Comments | redwoodranch: Sometimes I am smarter than my dog.

redwoodranch

Sometimes I am smarter than my dog.

Nov 12, 2014 09:32

I've had a training challenge for the past year, and I finally pulled my head out of my **(yeah that place) and figured it out. My reservation of keeping Peach was her inability to accept corrections from other dogs. I have always highly thought it had to do a lot with Yankee not wanting her to nurse at 13 days, due to her low calcium. Peach got ( Read more... )

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nosemovie November 12 2014, 17:54:15 UTC

I'm glad you are making headway with this Peach thing. Wherever it comes from... it's something you see and something that makes you tense. I'm guessing age will help as well. She's just a kid!

Stupid... it's like an illness with no cure. Sigh...

redwoodranch November 12 2014, 18:02:04 UTC

Actually, age has made it worse as her bitch factor increases ... She just needed to be taught an appropriate response. Poor thing.

swirlygirls November 13 2014, 13:22:13 UTC

OMG, I love that quote. Ha, ha, ha. Oh wait, is it me? Do I not know it? I don't think I'm dead, but, OH NO, am I stupid?????

ext_2799510 November 13 2014, 16:58:23 UTC

Great quote!
Recently Ziva's bitchiness has gone up just a bit...i'm hoping its the weather and just a phase.
She's still pretty young, under two years old so i'm hoping she'll mellow with age. But we can understand the frustration as we've been battling this for a little while now.

On a good note the positive reinforcement training has really been helping. :-)