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#1 ·
I first got Bailey at the age of 4 months. At the age of 6 months I had already taught her some of the basic commands, sit, lay down, etc...I also taught her how to take a bow, (where she lays her front legs on the floor and sticks her butt in the air). I then taught her to do the same thing when I say "Pull my finger" Some of you may get that and some may not!

The problem I have now is whenever I call her, she comes running to me, stops in front of me and then "takes a bow" before continuing that last 2 feet to get to me. I have to admit that it was as funny as Hell for the first month or so but, now I want her to stop from doing that. Any suggestions????
 
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Haha that is hilarious. But sorry I don't have any ideas how to get her to quit. My son taught Omar to speak using a ball but Omar thinks he has to speak every time you look at him with or without the ball. He has been speaking for 13 years. Lol.


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I taught "stand" to stop my dogs from doing the auto-sit lay down flip flop (my terrier is very guilty of this-when I call him he sits, then lays down, and then sits if it doesn't automatically get him something...and then he repeats).

Maybe something like that would help? Like call and then "stand"?
 
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Ok, the bow thing sounds really cute. I have no idea how to stop it though... We made the mistake when we first got Remi about giggling when he burps. Now, everytime he eats, he feels it nessesary to clim up into your lap and burp for you.... I think I would rather him bow :)
 
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Spontaneous rehearsal starts when you reward named behaviors you have not cued. It a can be hard to stop.

I would say "no" or "ot", turn my back and walk away. It's negative punishment - you are removing interaction with you from the environment to decrease the repetition of the unwanted behavior.

Be careful with all behaviors that you don't reward - not even a smile - when you don't ask for it.

I have had success teaching a dog that struggling with spontaneous rehearsal to be operante on cue "go figure it out". I don't know how she learned it, but it helped.

Here's a video of her spontaneous rehearsal. It's a blooper, a stinking adorable blooper. Notice that I stop clicking and ignore her until he brain starts working again.

 
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You can also change your come cue and retrain it.

You can train your dog a specific finish and double command the finish with the come command. "Come, Heel" for example.

Sorry, got so carried away saying what you were seeing and why, that I forgot to give some more ways to solve it. :)
 
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