I just can’t get my head around how that is training an animal how to do anything, what are they learning? Absolutely nothing as there is no reinforcement or praise for doing nothing but getting locked up, mine have learnt now if I say erm excuse me, what are your doing? And they look at me as if to say oooo damn I’ve been caught!! Or who’s done this? And they both hang their head in shame and skulk off. Yeah table surfing hmm luckily there is nothing on there to pinch or should I say eat, but he was terrible at doing it, now he’s to big for the chairs so he would just fall off the other side if he jumped on them now but he’d be able to jump straight on the table but doesn’t bother. He really doesn’t bother jumping up at the counter tops unless he smells cheese, he checks and sits there waiting for a slither like I’m sitting nicely and being a good boy
It's all about the idea that you have to control the dog to get the dog to respect you. Which is hogwash regardless of the species. No creature sees being controlled as a bonding exercise. Tornado-dog always checks the counter after I fix a meal to see if I left something. If I don't immediately put packaging or a wrapper in the garbage bin he steals it. And even with his size, he can easily sit on a kitchen chair. He scrunches himself to half his size easily. He knows "one, two... two and a half" and "what are you stealing?" He never gets that look of "shame", instead he proudly shows me his new treasure or drops it and gets his ball for me to play. Sometimes he will shove his treasure right up against my face so I can get a real good look. He knows I won't just confiscate it. I never wanted him to think he had to gulp something down before I could take it away, so I really reinforced that if he "lets me see it", he can have it back. It's amazing how much he trusts me with that.
My dogs are usually really good about food boundaries. My Löwchen dog once stole the top layer from a chocolate cake - never touched the cream below. He was very sick - I think that taught him. The Beagles sit in bed while we eat. I always save a tiny corner for the end of a meal, so I am under constant supervision. In the kitchen they boing, boing, unless I tell them to stop, but they know, 'Leave It!', and won't steal unless it hits the floor. Beagles have such a bad reputation - I guess I've been lucky with mine.
Oh these pair know when my daughter has pizza and they will lay in the floor waiting patiently for a crust, the Doxie is a terrible guts and will eat just about anything if you let him including potato peelings if you happen to drop any, or any other peelings given the opportunity, but the upside to him is he can’t see on the counter top let alone anything else, but the pup has got to be nearly 4 ft + with standing up on his back legs so he can see everything on the side but never tries to take anything from there. I can’t wait to see what sort of characteristics she has when she’s older and how she turns out. They do a puppy socialising club when they have been inoculated with the puppies of the same age at the vets to get them used to other dogs of different sizes and to get them used to the smells and the environment of the vets itself, I done it with Beau when he was small and they give them a free toy and certificate to say they passed being friendly and sociable which was quite nice to meet people going through the same things as yourself and the pups all playing together.
Mine are pretty good about not nagging me while I eat. But Tornado-dog will nag his Aunt C for food. He knows that others are more likely to give him something. As for pizza, give him a parmesan packet and he's happy. Rather than give mine crust, etc, while I eat, I try to create a break in the connection. So I wait for about an hour after I eat and then give it to them in their food bowls. This has worked well with everyone except Tornado-dog. He knows.
We never feed them whilst we eat, they have to wait until we’ve finished otherwise they get nothing, so they patiently wait laying on the floor until they hear the chair move to get up and then they both sit up with the look we didn’t ask whilst you was eating but is there anything left for us? If it’s food they are not able to eat then we get them a biscuit from their treat box
Well we have a little ear tugger, she has to have attention and pulls both Beau and Buddy’s ears or jumps to see what they have in their mouths, Beau really isn’t that bothered in playing chase me so when he’s running after his ball she will try and keep up with him and she sounds just like one of those squeaky toys when she runs. Like wait for me I’m coming. With Buddy she just rolls around the floor with him play fighting, he’s like get off I’ve had enough now but is never nasty with her
She is very pretty. Beagle puppies are a bit OTT, so its good that your other two are patient with her while she's a baby.
Thank you Carole, she is very hyper still but she is fun and I like I said, they are having a taste of their own medicine from when they went through that stage. But yeah I found they are both very resilient with her.
