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My dog is driving me bat shit

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ChickensGoMeh · 25/01/2012 14:35

We're in the process of moving. So I need to pack. Much of the packing is occurring upstairs, and that means that Jasper is left downstairs. Unsupervised. He has realised that the best way to get me back downstairs is to misbehave. So, we have monotonous barking with vigorous tail wagging when I reappear. We have ornament skittles, where he windowsill surfs and knocks all the pictures off. We have laundry diving which involves him eating the crotch out of my pants. We have 'lie in wait until she comes down to investigate and then when she opens the door run full pelt up the stairs, climb DS2's bunk ladder and spin around like a loon on his bed'. A new move involves dropping entire loo rolls in to the toilet (this may not have been deliberate, but I wouldn't put it past him). He shuns kongs, chews, hidden treats and any other busy making activity. Unless I'm downstairs when he will happily play/eat/snooze. I am half amused at his antics and half ready to kill him. He had an hour at the park this morning off lead playing with lots of other dogs and chasing balls. While I type this he has his head on my lap and is looking all innocent and angelic. When I tell DH all about this tonight he won't believe me. It's a good job I love the little sod Grin

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belindarose · 25/01/2012 14:50

Opportunistic buggers, aren't they? Don't know how much time you've got - probably not much by the sounds of it - but I've just taught mine to lie down and watch whatever I'm doing. It was originally to prevent counted surfing and stealing DD's food. I just clicked and treated lying down, starting with 1 second and building up 1 second at a time to 30 seconds. I just hand fed a few meals of kibble this way for a day or so. Now I just have a pot of kibble or treats to hand and randomly throw him one when he's lying down - anything from 30 seconds to a couple of minutes. He seems to have learned that the default position should be lying down quietly. I can iron, prepare food, feed DD and eat my own food now. I haven't tried it upstairs though!

Good luck with your packing and house move - sounds horribly stressful!

Elibean · 25/01/2012 14:54
Grin

Jasper is about the same age as Mouse, isn't he? Sounds hugely familiar! As in: I am not getting any attention, will whining work? Will stealing your shoe and dropping it tantalizingly near you, then running away with it the minute you notice work? Will pulling doorstops out from under doors and chewing work? Will slipping past you on the stairgate and rushing into dd's room, coming back down with (of all things) a fake jokey dog poo in my mouth work? No? Then I shall just have to sulk on my mat with big, big eyes.....

Good luck with the move!

belindarose · 25/01/2012 15:00

Love the fake jokey dog poo! Did he know?

ChickensGoMeh · 25/01/2012 15:46

Oh, and now the little darling has just pulled a load of ironing off the kitchen table and made a comfy, muddy bed

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