ACD's Quiet Voice

This is my dog Torque. I somtimes think his voice is just a little bit loud..I taught him how to "talk quietly".

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Pets & Animals

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• Dog
• ACD
• Australian
• Cattle
• Blue
• Heeler

[JoHaN1391]

how did u do this

[Torqued80]

I put this up a few years ago but it still applies :)

I wasn't crazy about the way he asked for me to throw his toy, he'd stand there and bark at me in this sharp, shrill voice, so instead of just giving him the toy I'd ask him to do things for it.

First I taught him to "speak" then I taught him to "shh" and everytime he gave me a quiet bark I would reward him by giving him the toy. Did I mention he LOVES his toy. And slowly the bark for "shh" got quieter and quieter until...

[tinkypig73]

I have got two heeler mixes I will be sending you next week for training!!! LOL

[Torqued80]

@tinkypig73 Haha... I would take them and send them back to you barkless (no surgery needed :) They could come back with Torque's trick repertoire too. He does something like 25 tricks this and he's going blind too!  :)

[swatson1190]

I got my blue heeler for free. A guy was giving them away. In Arkansas people use them for hunting dogs and they are pretty cheap sometimes free.

[Torqued80]

@swatson1190 Well there is a downside to getting a cheap or free dog as I found out. Mine is going blind. He has allergies to EVERYTHING and he's deformed. This would be a breed I would tell people to do their research on just because painful blindness is very prominent with them. If you buy from a breeder make sure they are reputable and if you rescue chances are you're getting a blind or partially blind dog. But we love them all the same. They're so smart they don't need perfect eyes.

[Torqued80]

LMAO!!! Obviously you don't have a heeler...cuz if you did you'd know how smart they are! You don't need to surgically alter anything in this breed all you have to do is show them another way. We heeler people know this. ;)

[harveydeadman]

TORQUE?! HAHAHA!! awesome!!!

[gmm06f]

Holy shit, my heeler does the exact same thing thats so funny hahaha

[kikallez]

Our male red ACD does that, his name is Scooter but we call him Snappy Tom because of the teeth snapping. Our female blue, Luna, has a shrill voice. Both are OBSESSED with fetching. Hubby and I both ended up with repetitive stress injury from flicking the kong lattice ball so much for them!

[hrsubmit]

This brought tears to my eyes. It brings back so many memories of Chase, my late border collie x cattle dog. This is exactly what he did when he realised barking was getting him nowhere but he desperately wanted me to throw the toy. Thank you so much for posting this. I've always regretted not getting it on video and it's so wonderful that 8yrs later I get to see it again.

[Kaoro17]

@Torqued80 i... am sorry for hearing the last part ;-;

[broadpath]

I have a deaf ACD and she does this too. Not always, usually her voice is very loud and sometimes shrill. She doesn't even know the difference between loud and quiet (she was born deaf because she is white). So it must be a Heeler trait.

[thewyseguy]

wish i could teach that to my heeler.lol.she is 15 months old and a little terror,but shes a great dog,loving loyal, smart and fun.

[IronfistedPriest]

@dekocris check out the top comment she answers that

[dekocris]

very beautiful.! I also have a 1 year. and this looks a lot like yours.! now I have a doubt, he is barking so in silence, because it is a command of yours?..

Ass. André Luiz Brazil

[StadiumHot]

This is extremely, extremely adorable.