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teenytiny
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20-11-2006, 06:35 PM

" Get in your bed "

How many times have you heard someone say this to their dog?
AND....
Do you agree with this command?

I often hear people tell their dogs to " get in their beds " and often as a punishment or if the dog is doing something they dont want them to do. Do you say this to your dog? Do you agree with it? Why?
I have not yet told Georgie to " get in his bed " as I see his bed as nice, peaceful place for Georgie to be rather than somewhere he goes when he's been told off. Maybe I'm wrong????

What are your views on this?
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20-11-2006, 06:51 PM
If I'm cooking dinner and I want them in their beds, I just say 'bed' and in they go. I certainly don't punish them if they don't do it first time.
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20-11-2006, 06:52 PM
I tell Bodhi to get on her bed if I want her to get from under my feet, or, if I want her in her bed.

It means, go over there and sit down to her...

For instance, sometimes when I open the car door - I say "get on your bed", and she hops in a lies/sits down.

I can specifiy where her bed is by pointing, and she knows her "bed" is always a soft squishy place.

It's never ever a punishment... I don't punish Bodhi - I can't see the purpose in that - she is a dog and doesn't associate it with her action.
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20-11-2006, 06:56 PM
dont think ive ever told mine to go to bed as a command when night times comes i just say you ready for bo boes and of they go
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20-11-2006, 06:59 PM
We say to to Hollie "on your bed" when she needs to be out of the way. As Bodhi said it is various places - somewhere for her to lay down out of the way.
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20-11-2006, 07:02 PM
Tilly and all previous dogs are told to 'in your bed' when we're having tea or are getting under my feet. Tilly has 2 beds, one for daytime use (in the livingroom) and one for night time use (in the kitchen) she's learning the difference bless her. I never, ever use it as a punishment.
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20-11-2006, 07:26 PM
Mine are all used to the term "go to bed", they always take themselves off to bed anyway when they're ready but, if they are under my feet I just say "bed" and off they go. No problems, just one of the few commands they choose to understand.
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20-11-2006, 07:33 PM
I always tell my two "go in yer bed" when we are eating. They don't always take a blind bit of notice but they're getting there
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20-11-2006, 07:42 PM
I tell mine "in your bed" too, not as a punishment, but they are crated, so when they need to go in there out of they way, they can.
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Steve
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20-11-2006, 07:44 PM
If i said "bed"-Vegas would no doubt trot upstairs onto mine! No,i've never ordered a dog onto their bed cause i feel this is their special place and i dont want anything negative associated with it,but if he's in my way-i just say politely 'move' and he'll go somewhere else.
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