By: ngaoakes
8/09/2008
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| But you understand when enough is enough with your dog . . . " Our dog has never snapped at the kids, if it did, bye bye doggy. You cant really trust a dog that has snapped at your kids". Other not so sensible owners out there do not make that distinction about their dogs. Make all sorts of excuses for them. When they come into a vet clinic and say 'he's never bitten anyone before' you know thatit is a 90% certainty that the dog has tried and not quite succeded. Congratsto all the owners out there that do take care of their dogs and train them well. These owners create happy well adjusted members of the family. |
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By: andrew.whiteman@xtra.co.nz
8/09/2008
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Our dog is very much apart of the family as alot of owners on here would agree. Our dog gets told off when it does wrong just like the kids. Oh and she loves the gas heater. Im not for dogs been inside, but my partner and kids feel sorry for her so we let her in on the cold nights and put her out at our bed time.
And saying they become apart of the family, we have lost a couple and the kids get absolutely devasated, as do I. |
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By: iflplanning
8/09/2008
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| Our dogs have a basket inside and get tucked in every night at 'bed time'..... How soppy is that?? And thats HUBBY tucking them in!!! |
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By: andrew.whiteman@xtra.co.nz
8/09/2008
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| lol. Very lucky dogs you have there. They must be very well loved in your house hold ? |
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By: iflplanning
8/09/2008
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| Very much so... They are the children. But things will change next year when a baby enters the household.... Im afraid, very afraid... |
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By: andrew.whiteman@xtra.co.nz
8/09/2008
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| As long as you let the dogs see the baby and keep up your affections with your dogs and include them as family members with your new addition all should be sweet. |
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By: dodgey33
8/09/2008
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| planning, your dogs are set up to be exactly the sort who bite the baby. They will get VERY jealous once they realise the reason their lifestyle has been interrupted is because of the baby. Do be aware of that. |
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By: possumroo
8/09/2008
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Pays to be careful when you have a new baby, although I never had a problem with my Lab and German Shepherd. They thought she was theirs, and watched her all the time, including rolling her on the floor during tummy time. They also bailed up the plunket nurse when she came for a visit.
Bad owners = bad dogs. Although it pays not to forget where dogs decended from, and that their instinct is still there, no matter how sooky you might think your dogs are. |
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By: vulcanneo
8/09/2008
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| I highly recommend that people purchase a book called 'Cesaer's Way' by Cesar Millan aka The Dog Whisperer. He is an amazing man and who has rehabilitated tens of thousands of dogs. He personally owns a pack of 40-50 dogs that all live at his Dog Psychology centre in the U.S and has them all under control. These dogs range from a group of Pitbulls that were going to be euthanised to poodles, chihuahua's, labs and other half breeds. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND IT!!!! |
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By: unclenana@xtra.co.nz
8/09/2008
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Rotti's are very strong willed dogs and ours was no exception. I was always the boss but never had to physically discipline her. Tone of voice and body language were the only things i used, plus rewards of lots of praise and touch.
She never liked her tail being touched, but would allow me to touch it when i brushed her and right from when she was a pup, i used to examine her ears, mouth, paws etc so that if the need arose for the vet or myself to check her, she was generally ok with it.
The boys used to wrestle with her but they were always the ones who were in control and ended the game, esp if she got too excited. But they in turn also had to be aware of how she was feeling and if she'd had enough and gave a warning growl or walked away, the game finished.
I always taught my kids to never approach or touch a dog on the street, even if the owner was with it - but god, dont you see some just plain stupid adults out there who tell their kids to go and pat the dog!!!
Have been tempted to get another dog but with the hours i work, it wouldn't be fair for any dog to be on it's own so much.
Maybe some day... |
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By: rufjak@xtra.co.nz
8/09/2008
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| lol volcano, dog whisperer not alot of use to pigdogs... |
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By: vulcanneo
9/09/2008
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haha. volcano?? what does that mean rufjak?
There are nothing wrong with pigdogs. They are hardworking dogs that are usually very obedient. Any unstable dog with behaviourial problems can be rehabilitated just like any other dog... |
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By: kiwiglen111
9/09/2008
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| Vulcanneo - took my girl for a walk this morn to the left of me with collar up high on the neck...Was a new dog i swear..Its the small tips you get that make all the difference. Been playing with her and the kids off an on, today with a few more of yer sugg and it has really helped us..! Cheers to you!! |
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By: tollso
9/09/2008
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| maybe sum1 can help with a problem i have with my 5 month old maltese she insists on using the carpet as her toilet even if she has just cum inside luv my puppy but driving me crazy |
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By: vulcanneo
9/09/2008
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hey tollso. here is my email address. vulcanneo@yahoo.com.au
email me and i will help you out with your little problem! :) can be fixed really easily.
and to glen, you are more than welcome. keep it up and you will have a well balanced, calm, submissive dog. Let me know how it goes, and i will send you more information if you would like?
Stay Calm and Assertive. |
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By: kiwiglen111
9/09/2008
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Tollso, put her in the laundry or a confined space that has lino, she will be apprehensive to pee where she sleeps., Vinigar mixed with water in a spray bottle helps to neutralise the smell on the carpet where she has gone and also the pup thinking it is the regular place to pee..
She wont try to pee there again.. |
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By: kiwiglen111
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| Cheers Vulcanneo, will definaetly do.. |
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By: tollso
9/09/2008
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| have tryed putting her in laundry with her bed doesnt stop her at all tryed the silent treatment and putting her straight outside that made her piddle on my shoes |
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By: nana_mac@rocketmail.com
10/09/2008
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| When children are raised in a loving environment they tend to grow up well balanced and responsible. Likewise, dogs. However sometimes kids from the best of homes will go off the rails and I think that may be the case with some dogs too. |
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By: sdavies@xtra.co.nz
10/09/2008
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I think you will always get the odd dog that just isnt right, like people. it just happens. I have 2 Jack Russells, one we got from a puppy and the other we got given because his family couldnt handle him due to dominance issues. these days he is an almost perfect dog. He would bite and be rather nasty. Now he is a almost perfect dog. Training and our other dog beating him up has put him at the bottom of the pack so he now knows where he stands.
Now to the biting or nipping, my two will do this when playing with us when we play rough, if they bite too hard they stop and look upset.. so that is good, just an accident. Now if a friends child comes up and hits them and if they cant get away i have no issues with them giving the child a nip which has happened a few times and their parents have said the same thing. Its about respect, the next dog you do it to might just be big and take your hand off. Children need to understand you cant do that and a nip does it. I wont let kids i dont know play or pat them without close supervision as i dont know the parents. I dont agree with if a dog bites someone it is bad. It depends on the circumstances behind the bite. I will add that both of my dogs havent done any damage to children just given them a fright. But the kids now understand they can play but not hit them with toys and things.
As for them not remembering what they get in trouble for, i am not sure of the 20 second thing.. Our two love us comming home, but you can tell when they have done something before we get inside the house as they hang back and dont want to come up the stairs and look worried. Most of the time its just funny as they may have ripped up a box or they may have gutted all the pillows in the lounge. I wouldnt want them to be any other way. |
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By: vulcanneo
10/09/2008
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| One of the main reasons why people have dogs that 'go off the rails' as you say, is because the are raised purely on love. Nothing else. No exercise, no discipline. To raise a balanced dog you must create rules, boundaries and limitations, just as you would do with children. The only difference is: that dogs are not children, and are not human. People tend to think of their dogs as their children or their "babies" and treat them as people (This is called anthropomorphism), and this is where it goes wrong. They use human psychology to make sense of a dogs behaviour, when in fact canine psychology is far from it. An example of this is when a dog is scared, a person would usually try and pet the dog and talk to it trying to soothe it calm it down, just as you would with a child. In doing this, you are in fact reinforcing the behaviour, and increase the chances of it becoming a scared, frightened dog. You are associating a positive reaction(petting, talking calmly to it) with that behaviour, hence increasing the possibility of your dog performing that behaviour again. People also do this when there dog is going crazy, barking, trying to get at someone, or something.(come on, fess up, most people do!)....This is one of the reasons unstable dogs are created, unknowingly. too much love is dangerous. there must be a level of respect. |
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By: nn.1947
10/09/2008
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i called my dog porky
cause he pharks pigs |
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By: sdavies@xtra.co.nz
10/09/2008
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When my ones bark and carry one they get locked outside and yelled at, but it still carrys on, now the youngest wont even get off the bed at night to go see, she just lies there and barks. is funny in a way but it does get her kicked off and sent to her bed. They are pack animals and need to be treated as such, it our house it is:
My partner
Max (felmale JRT)
Me
Parker (male JRT)
sometimes i slip up to number 2 but she does push it.
It is hard not to treat them like little humans but like little they need to understand how they fit in, a dog who knows his or her place is much happier and stable..
I have a question, Why do both my dogs follow me everywhere and the female always has to sit on my lap no matter what I am doing? I'm just glad she isnt a big dog. |
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By: vulcanneo
10/09/2008
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It's not always a bad thing when your dog follows you everywhere! Dogs instinctively follow their pack leader. Just like in the wild, the pack leader leads the dogs to food, water and when traveling. So it is not, not natural.
With your girl sitting on your lap, she could either be displaying some dominance over you by making you give her attention when she wants. It should be the other way around. You only give her attention when you want, and only when she is behaving in a manner which you find appropriate. All you need to do to stop her from getting up on you is to associate a negative reaction with her getting up on you, then a positive one when she is down and is following your commands. This correction must be done as soon as she jumps up on you, every time she does it. Timing and consistency are the keys to correcting unwanted behaviour. Your correction needs to also be motivational. a little "no dont do that" will never do the job like a "NO! GET OFF!", followed by you removing her from you.
If you do this, and stay consistent, she will stop jumping up on to your lap. Remember to be consistent, and motivational.
Stay calm and assertive |
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By: tollso
10/09/2008
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| Hi vulcanneo thankyou for the tips to housetrain my puppy feel bad closing her away as she loves to follow me everywhere but will definatly give this a go as hubby is threatning to put her on trade me if she keeps going inside which i dont want as she is a really good puppy apart from that |
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