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To: AnAmericanMother

Thanks for the info. I think I will be trying one of those things because she has been unbelievably sneaky and defiant. Very smart because I’ve already taught her 7 tricks. I trained her from day one to stay off the carpets and she’s been very obedient about that but everything else.....not at all. I had a Siberian husky and Springer Spaniel before that died of old age and they were so easy to train. I’ve never really stopped grieving over losing them and swore I’d never get another dog but the kids wore me down.


634 posted on 07/26/2008 2:07:04 PM PDT by LaurenD
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To: LaurenD
Oh, sneaky goes along with smart. Both my girls have a sly streak. Ruby will tip-toe up behind you and snatch a bumper or Dokken out of your hand, and Shelley is a World Champion counter-surfer.

I don't know anything about huskies, but Springers are much softer and more compliant than Labs (they are also too short to reach the kitchen counters.)

If you look at her pedigree and see a lot of FCs, HRs, and GRHRCs before her ancestors' names, and a lot of MHs and SHs afterwards, she's a field dog and that temperament comes with the territory.

If you wear her out mentally as well as physically that will solve a lot of the problem. And if you throw bumpers for her (or better yet have the kids throw bumpers for her - start at about 50 yards and work on increasing the distance) and have her do swimming retrieves (start her on a 30 foot floating line), she will work a lot harder than you do (which is good because, as you note, you can't walk her enough to wear her out! Nobody can!)

655 posted on 07/26/2008 3:24:54 PM PDT by AnAmericanMother (Ministrix of ye Chase, TTGS Ladies' Auxiliary (recess appointment))
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