Guest guest Posted April 17, 2003 Report Share Posted April 17, 2003 >For the rest of the trip he was silent and ultra compliant. When we got home, he said sorry. I said I accepted his apology. He said, " can I have a treat now? " " No, " I said, " You can have one NEXT time, if you don't cock it up again. " > > Writing it out, it strikes me that this is darn near NT...isn't it?> Yep...it's about as NT as it gets, Jacquie...LOL. Raena (who often has similar conversations with ELAINE) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 17, 2003 Report Share Posted April 17, 2003 >For the rest of the trip he was silent and ultra compliant. When we got home, he said sorry. I said I accepted his apology. He said, " can I have a treat now? " " No, " I said, " You can have one NEXT time, if you don't cock it up again. " > > Writing it out, it strikes me that this is darn near NT...isn't it?> Yep...it's about as NT as it gets, Jacquie...LOL. Raena (who often has similar conversations with ELAINE) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 17, 2003 Report Share Posted April 17, 2003 >For the rest of the trip he was silent and ultra compliant. When we got home, he said sorry. I said I accepted his apology. He said, " can I have a treat now? " " No, " I said, " You can have one NEXT time, if you don't cock it up again. " > > Writing it out, it strikes me that this is darn near NT...isn't it?> Yep...it's about as NT as it gets, Jacquie...LOL. Raena (who often has similar conversations with ELAINE) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 17, 2003 Report Share Posted April 17, 2003 This is great! Very NT!!!!!!! Jacquie H Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 17, 2003 Report Share Posted April 17, 2003 This is great! Very NT!!!!!!! Jacquie H Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 17, 2003 Report Share Posted April 17, 2003 This is great! Very NT!!!!!!! Jacquie H Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 17, 2003 Report Share Posted April 17, 2003 I had a perfect example of what works on these days today after school. We were at the plaza, and I was looking at racks of seed packets outside the hardware store. Beside it was a huge skid of fertilizer bags, soil, peat moss, mulch, etc. All of a sudden, yelled, " Look at me! " There he was, standing on top of the pile. " DOWN, " I commanded. " NO climbing on the bags. " He got down, I looked at the rack again and then back at him. He was crawling and jumping on the bags. I ordered him down and said, " I TOLD you once. You did it again. NO TREAT FOR YOU. Now get over here. " For the rest of the trip he was silent and ultra compliant. When we got home, he said sorry. I said I accepted his apology. He said, " can I have a treat now? " " No, " I said, " You can have one NEXT time, if you don't cock it up again. " Writing it out, it strikes me that this is darn near NT...isn't it? Hmmmm. Jacquie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 18, 2003 Report Share Posted April 18, 2003 > > Writing it out, it strikes me that this is darn near NT...isn't it? > Yes. Maybe even BETTER than NT. Salli Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 18, 2003 Report Share Posted April 18, 2003 > > Writing it out, it strikes me that this is darn near NT...isn't it? > > > > Yes. Maybe even BETTER than NT. It wasn't until I wrote it out that I realized truly how much better/easier it is now! Probably because I havea short temper and a low tolerance for frustration, it feels a lot more frustrating when it's happening. One thing I think got to this point is that I never, NEVER explain. I don't tell him why he shouldn't climb on the fertilizer, I just bark the command. That was the first thing I learned in speech therapy, and it's one thing I've never let go of. So he's had 3 1/2 years of being barked at to learn the drill! LOL. He's VERY responsive to the bark. I guess I've got him conditioned. ;-) Jacquie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 18, 2003 Report Share Posted April 18, 2003 > > Writing it out, it strikes me that this is darn near NT...isn't it? > > > > Yes. Maybe even BETTER than NT. It wasn't until I wrote it out that I realized truly how much better/easier it is now! Probably because I havea short temper and a low tolerance for frustration, it feels a lot more frustrating when it's happening. One thing I think got to this point is that I never, NEVER explain. I don't tell him why he shouldn't climb on the fertilizer, I just bark the command. That was the first thing I learned in speech therapy, and it's one thing I've never let go of. So he's had 3 1/2 years of being barked at to learn the drill! LOL. He's VERY responsive to the bark. I guess I've got him conditioned. ;-) Jacquie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 18, 2003 Report Share Posted April 18, 2003 > > Writing it out, it strikes me that this is darn near NT...isn't it? > > > > Yes. Maybe even BETTER than NT. It wasn't until I wrote it out that I realized truly how much better/easier it is now! Probably because I havea short temper and a low tolerance for frustration, it feels a lot more frustrating when it's happening. One thing I think got to this point is that I never, NEVER explain. I don't tell him why he shouldn't climb on the fertilizer, I just bark the command. That was the first thing I learned in speech therapy, and it's one thing I've never let go of. So he's had 3 1/2 years of being barked at to learn the drill! LOL. He's VERY responsive to the bark. I guess I've got him conditioned. ;-) Jacquie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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