Dogs and bitches
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good to socialise them with other people and dogs too, both at home and out.
Our cat/dog is the wifes dog without a doubt, he sits and stares out the window for her when she goes out.
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@taniwharugby said in Dogs and bitches:
he sits and stares out the window for her when she goes out.
That is the bit I am trying to avoid. Seems to be going O.K.but they really want to be a part of a pack and if an important person is missing they pine.
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@snowy he will follow me about and play if I want to, but once I stop he goes back to the staring spot.
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@taniwharugby Yeah, quite happy for the puppy to be wife's, just want her to listen to me (both of them).
Dog is now eating my shoe.
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@snowy good luck with that....there is only 1 in our household that does what I say, and it aint the wife or 2 kids!
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@taniwharugby You have someone that listens to you? Well done.
I can make the cat run away. Chickens ignore me -I'm no threat. The fuckers should know that I eat them several times a week.
I would like to have one "being" that will respond, at some stage of my life. Hence the thread.
WTF is this white male patriarchy shit? I'm a downtrodden minion and am determined to have one bitch under my control.
She is eating my paperwork as I type, but it is O.K. I said she could and they are bills. Well I didn't say that she could, really. It is quite hard to argue with a puppy. I'd rather take on the Baron.
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@snowy dont get me started on chickens!!
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@taniwharugby said in Dogs and bitches:
@snowy dont get me started on chickens!!
Do you have a problem one? I have a completely loopy chook that I love. Mad as a hatter, runs around the garden chasing nothing. Very entertaining.
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@snowy nah I had to get rid of the 'good one' last week; she was about 6 or 7 and was a rescue hen, blind in one eye, so when she followed you it was amusing, she used to always escape the enclosure, come in the house if doors were open, jump up on window legde and peck window to get your attention, loopy as too...we lost 3 in last month, so wife replaces 3 with 6 more....new lot are ok though, 5 eggs a day, lazy free loading 6 we have had for years giving us 0!!
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@taniwharugby Ha. We are a hen sanctuary. Really not the correct space for them at our current house, but, wife. Eggs are a bonus, we have 2 freeloaders.
Dog is now thrashing a car wash bush. Funny as fuck. Looking forward to an AB doing that to the Irish.
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We have a 55kg Rottweiler
We kinda let her do what ever she wants.It’s safer that way.
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@jegga said in Dogs and bitches:
Re dogs and wives and which is better company .
Try this simple test, lock them both in a the garage for the day and see which one is pleased to see you when you unlock it.An oldie but a goodie
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We have two golden retrievers and while they can be a little bit naughty they know when I raise my voice. Both will sit and look a bit worried.
I could never hit my dogs, I love them too much and they don’t speak English so wouldn’t really understand if I did.
I have smacked one of their bums real soft when she snatched at food but felt guilty as fuck.
Dogs are amazing loyal and full of love. Let them be as you would treat a family member.
There was a good tweet thread thing recently that said what would you say if you could converse with your dog for 30 seconds. If you find it, it’s quite cool
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Walk the arse off it.
Most behavourial problems I see in friends' & neighbours' dogs is down to lack of exercise.
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We have an IG, who is pretty good, and we used a clicker and treats when we first got her, because we live in an apartment, so toilet training, noise, etc were pretty important. I think the key thing to remember is that dogs don't know good or bad (they understand safe versus dangerous), and (especially for puppies) really only associate a punishment with the current action, so if they did something wrong, it's too late - both the positive and negative reinforcement needs to happen during or as the action finishes.
So, don't treat it for being it, treat it for doing things that you want repeated. I have a friend who thought that giving their dog a treat when it whined would calm it down. Now of course the fucking thing whines like a bitch because it was trained to do so.
One things we buggered up was allowing her to climb all over us. She was tiny (still is at 4kgs) but will literally walk all over you, and we set the precedent early, so it's now almost impossible to get her to associate it with danger. SHe's slowly getting better, of course, but I think we should have been clearer from day 1 and we'd be set.
Our other problem is related to her breed - they aren't super social anyway, but we never took her out enough to get socialized well, so she is still terrible with other dogs. Just frightens here even though she is totally intrigued.
Also - make sure it sleeps a lot more than you think necessary. Puppies are just like kids.
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