5yr old wont leave the dogs alone

[misdee]

we have told her over and over, dont bug the dogs when asleep, dont bug them when in their crate, they will growl and if you bug them then they may well bite you.

but does she listen, NO!

am fed up with it, my nerves are on edge when she is at home with me.

she steals the clicker and clicks it randomly.

she tries to pick them up constantly.

am and that she is stressing me out.

How horrid for you - I was lucky my DD always treated our dog with respect from being tiny. She knew that picking him up might hurt him, and that if she messed with him and got bitten, the beloved dog might have to go away.

How about you try to think of that clicker in the same way as a box of matches - you need to put it somewhere inaccessible till your DD can be trusted. The crate at least should be sacrosanct - I guess you have to deal with incursions there in the same manner you would deal with say messing with the cooker. Think of some sanction (sending to some other room?) and stick to it.

Good luck, hope she gets the message soon.

can you separate her from the crates with a stairgate or similar - or introduce sanctions

I have a nearly 5 year old dd who is exactly the same misdee. I totally totally lost it with her about constantly fiddling about with the puppy when she is sleeping. There was a ban on telly and a sending to her room AND a removal of the littlest petshops. Plus a follow up 'I'm very disappointed with you' chat from her father when he got home. I maxed out on punishments.

message recieved over

The clicker is out of reach as per what Grimma said. It is my clicker. grrr

oh and

I also obviously employ the techniques I have learnt for clicker training by praising and rewarding dd2 when she is NOT fiddling with the dog.

oh yes

oh am lol-ing at click and treating dd3, she needs it.

she is the same with dd4. annoys her constantly, wakes her up etc.

dd3 just has a v v v short memory. she is v v v hard work, as you constantly have to tell her stuff over and over' whats for dinner' 'roast chicken' 2 mins later 'whats for dinner...#'

'i'm huuuuuuuungry' dinner is cooking, will be 5 mins dd3'

'30 secs later 'i'm huuuuuuuungry, when is dinner'

people think dd3 looks so sweet, but she is a little horror.

We'll have to make sure your dd3 and my dd2 don't come within a 50 mile radius of each other or there will be some sort of catastrophic reaction which will open the gates to the 4 horsemen of the apocalypse.

Interesting enough I did get dd2 who was running off into the wild blue yonder on sunday to recall to the dog whistle. Not that she wanted a bit of liver cake when she came back though.

I've a friend who trains sheepdogs who had his boy trotting to heel (and no lead even!).

DD has been brought up completely by dog training methods. No wonder she is now so good at training the puppy.