Dog Health Questions: Has anyone ever used a spray bottle for dog training?

Has anyone tried this method and found that it worked ?I think I just had a breakthrough with my unruly JRT puppy!!! He bites his leash and chases and bites(way too hard) at people hands and legs excessivley, and barks at me if I say "No" or "Ahhh" so I needed another option. I just tried the water spray in the face along with the "Ahh!!" sound during one of our obedience sessions and he has completley stopped that particular behavior, now just saying the word he stops in his tracks.

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I honestly don't like that method, I don't want to be sprayed in the face when i do something bad, so I don't do it to my dog. I use, removal technique with the "ahh ahh". If my dog goes for a person to try to jump up he is immediately removed from the room with a ahh ahh and doesn't come out till his comes, he does it again he is removed again. I don't like to scare my dog, I like to punish when bad behavior an reward when good behavior.

P.S not to mention Saber would just lick the water and bottle LOL! He also does this with the hose.

But every dog has his methods. =]

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• There is no difference between the spray bottle, giving their lead a "pop", using a rattle can, or just saying the word "NO". All are a correction through the use of Positive Punishment, and they all work.
  
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  LMAO, just mention the words positive punishment and the TDs come a knockin'.
  Some day people will figure out that it is them, and only them, that decides if positive punishment is a bad thing or not. All the term means is that an unwanted behavior was reduced or prevented by adding something (in this case a squirt from a spray bottle, could just as easily have been by saying "NO")
  
  "If he bites you or your guests squeal like a puppy and refuse to give him attention."
  
  And that my dear is using both positive & negative punishment. Squealing is positive (something was added), and not giving attention is negative (something was subtracted), but you are still training through the use of punishment.


• Although I have not tried this technique myself (nor am I in favor of it) I know of people who have and instead of working for them, it worked against them. The dogs grew a tolerance to the spray and it meant nothing to them after a few squirts. Your spray seemed to work for you and you shouldn't have to try more than twice or else discontinue it.


• I did try this method once with my Labrador Retriever puppy she loved the water and would try to bite or eat the water sprays, and then once on my Basset Hound, he just stared at me while I pelted him. He probably would have stayed that way until he was soaking wet! lol. So, no it didn't work for me but then again the breeds that I have don't typically respond well to this I think.
  
  If this method has worked for you, well then that's great! I just hope that he doesn't get used to the water and then reverts back to his old ways.


• No, I haven't used it and I don't plan to. Different Methods work for Different Owners & Dogs, but I won't use it for mine.
  
  My dogs get a firm "No" or a pop on the lead if they do something wrong, if it's too un-.. "proper".. then I will take the dog and practically slam it to the ground. No, this isn't abuse, it is correction that WORKS for me and my dogs, exactly how the Spray Bottle works for yours.
  
  Personally, my dogs love any water they can get on them. From the hose, sink dripplets when I'm doing dishes, rain, whatever. They actually enjoy going UNDER water and getting water sprayed at their face so they can "catch" it.


• I used the spray bottle for excessive barking, but I sprayed my dog on his body, rather than his face. Water in his ears or nose could be harmful. For the leash, you can use positive reinforcement when he is walking properly (treat & praise). If he bites you or your guests squeal like a puppy and refuse to give him attention.


• No, and only because I use a spray bottle to mist my dogs with a vinegar and water solution to keep fleas off them when they go outside. The last thing I want is for them to be afraid of the misting bottle. That and I don't administer discipline to the dogs' faces. It makes them head shy.


• While it is not the worst thing you could be doing, how would you like it if every time you stuffed up you got sprayed in the face? But it did work ... and it doesn't hurt so I'm not completely condeming it but I only engage in positive reinforcement training.


• If you got the response you wanted with your "squirt bottle" method then the correction was successful for him.
  
  Whether it stays a successful way to correct him is what remains to be seen in the long run.
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• Yes I have used it.
  
  I have also used the super soaker or a hose pipe on extreme situations. One being my male trying to jump a 7 foot fence to the neighbours. He can't get over it, but that is a big drop back down on his back legs.


• No, I haven't and don't plan to. One of my dog's are scared of water, especially spraying from a hose. If you have problems with your puppy biting leashes why not just get a chain link one? They can't bite them.


• Yea, people i know have, when the dog barks they spray him with a water bottle and he is silent.


• Tried it but it didn't work. She just started biting the stream.


• yeah it works but dont use it too much cause then youre just going to get a stinky wet dog doing whatever it wants haha


• No, it is just another crutch in training. I use my voice, something I always have with me where crutches can get left at home when you need them