cirquemom wrote:Well, had the damage been worse, we would have had puppy tacos for dinner that night. He was only 12 weeks old. I didn't realize that he could get the door to my bedroom open (it had been securely shut), so that has now been puppy-proofed. So far he hasn't chewed much else because we have a plethora of dog toys from Otis the Wonder Dog for him to chew on. Mainly he's just CRAZY. He's 3/4 lab, which in my experience are mellow, but 1/4 Jack Russell Terrier (which we didn't know or we would not have taken him), which in my experience are always INSANE. So he can be really really hyper. Thankfully we have a big fenced yard and Otis the Wonder Dog to play with. So when he gets crazy he has to go outside. He has to be Calm Puppy in the house. He's definitely a Two Walk a Day dog.
catshem wrote:cirquemom wrote:Well, had the damage been worse, we would have had puppy tacos for dinner that night. He was only 12 weeks old. I didn't realize that he could get the door to my bedroom open (it had been securely shut), so that has now been puppy-proofed. So far he hasn't chewed much else because we have a plethora of dog toys from Otis the Wonder Dog for him to chew on. Mainly he's just CRAZY. He's 3/4 lab, which in my experience are mellow, but 1/4 Jack Russell Terrier (which we didn't know or we would not have taken him), which in my experience are always INSANE. So he can be really really hyper. Thankfully we have a big fenced yard and Otis the Wonder Dog to play with. So when he gets crazy he has to go outside. He has to be Calm Puppy in the house. He's definitely a Two Walk a Day dog.
Well, at least he wasn't some weird Chihuahua mix. Those, in my experince, range from scared of their own shadow to IMMA KILL YOU FOR LOOKING AT ME!
OkamiKodomo wrote:Heheh I'm a huge fan of the Dog Whisperer and did a lot of reading about canine psychology when I got my Shiba Inu. Those are some high strung doggies. In a nutshell, dogs don't actually have a concept of size. A little dog doesn't know that he's little, so humans tend to anthropomorphize their "fearlessness" in the face of overwhelming odds. The problem comes in when their owners communicate this concept to their tiny dogs. Behavior that is unacceptable in large dogs -- ie: jumping, barking, sitting in laps or on furniture, etc -- is cute in a purse dog. Thus, the small dog feels as though it is the king or queen of the castle, aka pack leader, and so will try to dominate any other dogs or humans that enter its territory.
And I'm going to stop acting like a know-it-all or something and just say "aawwwwwww" Is it bad that I feel awful for Bonnie? Doing all those chores and thinking she'll get her best friend back, only to be told no?
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