Dogs and bitches
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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 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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Depends on what you want from your dog. If it's a working dog then you need work hard to encourage their play drive and direct it to positive behaviour. That is they love to work because it's a natural extension of play, rewarded by tug of war, treats, fetch etc. Then it's simple reinforcement.
A house dog that you want to behave a certain way requires a fair amount of patience, not giving them attention (positive or negative) for behaviour you don't want replicated and rewards for behaviour you do. You've also got to be on point with your partner and children so that there is consistency of application. The dog also has to know it's place in the pecking order and that's established by having everyone else command it.
TBH it just takes patience. It took me an entire weekend to train a beagle that it couldn't eat until I gave it the command. That way I could fill up the bowl, put everything away and then let them eat. I once forgot and only remembered 30mins later. Dog was still staring at the food.
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@antipodean Not a working dog but if I could get her to bring in some cash it would be handy...modeling might be her thing, I'm not really tough enough to be a pimp but her puppies are worth a fortune.
The behaviour you mention with the beagle is what I am looking for - not quite that extreme but I can't stand yappy little out of control bitches. Fortunately she isn't one and I want to keep her that way (and the wife obviously, but that is a little trickier).
So far so good. Goes and whines at the door if she needs a pee. Quite good at recall, bounds up when I call her. Leave and stay are a bit of a trial but I think I am winning. Yes, patience is definitely key. That was all puppy - not wife.
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@Snowy something to work towards
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@taniwharugby That is remarkably similar to our puppy but she is trying to dig a hole in the rug not wipe her feet.
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@snowy said in Dogs and bitches:
@siam I think that I am already there.
Wife walks and feeds dog most of the time. Dog want s to be with me because I ignore it. Weird.
Are you sure you haven't got a cat.
Patience and calmness will take you a long way in training. If you're having to shout it's time for the lesson to end.
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@Snowy world of possibilities
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@taniwharugby I like it.
Auckland Council are "dogist" bastards (at least half of that is true) they are also being sexist.However I don't have to follow the rules as my pet is a bitch and identifies as a parrot.
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@snowy you could identify with being a Church or Marae and be exempt from rates!
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@taniwharugby Now you have fucking done it...
