Puppy Love??? Uuum!

HopeShelties said:
For the issue of not coming when called, I would leave a leash on that you don't care about getting dirty and let him drag it. When you call, if he doesn't come you go get the leash. I would also be spending time working on his recall and reward big time for any time he chooses to come as opposed to ignore you. And if he chooses not to come, you reel him in, and reward with praise but no cookie. He'll get the idea. You call, he comes, big reward.
For the garden issue, I have had to put up temporary orange fencing to keep dogs out. Except mine has to stay up for the whole season as it is a vegetable garden and my lovely dogs really enjoy things like tomatoes and bell peppers and will pick them right off the plants to eat them :P
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Thanks for the reminder....I was having the same thoughts myself......and trying to remember all the tricks......
 
LOL..... reminds me of Zak, good lord I thought he would never learn to "come' was to much fun watching me try to catch him. I tried the run the other way... ha ha. He just needs time! This won't last to long Barb, they grow up so fast.
 
I also forgot how much work a puppy was, and how difficult, mouthy... to the point that I wondered if I'd made a mistake by getting a new dog too soon after the death of my older dog.

We're much improved. So I wanted to let you know, in case you were wondering too, that all that craziness will balance out.

Oh-- and I second the "drag a leash" recommendation. We're still doing that, and he's 7 months old.
 
Eva; Blithe adores books and has broken my heart at some that she has destroyed. I now have 'skirts' on my book shelves and it seems to be working, just a little late in the game. I think they know what you love and go for that as their tasty morsel.

I second, er, third, the dragging leash. I will put Blithe's leash on him and he immediately calms down and will usually just lay where he is and not move. He's almost two.
 
Break through...kinda

Brought the boys to the cottage first time this year. Callan was pretty darn good. His recall his definitely improving. Doesn't take much to get him indoors
. Maybe because the big wild is so huge. But when I call him he actually comes!
 
Ok....not so much anymore! Apparently the big wild is pretty darn interesting now, and the Canada Goose Crap is particularly enticing.

Tomorrow when I go my store I'm picking up a puppy tie out and a training lead. (He chewed his leash completely through sitting right next to me on the dock ). All in about 5 minutes.

Look out Callan! Mom is going into puppy training with a vengeance!
 
BarbV said:
Ok....not so much anymore! Apparently the big wild is pretty darn interesting now, and the Canada Goose Crap is particularly enticing.

Tomorrow when I go my store I'm picking up a puppy tie out and a training lead. (He chewed his leash completely through sitting right next to me on the dock ). All in about 5 minutes.

Look out Callan! Mom is going into puppy training with a vengeance!
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haha...love hearing your puppy stories Barb! Makes me not feel so bad when everything does not go perfectly with Bailey!

He finished puppy class last month & starts beginner class in early July when we are back from vacation. You can never get enough training/tips during the puppy stage even if you have owned puupies/dogs in the past :eek2:
 
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