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Originally Posted by Charlies Mamma  drum rolllllllllll.............................
CHARLIE!!!! LOL
#6. When you leave the house or the room, even for a minute, ignore the dog for a few minutes upon your return.
when I walk in the door Charlie is waitng on me at the top of a recliner that sits by the door and I grab him first thing and hug and love on him (even before hubby) LOL and when I leave he runs to the door fast as he can and I always bend down and love on him and tell him I will miss him.
#15. Any attention given to the dog, including petting, should be given when the human decides attention is to be given (absolutely no petting when the dog nudges or paws you or your hand. This would be letting the dog decide and reinforcing, in his mind, that he is higher on the scale than the human.)
Charlie paws on us all the time for petting and we do it like a game we will pet for a bit then stop so that he will paw on us some more.
that said, He is not a disobedient dog. he is very loving, and is treated like a child in our home. he has never "marked" in the house (to my knowledge anyway) and I assume I would know from the smell. as far as eating, in the morning I put Charlies food down and he will look at me and I will tell him go head and he will walk over and eat BUT we did not teach him this he has just done it from day one. at dinner, Charlie eats with us he eats on the floor and from his bowl but its at the same time and yes, we pull him up with us to the table to eat sometimes (he IS our baby)
If we are going by the list , Charlie IS the leader but we dont mind following him. LOL |
LOL!!! Well, lists of rules are only for the people having a problem with their dog's behavior and not those pleased to pieces with him. As Tibbe doesn't whine or cry when I leave the house or pee on the floor when I return, we greet as if we haven't seen each other for months! We make an absolute scene greeting each other! And, as he doesn't try to dominate or make a pest of himself about it, I pet and googoo at him anytime he nudges and barks for attention! We settled our leadership issues long, long ago and now we're just comfortable old companions of one another who each knows his role in the relationship, loves the other madly and it couldn't be a happier fit. All that stuff in the dog books and in magazine and online advising this and that are just for people who have problems with their dog. Mine happens to be perfect and has been for years so I let him get away with near murder and am happy to do it. Thing is, he's perfected the art of being the perfect dog - he's happy, he's upbeat, he's self-entertaining and cute as a bug, well-behaved, barks to alert me when there is a strange noise I should know about, doesn't eliminate when or where he shouldn't, doesn't destroy a thing except his breakfast and dinner and lives large. And did I mention - he's cute! I rarely have to correct him anymore. If all dogs and humans could live together as happily as we, there would hardly be a dog in a shelter. But it took a good year plus of training and setting boundaries and reinforcing preferred behavior and getting up for the 100th time that day to get him a treat when he minded me about something or I saw him back off from something he knew he should resist. And I still do that - I still reward good behavior with a special treat and get rewarded all day with love & Yorkie kisses. Good rules and lists are just for problems with dogs but when you do follow them, they sure can produce a great dog and we don't have to worry who is leader at this stage!