Re: Automatic Pellet Dispenser

["Robert Green" <ROBERT_GREEN1963@xxxxxxxxx>]

"B Fuhrmann" <b-fuhrmann-usenet@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:12u5k4jvl811ea@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

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> > I was thinking of something that operated like a gumball machine where
one
> > "operation" should result in a single pellet being dispensed from a
hopper
> > that can hold at least one hundred.  Maybe I should be looking into
buying
> > old paint ball guns on Ebay.  (-:
>
>
> I don't think that paint ball gun would count as positive reinforcement
> <grin>
> It would positively have an effect that is not positive.

As we've found out, some dogs are nearly immune to discipline of any kind,
believing that anything that happens to them (time outs, scoldings, treat
witholding, etc) is part of some great, fun game.  Dogs that have been
abandoned quite young and are emotionally isolated seem to be in this
category.  If the paintballs were Snausage flavored I know at least one of
the dogs probably wouldn't mind!  Most (small) dogs cower when I raise my
voice and lower my pitch and bellow "Bad DOG!"  Sprocket just wagged his
tail.   Rascal, on the other hand, takes a scolding with a hang-dog look
that Ted Kennedy might give if you called him a Republican!

--
Bobby G.