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Post by scallywag on Jun 6, 2014 6:49:23 GMT
Oh dear Erika  . Ok New training regime starts here....... Take one person called smilesbetter. Train her to put all things  up out of sight, or back in draws and wardrobes , this  must be kept clear at all times  |
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Post by zahada on Jun 6, 2014 9:50:15 GMT
Prevention is better than cure - they say. I would not give her the opportunity to chew anything she shouldn't. I would discipline myself to remove all the vulnerable items such as shoes, computer type items etc as soon as I finished with them. I would also restrict the areas of the house to where the least damage can be done.
She is at the adolescent stage and will behave more challengingly so the less she does to stress you the better for everybody. Do you do any training with her. Not just classes but 'life skills'?
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Post by smilesbetter on Jun 6, 2014 13:17:43 GMT
What do you mean by life skills haha? I do all sorts of training with her, she's even learning to ride a skateboard at the moment haha.
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Post by gladys on Jun 6, 2014 14:11:23 GMT
Phooey ... Who wants a orvis bed??  caz2golden  smilesbetter How old is Rosas? Cooper has free run of the snug and lounge when we are out, unlike Skala pup who is put in her crate with walk out pen. At her stage of puppyhood I wouldn't leave her to free roam and when Cooper was under 18 months old he wouldn't either. But he knows the house rules so wouldn't go on parts of the furniture he shouldn't etc. So house rules are very important, if you can reinforce what and where now while she's young and every time you are there, she will hopefully do all the right things when you are not there.  |
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Post by smilesbetter on Jun 7, 2014 22:58:52 GMT
gladys she is just over 5 months haha. She has a crate in Berlin but not here yet (thinking about buying one). She's not fond of it though. In Berlin when we went out she had a big puppy pen, once she got too big and could jump out of it, we would put her in the bathroom with her favourite toys and close the door. We'd moved everything in the bathroom up high to make it a safe area. Every time we can home it was covered in dirty footprints and her toys would be in the bath or something haha, she seems to have a great time in there when we're out. In Scotland though we don't have a room we can leave her in. So far she's come almost everywhere with me but it's not ideal and I'd like her to learn to stay on the floor and not eat my stuff haha. We bought her a new Kong today which she will only get when alone. Just need to get some meat to freeze into it. Not keen on the idea of her throwing it onto my bed as she does with other toys, but hopefully she won't... Haha!
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Post by zahada on Jun 8, 2014 10:49:45 GMT
Your bedroom dilemna reminds me of a story told by Ian Dunbar. An English woman came to see him about a problem she was having with her dog. He had a habit of peeing on her pillow. He'd been doing it for 10 years. Ian Dunbar suggested that she shuts her bedroom door. To which she replied'What jolly good idea!'
The moral of the story is that we sometimes don't realise that there is a simple solution that will solve a problem. LOL.
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Post by CollieSlave on Jun 8, 2014 13:34:49 GMT
We have had very different experiences of dogs going on furniture over the years. Bryn never goes on chairs or the sofa; dunno why not, he never has shown the slightest inclination to do so. When we had Little Nell she was naughty - she never went on an armchair unless she was wet, having been in the river! Then we had to watch her closely or she would get up onto my wife's armchair and stay there until she was dry; then she'd go onto her own bed, leaving a very damp chair for my wife!
Years ago we had Mossie, a BC/Lab cross who was lovely but daft. She loved going on the sofa given half a chance. During the day when we were around she wouldn't but, come the night-time, up she would get. We started tipping up the cushions so she had to lie on the rather uncomfortable sprung base but she soon learned to tip the cushions back down. With the suite was a large pouffe on casters so, we thought, we'll stop her game! We left the sofa cushions down and placed the pouffe, upside down, on the sofa. And what did we find? Mossie lying, curled up on top of the pouffe - this involved quite a climb and wasn't what we would regard as very comfortable as the bottom of the pouffe (on which she was lying) was a sheet of coarse hessian! What a dog! She was quite blatant and once she was in position on the sofa (or upside down pouffe!) she wouldn't get down when she heard us coming down stairs, only when we told her to.
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Post by Pawsforthought on Jun 8, 2014 15:02:26 GMT
All I can say is (because we've never attempted to train this behaviour out) make sure there is NEVER anything rewarding left on furniture while she's young. It will probably take until she's between 2-3 when you'll be able to start leaving things out again, this is how it was with Finn. We can only just start leaving things and he's 3 tomorrow! If she self rewards, she will continue the behaviour, no matter how disappointed you are and what silent treatment you give her! It may be that for a while (ie. a year or more) she will never be 100% with the behaviour but all you can do is keep training her when you're in the room and never leave anything rewarding on furniture when you're out of it. It's easy to forget when they start getting bigger and looking older but she'll still be a puppy until she's 2 at least! |
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Post by smilesbetter on Jun 8, 2014 18:39:09 GMT
Haha well CollieSlave like Nell, Rosa decided to leap on the couch in front of me twice today - just after I washed her! I suppose it was good as I was able to tell her "off" immediately as she did it, but I'm not appreciating the damp couch haha. I will try the "not leaving anything on beds etc" thing (need to anyway as they'll get destroyed at the moment!) and hopefully that will make jumping up less appealing to her. Last night I thought I heard her jump onto my sandy bed (from a jump up the day before after a beach visit) and I bolted through, shoved open the door and leapt into the room like a complete maniac only to find her lying on the floor looking up at me like "wtf". She had rolled in poop (again!) yesterday so I was determined not to let her on my poor bed. She's living up to her nickname of "piggy", which she originally got because she was all chubby (but very clean). Now she's slim and wolflike, but a complete mink haha. |
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Post by McCuddles on Jun 9, 2014 22:14:56 GMT
Aww no way can I believe that the cute lil fluff all known as Rosa would roll in something as minging as poop, she's far too angelic looking  Can't help you with the furniture issue sorry, we let naughty Dotty onto our sofas. But she's never allowed on anyone else's if we go to visit and she's told to get down as soon as you see her start to think about jumping. You need to catch them in the act and that's the hard bit if she's being left in the room by herself. I know you're only staying in Scotland a short while but could you maybe get her a wee crate for when you're not in the room? Would save your possessions too and she would never get the chance to practise the behaviour. What was she like when she was left alone in Berlin? |
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Post by alfiemummy on Jun 9, 2014 22:44:12 GMT
Haha Alfie rolled in a dead bird today, what is wrong with our dogs  |
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Post by smilesbetter on Jun 9, 2014 22:54:40 GMT
McCuddles we are in fact looking to buy a crate as we're having to fly to Ireland at the end of our trip (seems much better than ferries), so hopefully that will help stop the habit forming! I've also been making sure that there's absolutely nothing interesting on the furniture and occasionally putting one of her toys on the furniture, waiting for her to start to stand up on the furniture and telling her "off" bwahahaaa! That probably seems super evil but it seems to be getting the message across a little. And believe me haha, she may be cute but she is a complete and utter pig! Hahaha alfiemummy my man has had to pull quite a few rotting dead things out of her mouth but thankfully she's more interested in eating them than rolling in them (easier to get them out her mouth than off her coat!). I think she would given the chance though, she finds poop tasty too but also loves rolling in it so I'm sure she'll discover the joys of carcass rolling soon enough. And it'll be then that she leaps up onto my bed I'm sure hope you managed to get Alfie clean!
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Post by zahada on Jun 9, 2014 23:24:03 GMT
I would tie filled up Kong inside her crate when going out to see if she could develop a habit of expecting to go into her crate (with door open) and keep herself occupied with the Kong. Eventually she might go there as soon as she realises that you're going out without her.
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Post by smilesbetter on Jun 10, 2014 7:01:23 GMT
I would tie filled up Kong inside her crate when going out to see if she could develop a habit of expecting to go into her crate (with door open) and keep herself occupied with the Kong. Eventually she might go there as soon as she realises that you're going out without her. Good idea! I actually have a nice new kong I bought her that she's not had yet, it can be her exclusive crate kong. Not sure what to fill it with yet though, I've been thinking frozen mince or something :S |
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Post by scallywag on Jun 10, 2014 7:21:05 GMT
I would tie filled up Kong inside her crate when going out to see if she could develop a habit of expecting to go into her crate (with door open) and keep herself occupied with the Kong. Eventually she might go there as soon as she realises that you're going out without her. Good idea! I actually have a nice new kong I bought her that she's not had yet, it can be her exclusive crate kong. Not sure what to fill it with yet though, I've been thinking frozen mince or something :S Some fill it with peanut butter smilesbettersomewhere on here there is a thread listing all sorts of idea recepies can't remember if it was puppypal or BorderTerrier could even have been Tom Dick or Harry sorry not much help EDIT found it .... LINK |
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