Gitdog being a pain.

scaredy_cat

see.. you don't have these problems with cats..... :D

Igottawii!!

scaredy_cat wrote: »

see.. you don't have these problems with cats..... :D

No, true, we just spend approx 5 out of 7 evenings a week chasing our lovely young lady (she is 20 months old but tiny!) around the house after she comes in proudly carrying a mouse or a vole in her mouth - usually still alive - to play with! If she happens to sneak in without us noticing we then have the pleasure of finding the body at some later stage that night! Yuk! Only upside is that her litter brother (nearly twice her size!) usually just watches doesn't bring presents in EXCEPT for a month or so ago when he came trotting in proudly carrying a SQUIRREL in his mouth! Cue much screaming from me and DD1 while DD2 sat and cried for the poor murdered squirrel!

zaksmum

I always let mine on the chairs and sofa.

What harm is that doing?

trolleyrun

After reading this thread I've realised for all her foibles, Pipsqueak is an angel. She doesn't steal - I can even leave my dinner next to her and leave the room and she won't touch it. She doesn't bark - unless someone rings the doorbell and it's more of a warning bark. She stops when I tell her to. If she gets too excited, I use the "sit at peace" command or "sleep" command. She doesn't actually sleep, but she settles down.

She does get very muddy, as she's close to the ground, but if she gets really muddy I just plonk her in the bathtub and rinse her off. Luckily, she's learned to love it, and she really loves the towel rub after

She's allowed on the furniture and she prefers to lie next to me with a blanket over her. I have no issues with that, as she keeps me warm

Good luck to those who have rascals of the canine type. It can only get better

neveranymoney

Oh trolleyrun, you great big show off you!! I am very jealous - scuttles off to retrieve husbands new trainers that were carelessly left at his behind from the dogs mouth and then to clean the mud off my face, hands, hair and phone.

gunsandbanjos

Man i'm glad I've got cats!

joansgirl

After reading all this I've realised that maybe Bailie's not so bad! She's ok indoors, it's outside she plays up. On the extending lead this morning she got hold of a rabbit skin (something else had eaten the innards) and she was not about to give it up. I couldn't reel her in coz every time I released the brake on the lead she ran further away, all the while bucking like a wild horse. In the end I let her run round me in circles and although I ended up with the lead wound round me she got to the end of it and was then within grabbing distance. She dropped the skin when I grabbed her collar and looked at me as if to say "Oh all right then, you have it!". Had she not been on the lead I expect she would have swallowed it. That could have been expensive. So yet another place to avoid, off lead.

libra10

It's 'the stare' that does it!

Barney expects the same routine daily. The day starts with a long brisk walk, followed by his chicken dinner. Waiting for the postman so he can rip the post to shreds (unless I catch him first).

Then he settles … Waits for son to finish work and another walk. Then it's his favourite game of Bouncing Biscuits. I have to bring some of his dried dog food into the living room and place on the carpet, then get his ball. I bounce the ball in the room, Barney nibbles his biscuits, then gets the ball and reluctantly gives it to me. This goes on for a while ...

When I'm trying to put on his lead for his walk, in his excitement he eats the biscuits like he's starving. He's definitely high maintenance.

Good luck with gitdog!

Whatta dawg!

trolleyrun

neveranymoney wrote: »

Oh trolleyrun, you great big show off you!! I am very jealous - scuttles off to retrieve husbands new trainers that were carelessly left at his behind from the dogs mouth and then to clean the mud off my face, hands, hair and phone.

Don't be jealous, NAM, Pipsqueak hasn't always been this good. When I first got her, she had accidents indoors (understandable), she stole socks and did unmentionable things to them. She also stole tissues and shredded them. She still boogers off when I let her off the lead and still spins in circles when she gets excited. She's not perfect in any way, but she's getting there - apart from the off-lead problem.