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[ChickensHaveNoLips]

A support thread for those of us dealing with our rebels without a cause. Jasper is now 11 months old. He has decided that recall is boring. Stay is discretionary. Our food is his food, and if we don't offer to share he'll just nick it. He's also got a bit more mouthy than I'd like. So, we're back to basics. Heel has gone out of the window too, so walks are work at the moment. I'm thinking of trying to whistle train him, and have stocked up on the treats. Does anyone want a swig?

[ChickensHaveNoLips]

Oh noooooooooo! Misery, you need gin

[D0oinMeCleanin]

My puppy is two now and is perfect it's because of all the training I have not done with her

Or perhaps it because she just doesn't do anything. At all. Ever.

She considered an attempt of escape t'other day. I took a delivery and thought she was in her bed, she wasn't. The delivery person spotted her said "Watch out Mrs. Your dog's gonna get out" She trotted through my legs, looked out of the door and retired to her crate to get over the excitment

She's soooo boring

Still at least I have Devil Dog, although the most exciting thing that happens with him lately is people commenting on how good he is

I am of all your naughty puppies. You all should send them here for a day (and then I can send them back once I have had my fill of naughty puppiness)

[ChickensHaveNoLips]

I think I will miss the puppy stage. I mean, yes it's hard work and sometimes his behaviour is actually , but he's so loving and playful and bloody excited about everything. Our walks go like this: 'OMG! The lead! The lead!!!! We're going out! OUT! The door is opening! Aaaaaaaargh! Outside! We're outside! I smell things! Ooh, a sandwich .....Bunnies! Birds! CLOUDS! Other humans! A CAAAAAAAAT!' All before we leave the drive. And with me hanging on to the lead and shrieking 'Heel!' every other step. But his sheer enthusiasm is so uplifting

[MiseryBusiness]

I love her but I'm genuinely questioning my sanity. She has me in tears everyday and some days I just can't cope with her.

Our first dog wasn't anything like her. She's put me off for life! It's got to the point where I can afford to replace the things she breaking/chewing basically destroying.

I try to follow all advice with chews/bones/yummy things but she'd rather have the kitchen door.

[ChickensHaveNoLips]

Oh Misery :( What breed is she?

[MiseryBusiness]

A fecking Dalmatian. Both of them are. Ddog1 is even at her atm.

I am over reacting. I know I am.

When we cuddle up in the evening a luffs her to bits.

During the day I could happily give her away to the circus or something.

[batteryhen]

Misery :( it is really trying x how old is she now?

My cocker has developed a love for fox poo. He has rolled in it every day this week so I have to bath him. He then does mad dog round the house. What is it about fox poo that they love??

[MiseryBusiness]

She's 10 months old now. It is very trying to be honest.

She eats all poo, her own just after its come out her arse cow, sheep, fox etc

She has even puked her own poo over my living room.

It's the chewing and stealing that's really getting to me at the moment.

She's forgotten all her training except sit, paw and waiting for her food. Everything else she could give a fluff about. She's always on a lead now as her recall is terrible and she nearly got run over last week because she spotted another dog that wanted to kill her walking down the road and decided to chase it and run into the road and then nearly got mauled. So no more off lead atm.

Ahh I'm just so frustrated with her. She is such a burden at the moment.

[ChickensHaveNoLips]

That does sound tough, Misery. I guess you just hope she grows out of it?

[MiseryBusiness]

I live in hope, Chickens. I really do

[batteryhen]

If she is chewing etc and eating poo can you try her with a muzzle? - I don't want to get shot down in flames, I have no experience of using muzzles but it might save your sanity? I know a lady whose GS eats poo and she walks her with a muzzle x

[doggiemumma]

at the poo eating misery Now, don't think im mad or anything but what you need to do is put pineapple peices in her food! It will make HER poo taste really vile apparently. But THIS WORKS and we have had two poo eaters and it works.

I really think the chewing phase will pass - try not to get too upset with her over it otherwise she is going to pick up on your anxieties. Easier said than done when your dog is systematically eating the house!

batteryhen I have no problems whatsover with muzzles, i have had to muzzle one of my dogs in the past but it did make him a miserable sod while he had it on. I would think that whilst this would prevent the problem for the OP it may well exacerbate any anxiety symptoms in the dog so if it was just the poo eating i think muzzle would be a good idea but she chews so it might make it worse.

[doggiemumma]

Misery my cousin has a dalmation, he is mad, all dalmations are mad, you do know this don't you? Anyway, if you want to PM me i can get details of the dalmation group my cousin is on on facebook and im sure she would be happy to help share horror stories

[MiseryBusiness]

Doggiemumma - Thanks I've owned Dalmatian's for the last 5 years. I do actually know a great deal about them - you wouldn't think so would you!?

Our older girl is also a Dally and she is mad as a hatter, yes. But not like Ddog2 is.

Ddog2 isn't even mad - she is the total opposit most days. She's lazy, sometimes really cant be arsed on her walks, literally drags her feet all the way but this stealing and chewing is her obsession right now.

Pineaplle is a great idea though, thanks.

[doggiemumma]

LOL at trying to teach my grandmother to suck eggs!!! To be fair i only caught your last couple of posts but in timely fashion jumped in with both feet. My cousin's dalmation thinks he is a human, he even has his own facebook page I actually have two dogs and a horse as friends on facebook .

[MiseryBusiness]

haha! Ddog1 could have her own facebook

[horseylady]

Oh dear misery. Makes my terrorist seem almost lovely lol. Yesterday was a better day for us!! Thankfully!! This morning wasn't too chaotic either.

The big dog grew out of everything so I'm assuming this one will eventually!! She is lovely and wants to please. Chasing and playing is just higher up the priority list ATM!

[deste]

I made a Facebook page for Dexter and the amount of people who accepted him as a friend was amazing.

[AllOverIt]

Can I join? Our cocker is so naughty! She was really well trained and gone round the kids' toys.

She ate 2 of DD's Barbies the other day

When will it end? Apparently most dogs are given up for adoption around now. We love her to bits, but she's doing my head in!

[ChickensHaveNoLips]

I've noticed a hell of a lot of dogs being advertised on preloved/gumtree etc are between 8 and 12 months old. The adverts always say 'through no fault of his/her own, we have to rehome our beloved dog as we don't have the time/attention to give them'. And I always think 'Bollocks. Your dog is running rings around you and is no longer cuyute and fwuffy'. My little ratbag is currently trying to eat his own ears, as he climbed in to the dishwasher as I was loading it and dragged them through a mixture of oil, beef fat and ice cream. Mmmmm, yummy.

[AllOverIt]

Hopefully she'll calm down in a few months... Is that wishful thinking? She's 9 months. I love her to bits but !

[MiseryBusiness]

Well, Ddog2 seems to have cottoned on to my mood. She has been very well behaved over the weekend.

This makes me nervous

[WynkenBlynkenandNod]

This was us a couple of years ago. Plog was a right handful . I lost track of the things she ate , we tried to keep things out of the way but she'd take books off the bookcases, emptied the bin - we had builders in once, walked upstairs to find a ripped up used sanitary towel all over the landing. She decimated the sofa cushion, my emu boots, used to run away with DS's pants, found hole in fence and raided neighbours plant pot store, the dog sitters cat flap, there's lots more.

Recall was optional in her view and if we saw another dog there was no hope. She loved every dog and every person she saw, regardless what they thought of her. Pulled like a train on lead, ate poo and mice outside, everything she could inside. I caught her on the work tops once and she's not a small dog. There's loads more but I try to keep it blotted out of my memory.

Now she's 3 she's actually pretty good which amazes me. I just said to DH how awful he was as a pup, he said she wasn't that bad so I reminded him. It's like the memory of newborns and sleepless nights, fades over time. She was our first dog and will be only dog as although faded in my memory, not enough to repeat ever again,

[belindarose]

I thought mine (13 month old springer) was doing really well so hadn't felt the need to join this thread. Until this weekend! DH and I walked him together (usually me with toddler or him on his own in evenings - I'm 40weeks pg). He totally ignored DH's commands. I couldn't believe it! I didn't want to take over, but occasionally had to recall him as I couldn't bear his teenage attitude. Little monster. Admittedly, he spends all day with me and I do his training classes, but he had been responding well to DH too.

I think they need to get the clicker and treats out to get their relationship back (preferably before I give birth...)

[Lougle]

Patch just did some beautiful listening when I asked him not to jump up at me. Makes up for last night's squeakfest when he decided to play with his squido at 10.30