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Originally Posted by Lovetodream88  We only bought those with our bigger dogs growing up and put peanut butter in them. They are very hard though and could very well break teeth. |
I do not know what else to give her. The other bone I gave her was rather nasty. Smelled nasty too. Had some scrap on it. I mean I don't 100% get it.
I thought bone was supposed to be hard so it doesn't break or fracture and present a choking hazard among other things...
The greenies-- she scarfs up and she's a persistent chewer. She chews and chews and chews. It's her favorite past time. That and scooping up random crap off the floor which annoys me because I feel like we have to be like one of those more traditional japanese home-- where the inhabitants take their shoes off outside, and wear socks indoor, etc.
We sweep daily, and still crud manages to get tracked in- one way or another...
The days we swept after we had gone outside and there's nothing on the floor- she decides to jump on things to purposely find things. I mean common' you can't tell me I can't leave something like a piece of paper or napkins on the desk, or table. Even the decorations... she picked up my moms small teddy bear collection (some boyds apparently) and she started to drag it around. She wasn't very much thrilled at that... We have taught her to leave it and drop it-- but she doesn't leave things automatically.... Like we have to always be on top of her to not be getting into trouble.
Like I don't know if she does it for attention-- because that we plenty much give her....
So a chewing thing that's there is half the prevention. If there is nothing to chew readily available she will find her own thing to chew.
To be honest, what personally annoys me is that she somehow finds these things appealing-- like she'll probably enjoy eating a bug, a baggie, and I wouldn't be surprised if she suddenly started wanting to eat poop. It bugs me because if I give her something like a carrot, banana, lettuce, apple slices, etc she snootily moves her face from it.
I have been taking her to the training classes as well, and all they say is to just keep the area clean, give enough stuff to chew, and keep her well fed... and to teach her leave it and drop it...
Which all work to some extent... If she doesn't find anything of interest on the floor, she will actively look for it on tables, and if she cannot reach it-- she will try to ram at it. Why ? I don't even know why a dog rams at thing. I wasn't even sure they were capable of that complex thought, I thought dogs had the intellect of a 3 year old.
If I tell her not to do it, she stops for a minute, then she goes at it again, If I tell her again not to do it-- she does it again still.
I am thinking of getting her one of those citronella or sound collars that you can press at will at someones recommendation. Doesn't hurt them, it discourages them.
The only reason I haven't gotten it yet is because I am trying to keep within a certain spending limit unless it's utmost important (considering the large vet bills, the session costs, and all the other stuff I keep getting her).
Soon this up coming week I am thinking of buying her the collar, as that's my next check.
I bought her that bone and it wasn't cheap-- was like 20 bucks ( the store I got it from was rather expensive but it was the only store I knew that carried them).
I was thinking of getting her deer antlers, and some weird yak bone thingy.
Within the month I have to take her to the vet for her dental which is 400-700.
There was someone who mentioned that dogs aren't stubborn, etc. You can't really say a dog isn't stubborn if you haven't lived with the particular dog, and trained with the particular dog.
I am sure over time she will get it or give in...
Thing is, she knows she shouldn't be doing these things because anytime she does it and I get near she stops right on her tracks- but if it's interesting enough no amount of me telling her not to do it won't stop her.
Also now I need to look for a tall gate that:
1) She cannot climb (so the gate can't have those holes)
2)She cannot topple or break
3)She cannot jump over.
I was thinking of just getting a thick piece of wood that's 4ft tall x 2-3ft long and make a gate out of that.. but I need to find a way to keep it from scratching up the wooden floors...
I also need to get her-- her own leash that isn't retractable as I don't really trust on those-- it's essentially a thin piece of cord... I am only using it for the mean time as it's what we had on hand and I wanted to research a good leash before buying it.
I do want to clarify I am not actually mad at her, I am more just a tad stressed from her doing certain things because I want to do a good job to train her.
The whole thing about snapping/jerking (I don't know how to describe it) the leash anytime we're on walks and she's picking up random crap off the floor only works for the moment she's doing it. Then she goes back it, and you repeat, and she goes back at it, and you repeat and she goes back at it, and you repeat and yet she goes back at it- and so on and on and eventually after 10 minutes of back and forth I decide to just bring her in as a subtle punishment. Don't think that works either.
The only thing that has ever worked 100% right on the dot is when she's doing something she's not supposed to I make a sudden random loudish noise like the SHH and then it startles her and she stops doing whatever bad thing she was doing-- but that also only works if the thing she is trying to get at isnt that tempting or its within circumstance.
The whole reward when she does something positive or stops what she is doing doesn't really work that well.
Why? because the treat isnt that high value- and even if its people food shes still picky about people food.
If she does see something she really want it might work-- or sometimes she will try to get at it by jumping at you (or your hand) and even if you dont give it to her (which I dont unless she does what I tell her to do) she will lose interest- or if it's that you're trying to get her to stop doing something-- the moment you give it to her, she will go back to doing it again, and even if you offer more treats she will just go back to you for the treat, and then go back to doing what it was that she was getting at-- over and over again. I am always watching her, the thing I try to do is to prevent her from even getting close to things. But sometimes it doesnt always work...
I want to be able to leave her 100% unleashed inside the house without her eating junk off the floor like lint... We were doing laundry, and I was cleaning the lint out of the dryer vent (it has a little lint catcher) and a piece of it fell off to the floor and she immediately tried to get at it. She started chewing it and I told her to drop it and the little stinker ignored me purposely.
The moment I get slightly annoyed and I show it emotionally she stops what she is doing. Though I don't think a relationship with any living being should be formed around that.
She'll always be my little special girl but I wished she was better behaved and less of a brat sometimes.
Still she seems to trust me the most, and submits to me a lot of the times. She's met other people and she doesnt trust them. She lingers behind me, and she barked/growled at my niece. (the niece is 2)
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I just wished she understood that the things I am trying to teach her is for her own well being... She isn't even hungry most of the times.. She barely touches her food most of the times unless its later during the day or if the other dog is getting near it.