up the sign commands they used & followed them. i still used verbal commands but it was cool at the park to call the deaf setters & my guys with sign language & have the whole bunch come running over, then sit & lay down..all silently.<br><br><br><span style="font-weight:bold;"><span style="font-style:italic;color:rgb(0, 191, 191);">"Creativity is intelligence having fun." </span> Albert Einstein<br><br></span><span style="color:rgb(0, 191, 191);"><br></span><br><br><span style="font-weight:bold;"></span><br></div></div></body></html>