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FAJ


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You can forget your "stay" and your "down" and your "wait" and your "come here". In our household, the most effective command is.... wait for it.....

"WOSSIS?"

Said in a high-pitched, excited voice, it is guaranteed to make our houndies react - whether the intent is to get their attention or make them get out of bed or lure them into the garden or move them from room to room. It has even caused Pearly to gallop halfway across a field to get to me tout de suite.

"What does it mean?" I hear you cry. It means "what's this tasty treat I have in my hand that could well be for you?!"

Anyone else got any sure-fire sneaky commands that they use?

Fiona

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I find that if I say to Luca, 'Where's yer daddy?'  that usually gets him to shift his bum.

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Usually....

TREAT
LIVER
TURKEY
SAUSAGE
CHICKEN
YUM YUMS

Gets at least our lurcher's attention pretty quick and.....


DIN DINS

usually gets them all running pretty quick !!



-- Edited by Missy at 17:04, 2005-10-25

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Barking like maddies gets mine up like a shot and downstairs to investigate


Also...


Tiddles n Doggydoos(ashamed to admit ...obviously not in public and park )


Walkies (a favourite)


Sassie(our cats name..she comes running!)


"Tarrrraaaaaaaaaa"(dogs name) in a silly, slightly eerie high pitched voice


OK i think thats enough lol...as you can see we're a mad lot in the MacDiarmid household



-- Edited by Vee at 17:17, 2005-10-25

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If I tell one of my dogs to "SIT" the other two usually come running, they think they're missing out on a treat!!!!

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I don't have to say a word, not even a whisper. Vegas can be lying sparko on the couch legs in the air and snoring his head off. But... one ear is always cocked for the distant rustling of a  chocolate wrapper or a paper bag. He's at your side before you can wink, to see if you have any goodies to share with him.


He might not hear our biscuit wrappers rustle if we opened them under water in future. But no-one but him would want to eat a soggy biscuit anyway. And we'd miss out on a lot of fun watching him spring to attention!


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The word" OY!" seems to send Blue scarpering with a guilty look on his face, especially if he has had his head in the bin again.....

"What did daddy do" usually results in Blue leaning on my for a cuddle if Phil has taken him for a walk in the rain

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Christine, I'm like you, I'm a bit partial to a Kit Kat with my cuppa but I've taken to scoffing them in the kitchen, with all the doors and windows closed, often in the dark. Wizard is a kit-kat-a-holic and will forget all manners when he hears that silver foil being removed...

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Coco can hear the toaster ping from 50 yards.  Before you know it she's in the kitchen and trying to pinch the toast.

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The words 'cold meat' send our 3 into a tizzy as it's their final treat before they snuggle up for the night!! 


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daisy can hear me slicing cheese from 30 yards.  funny really, cos a knife thru cheese makes no sound that i can hear !!!!!!!!

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have been thinking about this for the last few days and the most useful command in our house seems to be 'mon then'.


It seems to cover a variety of things from -


1. Lets go for a walk


2. Lets get dinner


3. Lets go to bed


4. Lest go play in the garden


5. Go out and pee




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"Who did that?" seems to be quite useful for getting my dogs into their beds, funny they all go running guiltily when I say that!!!



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Fiona,


        I have been thinking about this too. Mine can go quite deaf at the bottom of the garden (on a cold windy night). The back door is in the utility room where they eat. I just grab their clean bowls bang them together and shout 'come on, whats this, yum yums!' Yes I know how daft it sounds but they always come!


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Aint houndies great?

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Dave wrote:


have been thinking about this for the last few days and the most useful command in our house seems to be 'mon then'. It seems to cover a variety of things from - 1. Lets go for a walk 2. Lets get dinner 3. Lets go to bed 4. Lest go play in the garden 5. Go out and pee
What you haven't clarified is this Glenda commanding you or the dogs????

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Andy wrote:

What you haven't clarified is this Glenda commanding you or the dogs????

 


Sometimes I'm not really sure Andy...



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"WOSSIS" must be universal then, 'cos I realised I say it too!!  In fact, it did the trick last night as I persuaded Macy to eat her dinner rather than listen to fireworks. 


Now for us to blockade ourselves in against the firework display at Broadwood Loch tonight! 



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 I think it's the hissing sound this command makes.  There is a tom cat that comes round our house and starts fights with our tom cat (yes, Greyhound and cats living side by side!).  It has, on occasion, got into our house and sprayed.  The spray of an un-neutered tom cat is foul smelling.  We nicknamed this cat P*ssy Paws ( sounds like hissy paws, excuse the language) because of it's urination habits.  When we say the name  Ruby (the dog) goes absolutley bananas.  Now we only have to make a hissing noise to start her off.  That's my theory anyway.


Julie



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with cas it,s coco pops, it sends her scatty and she starts chasing her tail.



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