I have 2 kids and a puppy who's almost a year old. It's all brilliant, we love him lots and he fits in perfectly. I expected a lot of hard work and of course I got it, but by far the hardest thing for me and the kids to deal with has been that nothing can now be on the floor or low tables, and obviously with kids toys out this is hard. The kids have to play in their rooms with the door shut, or play on the kitchen table. No toys in the living room at all, or he tries to eat them or grabs and runs and we end up chasing him around the house hoping he doesn't swallow before we get to him. It's been hard, we've lost a lot of toys and even with us all on high vigilance, the chase is still happening multiple times a day. He is obedience trained but when he's excited like this he won't listen to anything or stop!
My questions is, is this something that continues forever now, for the life of a dog? Is it a puppy thing or a dog thing? Is there anything I can do except get better at policing it and making sure the children pick up after themselves? It's not a big problem by the way, so I don't need the "you should've thought about this before you got a dog" as it's a very small price to pay for completing our family and it's only a niggle really.
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pineapple22 · 02/12/2018 16:38
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