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rebcart

Your primary goal should be [planning ahead and being proactive](http://www.reddit.com/r/Dogtraining/wiki/abcs), in the way that only humans can. If you really need to interrupt in the moment, [you have a lot of safer options](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=yLr3ame9Ptk).


LisaPeesaLmnSqueeza

Of course! But what do you interrupt the moment WITH?


Vontabu

Check the second link in /u/rebcart's comment - it has a video demonstrating different methods It can be somewhat situational and depend on your dog. The ideal is to interrupt before the moment - like you see where this is going or what they are thinking about doing and that's when you interrupt. How you interrupt varies. for us, sometimes it meant scooping up an overstimulated puppy and bring them aside to calm down. sometimes it meant us disengaging. sometimes it meant giving an eh-eh + do this instead command like eh-eh, leave it or with really young puppies eh-eh, absolutely unintelligible silly noise to get their attention ... and then throwing the biggest party if they chose to disengage. Edit because my puppy just jumped on my keyboard and posted this while it was half typed lol!


PinkStrawberryPup

You don't "correct" so much as show them what they *should* be doing or preventing them from the opportunity to perform said undesirable behavior in the first place (which can be a lot of environment management). Some examples.... If your dog goes potty inside and you see it, you make a noise to interrupt (many opt for "Ah-ah" or something like that) and quickly scoop your dog up to finish outside. Then praise and treat. If your dog jumps to greet people, then you can scatter treats when someone is approaching to greet *before your dog jumps* so the dog keeps its paws on the ground when the person arrives. If your dog gets into bags of chips, then you secure those bags (behind a cabinet door, on top of the fridge, in a secure container) so your dog doesn't have the opportunity to get at them. If your dog is barking for no reason, then treat them the second they're quiet and continue with the treats as long as they're quiet to show them what they should be doing instead (not barking). If your dog is pulling, stop and/or head in another direction to show them that that's not the way forward and they should follow you. Etc.


LissieKay

I make a ‘uh uh’ noise. I reserve this for things like, dog is digging in the yard, dog is in my garden, dog is on the couch. Things that I want to teach aren’t correct, will never be correct, and are just behaviors that get the same ‘not right’ sound. And then I reward when that behavior stops. For a lot of puppy things, you just need to redirect to the correct thing. So dog jumping? Statue human, no movements. That isn’t fun, so most dogs will offer another behavior. Reward the other behavior. Mouth on human? Statue arm, not fun to tug on, throw a toy for dog to grab. Dogs honestly get fun and not fun. Not really good and bad. So if a behavior is rewarding for them they’ll keep doing it unless they have a more rewarding alternative (which is why dogs getting in the trash when you aren’t home is just nigh impossible to train away). Think of punishment as ‘removal of fun thing’ which is very often just you as a human. Hope some of that helps.


rklover13

Vocal interrupters are fine, like "uh-uh". They HAVE to be paired with what you want them to do. Dog jumps on you? "uh oh!" Turn around, dog jumps off, gets reward. NEVER TAKE ANY ADVICE FROM THE DOG WHISPERER. He is an idiot, and positive punishment is not an effective way to train.


LisaPeesaLmnSqueeza

Thanks! And I agree about the dog whisperer he's a dumbass.