BAM! You just hit it! Have you ever watched Cesar Milan or.. Victoria Stillwell I think her name is. Her show is It's Me or the Dog, and it's pretty good (better for people who prefer to be more lowkey with how they approach behavior modification). They have different approaches to handling very similar problems, and both read dogs very well.
I, being raised similarly to Cesar, use the "ttsschhhtt!!" sound, always have. I also have The Hairy Eye, graced upon me by my grandmother and mother. I am able to use my body language and position to indicate my dominance, and it's a very fine set of the head, shoulders, and overall stance.
This has all taken me years to learn. Years working with other animals, too. I learned the most working with horses (we bred and trained Arabs when I was younger). That's when I really started to learn about body communication with animals consciously, before it was just kind of an automatic thing. That makes it hard to describe in words without showing you, if that makes sense. I wish I could better describe it in words.
So, you start with the situation where the unwanted behavior occurrs. For Moose it's when you're not paying attention to him, right? Then what happens?
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