New dog to be around DD

ali-t

OP, if you go and set a good example when you are in, I think it will confuse the dog as it is yet another set of rules that it has to follow - a different set for everyone it interacts with.

I assume (but may be wrong) that this is your ex and your dd's dad and that you are on quite good terms with him? Would he be open to a gift from you? You could pay for some dog training lessons for him and if he is totally resistent to the idea you could turn it round and make it dog handling lessons for your dd (and hope he learns something from it!).

If your ex is the main carer he needs to be the one setting the example and asking the others who are around the dog to do the same. The lack of consistency isn't good for the dog but as he is a man you will need to let him think it is his idea lol

Buttonmoons

Well the thing is, it ain't my dog!! I've got my hands full with two unruly cats, I was just wanting advice on the dogs mouthing, as my DD will be spending time around there, and the guy is doing his best with a dog that has had 15months of it's life having no training, no exercise and never being in a house. I think he's done a good job with it, considering it wasn't even toilet trained and hadn't even seen a sofa before.

I think it mouths because it's still relitively young, it's not unsociable with other dogs, plays fine (off lead) in the park, despises cats. Like I said, it's a nice dog considering, just the mouthing.

Also, a guy I used to see got a husky and it was exactly the same with the mouthing, and it got walked a lot, but that dog used to shred the house as soon as you left it (this one doesn't)

Buttonmoons

ali-t wrote: »

OP, if you go and set a good example when you are in, I think it will confuse the dog as it is yet another set of rules that it has to follow - a different set for everyone it interacts with.

I assume (but may be wrong) that this is your ex and your dd's dad and that you are on quite good terms with him? Would he be open to a gift from you? You could pay for some dog training lessons for him and if he is totally resistent to the idea you could turn it round and make it dog handling lessons for your dd (and hope he learns something from it!).

If your ex is the main carer he needs to be the one setting the example and asking the others who are around the dog to do the same. The lack of consistency isn't good for the dog but as he is a man you will need to let him think it is his idea lol

Hiya, It is my ex, and we are on good terms but it's not his dog, it's the guy whos flat he is sharing with dog....(they are friends from work) So I don't want to go in and criticise his dog or his training because he knows there is stuff to be worked on, and it's not really my place.

Lol couldn't afford buying anyone dog training lessons :rotfl:But, me and DD are going to Pets at home tomorrow (since it's school hols here) and buying the pooch a kong

ali-t

Buttonmoons wrote: »

Hiya, It is my ex, and we are on good terms but it's not his dog, it's the guy whos flat he is sharing with dog....(they are friends from work) So I don't want to go in and criticise his dog or his training because he knows there is stuff to be worked on, and it's not really my place.

Lol couldn't afford buying anyone dog training lessons :rotfl:But, me and DD are going to Pets at home tomorrow (since it's school hols here) and buying the pooch a kong

How about you buy some edible treats for the dog and your dd gets involved with training the dog e.g. teaching the dog to sit for a treat etc. This will allow your DD to take some control when the dog is getting excited. If she sees that her saying sit makes the dog sit, she can take some of the excitement out of the situation as it is hard for the dog to be bouncy and mouthy when sitting on its butt.

cjmumto2

Isnt it annoying when people dont read your posts properly LOL. I must say it does concern me but as long as it is only mouthing and not drawing blood then it is not too late. But the owner does need to be in on this. It is no good trying to train the dog once in a blue moon. Everyone needs to tell the dog NO when he mouths. I know with young dogs when they mouth you need to make a big issue of it and act like they hurt you so they learn what it too hard etc but not sure when they are over a year old.


So I think some basic training with sit, and leave would be good and absolutely no mouthing allowed on anyone, only the apporpriate toy. And needless to say never leave your daughter alone with it and it may be wise for you to get a book on dog cues ie know when the dog has had enough and leave it alone. Children dont get it at 4/5 though so you will need to read the signs.

With regards to eating I would put the dog in another room with a chew toy.

Good luck and it is a wonderful story that the dog has a new life with lots of love and affection and a good amount of exercise

Buttonmoons

Thanks for the tips folks

She can say sit and paw and the dog does do it (probably thought she was going to drop some more crisps) I was laughing as the dog was just following her around as she was eating, in the vain hope she would drop a crumb, and she caught on so she'd run out one room and into the kitchen and the dog would head her off in the other direction, they both enjoyed it immensely, more so the dog when she fell over her feet and sent a dozen wotsits flying :rotfl:

The pooch was bringing toys to her to play, tug of war and the likes, that was quite funny as she was desperate not to let the dog win, and it was pulling her along the floor, it really has got a good nature, just the mouthing but it DOES do it to everyone especially when excited, and she knows to stay away from it on all counts when its eating it's big rawhide bone.

Will take her to pets at home this week and get a kong and some treats that she can give the dog.

Anyone know of treats suitable for a huskys sensitive tummy? I dont think this huskys is too bad actually, but certain dried biscuits give her the trots. I'll have a mooch around anyways, and no doubt leave with a parrot or something :rotfl:

Fang_3

Buttonmoons wrote: »

A) It's not a flat
He takes it out on a walk 3 times a day (about 45 mins each)
C) Someone comes in and spends time with it in the afternoon + walk
D) It can't be let off the lead unless at the beach as like most huskys, they will just run off and not come back
E) You are right, he should of just left it in it's old abode getting a walk every 3 days and tied in the garden constantly. Yes so right, I'll tell him to return it because it's not good enough he has someone come in during the day and play and walk it.

A) We cross posted. It was a flat as far as I knew then because that's what you'd called it.
It's a Husky - that's not enough. That's nowhere near enough, they're bred to run and run and run. Three 45 minute walks won't even touch the sides.
C) Still not enough.
D) I didn't say anything about letting it off the lead, quite the opposite.
E) Neither is the right situation for a husky. Don't get shirty because it's not what you want to hear. Should your daughter be injured by this dog and unless it's properly taken care of, it's heading that way - you're going to feel very, very guilty. And rightly so.

Buttonmoons

It's not heading any way so quit with your scaremongering. It's an excitable dog that mouths a bit when playing, nowhere have I suggested it's vicious or aggressive or anything of the sort, and it's never shown any aggression, never even growled (I've asked)

You do this on every thread you are on, right grumpy chops.


and its in your opinion it's not being taken care of, since you've not seen the dog or it's environment it's all just bad guesswork on your part. I've seen the dog after it's been on it's walk and it's knackered when it gets back, as it DOES get let off in the enclosed park where it plays with other dogs.

I didn't come here to give everyone a blow by blow analysis of the dogs day to day schedule, it's not my dog, I'd just like to know ways and means of stopping it from mouthing. Cheers.

Ilona

Buttonmoons wrote: »

I didn't come here to give everyone a blow by blow analysis of the dogs day to day schedule, it's not my dog, I'd just like to know ways and means of stopping it from mouthing. Cheers.

People cannot answer your question without knowing something about the dog. Each dog has to be treated like an individual. They all have history, where was it born, where did it come from, how was it brought up, temperament and personality of the breed, environment it lives in, it is all relevant. You are getting some good answers here, if you choose not to listen, or to ignore the advice given, you do so at your own peril. If you have concerns that the dog is mouthing, and I take that to mean you are afraid it might bite your DD, then you should arrange to meet your ex OH away from the flat/house, without the dog.
Ilona

Raksha

It sounds very much like my boy - when I got him he was 10 months old and had been shut in the garden to 'protect' the under 5s in the family from his playbiting. For 3 months my teenage son and I had bruises from elbow to wrist from helping him to learn not to 'mouth'.

If you are going to teach him not to mouth, you, and everyone who has anything to do with him has to anticipate it taking at least 3 months. He was hand fed every piece of food he had to teach him human hands should not be touched with canine teeth (if they did, the food went away for a few minutes), he was also taught a 'leave' command which meant take your head/mouth/teeth away from that, and 'enough' which meant the game ended. We played lots of ragging and tugging games with him, which stopped as soon as his teeth touched us. Not all games have to end with us winning BTW - if they had, he'd soon have given up even wanting to play.

Above all, he was given lots of opportunities to practise these activities.

PS - it's a good idea to teach every dog not to mouth, because it only takes one attempt to 'mouth' the wrong person and you're looking at a prosecution under the DDA