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MeredithE
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Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
**Curlydoglover**
How again do you get the dog to stop barking at the damn doorbell? I really didn't know what I was doing when I first got Des and now there are all these bad habits( which are no doubt my fault) that I really need to correct.
"HOW many US citizens and ranchers have been decapitated in Arizona by roving bands of paperless aliens, and how will a requirement that I have papers on me make that not happen?"courtesy of SueSue
Re: **Curlydoglover**
Basically this is total classic communication error. You hear the doorbell and think "Someone's at the door."
Dog hears it and thinks "ALIENS ARE COMING TO ATTACK US!"
Dog barks his fool head off.
You hear "YAPYAPYAPYAPYAP!"
You yell at the dog "SHUT UP! SHUT UP!"
Dog hears "THANKS FOR THE WARNING. I'LL GO GET THE GUNS!"
How I did it - I hired my nephew to bike over in the evenings and ding-dong-ditch. He or one of his friends would ring the bell at 7, 7:15, 7:30 and 7:45. When he wasn't available, H would do it.
That way at 6:50, I could get a book and some treats, sit on the couch, read my book and totally ignore the doorbell. I don't have to get up, yell at the dog, become flustered, try and wrangle the dog while I open the door, etc. (all of which feeds the dog's impression that aliens have arrived to murder us).
Instead, doorbell rings, dog barks, I ignore the doorbell and the dog. Eventually Lucky shut up and came back to me like "What's wrong? Are you DEAD? didn't you hear me?", I'd yawn and stretch (calming signals) and keep reading. After he was quiet for 5 minutes I'd give him a treat and scritches.
It took about a week of nightly doorbell ringing before Lucky would give three WOOs and then trot over to me.
Eventually, with more training, the doorbell actually turned into a cue for him to go to his mat and stay there while I let whomever was at the door in. It was hella cool.
Now that we have Indy they sort of feed off each other and I'm going to have to fix this again. Fortunately B is OBSESSED with going outside and with ringing the doorbell, so.....
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