I really can't think of anything... I talk to the dogs constantly!
I'm sure I look like a total wacko when I'm trying to get Ilsa to poo on-leash though... she's trained to eliminate by the count of 10 (or else se comes back inside and has to wait an hour before she can "try" again"... it was something I needed to implement when she'd ask to go outside as a puppy, just so she could chase lighning bugs...)
So here I am in the morning, in my pj's, with a Doberman sniffing for a place to poop while I'm semi-loudly calling, "Tennnn....... niiiinnnnneee... Hurry UP, Ilsa! Eighhhhttt.... sevennnnnnn.... sixxxxx...... fiiiiiiiiiiveeee.... your time is halfway up, get a MOVE ON!! fourrrrr.... threeeeeee..... twooooooooo..... onnnneee..... point-seven-fiiiiiiiveee.... ILSA, I'm on the decimals now, HURRY UP! ....point fiiiiiiive..... "
PS - usually she "goes" by "six" or so...
I'm sure I look like a total wacko when I'm trying to get Ilsa to poo on-leash though... she's trained to eliminate by the count of 10 (or else se comes back inside and has to wait an hour before she can "try" again"... it was something I needed to implement when she'd ask to go outside as a puppy, just so she could chase lighning bugs...)
So here I am in the morning, in my pj's, with a Doberman sniffing for a place to poop while I'm semi-loudly calling, "Tennnn....... niiiinnnnneee... Hurry UP, Ilsa! Eighhhhttt.... sevennnnnnn.... sixxxxx...... fiiiiiiiiiiveeee.... your time is halfway up, get a MOVE ON!! fourrrrr.... threeeeeee..... twooooooooo..... onnnneee..... point-seven-fiiiiiiiveee.... ILSA, I'm on the decimals now, HURRY UP! ....point fiiiiiiive..... "
PS - usually she "goes" by "six" or so...