Dogs

[pope04]

Originally Posted by gordo67

Chunk

Oh, great. Now I'm going to have nightmares!!

Just kidding, of course. Cool looking pooch!!

[Barnes]

Originally Posted by pope04

Oh, great. Now I'm going to have nightmares!!

Just kidding, of course. Cool looking pooch!!

When I saw that pic, I captioned it in my head:

'No, I hasn't seen your black pen'

[pylon]

Originally Posted by NSFL

Oh man, you guys all have great dogs. I would love to have a dog, but I can barely take care of myself so I would prefer not to have another living creature dependent on me. But one day, when I get my act together, I may be able to post a pic here with all of you guys.

You would be surprised at how a dog will make you up your level of responsibility in life. I suffered from clinical depression and used to sleep in all the time, and park my ass in front of the TV when I got home from work as well. Once I got Molly it gave me more purpose in life, got me out more, got me up earlier and most importantly, the companionship once you truly bond with your dog is unmatched since it is so unconditional. It was almost like an instant cure for depression.

[Rhetts_the_Best]

Buddy 9 years old

[gordo67]

Originally Posted by pope04

Oh, great. Now I'm going to have nightmares!!

Just kidding, of course. Cool looking pooch!!

hahahaha, my dad had a hard time looking at him the first time he saw him. Yeah they can be freaky at times..

[Cowperson]

Originally Posted by pylon

You would be surprised at how a dog will make you up your level of responsibility in life. I suffered from clinical depression and used to sleep in all the time, and park my ass in front of the TV when I got home from work as well. Once I got Molly it gave me more purpose in life, got me out more, got me up earlier and most importantly, the companionship once you truly bond with your dog is unmatched since it is so unconditional. It was almost like an instant cure for depression.

It can be like having a permanent 2 year-old . . . . mostly that's good.

Incidentally, a recent study found the top five most intelligent dogs are, indeed, the rough equivalent of two or 2.5 year old humans.

This is the adventurous, never fearful, always thinking one, Abby who, among our brood of six animals, is the only one we have from a young age, the rest being rescues of some sort. It was a windy day on Windy Ridge



Cowperson

[COGENT]

This may warrant it's own thread but I thought anyone who may have advice would be looking here anyways.

I have 6.5 month old Goldendoodle that we got at 8 weeks (I'll upload photos later because he's pretty damn cut). He is very smart dog and knows a lot of commands very well. However there a few very important commands that he seems to ignore and I just can't figure it out.

1. He won't come when called. If we are at home or at a park alone he comes the first time every time. But if we are around other dogs or people or any distraction he just seems to ignore us.

2. He gets extremely excited when people approach him and jumps up a lot.

Does anyone have any advice or know of really good trainer at a reasonable rate or even an on line video or book that worked well for them. I would like to think he's just a teenager and will get over it but I don't want it to be too late if that's not the case.

Thanks in advance.

[octothorp]

Maybe try a class specializing in recalls? I've been meaning to take my dog to one of those. It's good because you're constantly practicing your recalls in a structured environment that nevertheless contains a lot of distractions, much like a real-world scenario.

[pylon]

Originally Posted by COGENT

This may warrant it's own thread but I thought anyone who may have advice would be looking here anyways.

I have 6.5 month old Goldendoodle that we got at 8 weeks (I'll upload photos later because he's pretty damn cut). He is very smart dog and knows a lot of commands very well. However there a few very important commands that he seems to ignore and I just can't figure it out.

1. He won't come when called. If we are at home or at a park alone he comes the first time every time. But if we are around other dogs or people or any distraction he just seems to ignore us.

2. He gets extremely excited when people approach him and jumps up a lot.

Does anyone have any advice or know of really good trainer at a reasonable rate or even an on line video or book that worked well for them. I would like to think he's just a teenager and will get over it but I don't want it to be too late if that's not the case.

Thanks in advance.

Just be patient with him, it will eventually work its way out of him. He is still a puppy. My dog was like this until she was about a year and a half and started to mellow out on her own once the novelty of new things wore off.

[chid]

Originally Posted by COGENT

This may warrant it's own thread but I thought anyone who may have advice would be looking here anyways.

I have 6.5 month old Goldendoodle that we got at 8 weeks (I'll upload photos later because he's pretty damn cut). He is very smart dog and knows a lot of commands very well. However there a few very important commands that he seems to ignore and I just can't figure it out.

1. He won't come when called. If we are at home or at a park alone he comes the first time every time. But if we are around other dogs or people or any distraction he just seems to ignore us.

2. He gets extremely excited when people approach him and jumps up a lot.

Does anyone have any advice or know of really good trainer at a reasonable rate or even an on line video or book that worked well for them. I would like to think he's just a teenager and will get over it but I don't want it to be too late if that's not the case.

Thanks in advance.

I'm in training class with my 4 month old puppy and at the dog park with other dogs there is no way he'll come when called. Our instructor told us not to ruin their recall by calling them countless times - it teaches them to just ignore it all the time by doing that. She said grab him - carry him away and just continue on with walking, if the dog needs to be calmed down by being too excited from the other dogs, sit and put your hands on him until he's calmed.

The jumping up thing I'm still working on so the only tips I've received has been to just walk FORWARD to the dog jumping up on you and get the dog to sit once he's fallen from being up on you.

[COGENT]

Originally Posted by chid

I'm in training class with my 4 month old puppy and at the dog park with other dogs there is no way he'll come when called. Our instructor told us not to ruin their recall by calling them countless times - it teaches them to just ignore it all the time by doing that. She said grab him - carry him away and just continue on with walking, if the dog needs to be calmed down by being too excited from the other dogs, sit and put your hands on him until he's calmed.

The jumping up thing I'm still working on so the only tips I've received has been to just walk FORWARD to the dog jumping up on you and get the dog to sit once he's fallen from being up on you.

You're going to Sit Happens aren't you?

The jumping up thing is hard to correct as he doesn't jump up on us and it's incredibly hard to have people understand the whole no touch, no talk, no eye contact thing without sounding rude.

[COGENT]

Originally Posted by pylon

Just be patient with him, it will eventually work its way out of him. He is still a puppy. My dog was like this until she was about a year and a half and started to mellow out on her own once the novelty of new things wore off.

Phew! I assumed this was the case but it's easy to forget that when you go to the dog park and all the older dogs listen so well.

He is getting fixed on Friday so that MIGHT help the whole excitement thing.

[woob]

Originally Posted by Barnes

Summer.

Boats


Bones


Swimming

WOW! Beautiful dog. Love the colourings.

[woob]

[chid]

Originally Posted by COGENT

You're going to Sit Happens aren't you?

The jumping up thing is hard to correct as he doesn't jump up on us and it's incredibly hard to have people understand the whole no touch, no talk, no eye contact thing without sounding rude.

yeah I do! I'm having problems with the jumping up lately as well. He loves, I mean LOVES kids and anyone comes near him and he's up on their shoulders licking their face. We're hoping fixing him relaxes that a bit, but all we do now is just pick him up and try to calm him down.

[Cowperson]

Originally Posted by chid

yeah I do! I'm having problems with the jumping up lately as well. He loves, I mean LOVES kids and anyone comes near him and he's up on their shoulders licking their face. We're hoping fixing him relaxes that a bit, but all we do now is just pick him up and try to calm him down.

For an adult and a mid-sized or larger dog, keep your hands at your sides and bring up a knee to flip the dog off you. Just enough force to get it done.

They'll stop doing it pretty quickly after a few repetitions.

You're not hurting them but the confused and hurt look in their expressions will be priceless. Good time for a "sit" command as well to reaffirm who's boss, then a treat for a reward.

Since treats come from hands and the normal defensive measure with a dog jumping up is to raise your hands . . . . . well, that's where kids particularly get into problems and they're not tall enough for the knee thing.

It's about asserting who's alpha and that kids are higher in the pack than they are. In fact, for a peaceful household, dogs should be lower than cats in the pack.

My two cents.

Cowperson

[Reaper]

Originally Posted by COGENT

Phew! I assumed this was the case but it's easy to forget that when you go to the dog park and all the older dogs listen so well.

He is getting fixed on Friday so that MIGHT help the whole excitement thing.

I know I'd have a hard time getting excited about anything if I had my balls cut off.

[longsuffering]

Summer




Winter

[Two Fivenagame]

Orson?! Love that name!

[COGENT]

Originally Posted by chid

yeah I do! I'm having problems with the jumping up lately as well. He loves, I mean LOVES kids and anyone comes near him and he's up on their shoulders licking their face. We're hoping fixing him relaxes that a bit, but all we do now is just pick him up and try to calm him down.

We graduated from the Let's go class about a moth ago. The things you were saying sounded familiar. I'm glad I did it... I would be way worse off right now without it.