Posted on 09/04/2014 6:27:37 AM PDT by workerbee
She walks on a leash in the house just fine. When we get outside she wants to pull me back into the house. It's almost like she is afraid of the outdoors. When we went to the puppy training she would pull me all the way to the store. So I got her a harness. But it takes at least two people to get it on her. She acts like we are trying to kill her. Reminds me of trying to put snowsuits on toddlers!
My chihuahua recently got a new toy. Bright blue plastic toy treats can be hidden in. Within 5 minutes of getting the toy, it has completely vanished! Don’t think it was eaten because there are no “crumbs” to be found.
Defiant cat! Good one.
He will probably never forgive you for the dog. That’s why he punishes you with trying to make your bread stale.
If looks could kill we’d all be dead. His eyes are green and when he’s mad they are really green. He bullies the dog.
You truly made me LOL with the Jack Daniels breath!
Beautiful dog, BTW. I can see the springs in action.
My cat also bullies the dog, but he seems to love him. He will take his portion out of the dog’s dish, even though he has to stand on his hind legs because the dish is on an elevated stand. And whenever he snuggles up to the dog in the dog’s bed, you can bet that within 15 minutes the 70-lb dog will be gone and Mr. Kitty will be right in the center of the bed snoring away.
She is a lab pup and is testing her mouth. It is of value that you “yelp” whenever she puts her teeth on you. That is an indication to the lab pup that her “bite” is to hard and what she thinks is that any teeth on humans is to hard of a bite.
Remember, what a lab is learning as a puppy is to “calibrate” her bite. She is trying to learn how to be gentle in her bite to be a retriever and is using your skin as the calibrator tool. Usually, a pup will learn by “wrestling” with an older dog and biting it on the neck. When the bite is too hard, the older dog verbally lets the pup know. Your verbal admonission will go a long way in this teaching.
When my chocolate lab was learning, I used to jerk away and yell “ouch” and she would get all worried. That eventually led to her responding to “no bites” whenever she got tempted to put teeth on skin.
I guess that’s why she quit biting me? I always yell ouch! I will have to tell my husband to yell ouch. I only catch a tooth once in a while when she is jumping up and down. Which is incidental contact, she’s not jumping up to bite me. He tends to push her away and I think she thinks he’s playing with her.
The cat is jealous of the dog and being protective of the other cat. It’s only been since June so hopefully before winter sets in they will be able to tolerate each other.
I agree. Excellent book. I have a copy.
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