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guliverandmaya 03-11-2020 07:44 AM
Always eating from grass outside
 
When I take Nova out without a leash she always look for stuff in the grass to eat. I don’t know even what she finds but she always finds something to swallow. I tell her NO but she doesn’t learn. I am afraid that one day she will eat something poisonous or harmful.
Any advise?

kjc 03-11-2020 11:13 AM
I’d keep her on leash and teach her ‘leave/drop it’.

guliverandmaya 03-11-2020 11:15 AM
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Originally Posted by kjc (Post 4803243)
I’d keep her on leash and teach her ‘leave/drop it’.
Leash in my backyard :(
That’s the best place to let her run freely ,

kjc 03-11-2020 12:19 PM
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Originally Posted by guliverandmaya (Post 4803244)
Leash in my backyard :(
That’s the best place to let her run freely ,
Just until you can train her and she responds reliably. So a week or two.

matese 03-11-2020 03:30 PM
Most definitely teach leave it and drop it, two very important safety commands. If your baby is food motivated she will learn fast, treat or kibble reward when she gets it right, you will see how fast she learns because she wants that food reward ;)

guliverandmaya 03-11-2020 03:32 PM
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Originally Posted by matese (Post 4803258)
Most definitely teach leave it and drop it, two very important safety commands. If your baby is food motivated she will learn fast, treat or kibble reward when she gets it right, you will see how fast she learns because she wants that food reward ;)
HaHa.. I rearward her all day long! She is getting a 3rd meal from my treats. Lol

matese 03-11-2020 03:38 PM
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Originally Posted by guliverandmaya (Post 4803259)
HaHa.. I rearward her all day long! She is getting a 3rd meal from my treats. Lol
Treats are to be earned, not handed out because mommy loves you so much lol. She should be working for her treats, basic commands is work, and reward for learning a command is a treat ;)

guliverandmaya 03-11-2020 03:40 PM
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Originally Posted by matese (Post 4803261)
Treats are to be earned, not handed out because mommy loves you so much lol. She should be working for her treats, basic commands is work, and reward for learning a command is a treat ;)
Exactly so: let me brush you- treat
Let me put your top knot - treat
Don’t bark- treat
Go to your bed - treat
And the list is long as you know. Thing is that I didn’t have to treat my previous puppies so much. This one is definitely high maintenance
😂😂

lilgidget 03-11-2020 04:00 PM
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Originally Posted by kjc (Post 4803243)
I’d keep her on leash and teach her ‘leave/drop it’.

:thumbup::thumbup:

matese 03-11-2020 04:05 PM
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Originally Posted by guliverandmaya (Post 4803262)
Exactly so: let me brush you- treat
Let me put your top knot - treat
Don’t bark- treat
Go to your bed - treat
And the list is long as you know. Thing is that I didn’t have to treat my previous puppies so much. This one is definitely high maintenance
😂😂
Remember that old phrase "spare the rod, spoil the child"?

My boy get praises for all the things you give treats for, your girl is high maintenance because she knows if she holds out long enough you will give her what she wants, a treat, you have to stop the treats and praise her when she gets brushed, or stops barking etc. Teach her safety commands, sit, stay, wait, LEAVE IT, DROP IT. These are treat rewards, and commands that one day may save her life.

guliverandmaya 03-11-2020 04:21 PM
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Originally Posted by matese (Post 4803266)
Remember that old phrase "spare the rod, spoil the child"?

My boy get praises for all the things you give treats for, your girl is high maintenance because she knows if she holds out long enough you will give her what she wants, a treat, you have to stop the treats and praise her when she gets brushed, or stops barking etc. Teach her safety commands, sit, stay, wait, LEAVE IT, DROP IT. These are treat rewards, and commands that one day may save her life.
Smart comment. I should start do that more. It’s amazing how each dog is different from another, they have their own unique character just like people
But I love them so much 😍

matese 03-11-2020 04:49 PM
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Originally Posted by guliverandmaya (Post 4803269)
Smart comment. I should start do that more. It’s amazing how each dog is different from another, they have their own unique character just like people
But I love them so much 😍
Cody is a rescue and my first boy, he was 2 1/2 when I got him, I had 4 girls at 8 week old pups and I raised them all. Everyone of my yorkies had different personalities, and lil quirks. All had that terrier hunt prey drive, that was about all they had in common. No two were alike. I just LOVE the yorkie breed. My rescue Cody is the smartest one I have had and due to him being very food motivated learns fast.

kjc 03-11-2020 05:03 PM
I always do a verbal ‘Good Girl’ with a treat. Then I can do a treat every other time and gradually decrease treating but always praise them.

Marna1957 03-12-2020 06:00 AM
Katy (6 months old) LOVES to hunt in the Grass! Bugs. She loves to find Bugs and Cat Poop....luckily, so far, she does not eat the cat poop! She usually just chases the bugs.


Most of the time Katy will drop what it is out of her mouth with the "Drop It!" command. I follow that with, "Good Girl!".



Great Advise by others given above!


If your dog is eating the grass, let it. A bit of grass is good for digestion. However, if your dog is doing this daily, it may need to be dewormed....or has other problems.

Marna1957 03-12-2020 06:05 AM
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Originally Posted by guliverandmaya (Post 4803262)
Exactly so: let me brush you- treat
Let me put your top knot - treat
Don’t bark- treat
Go to your bed - treat
And the list is long as you know. Thing is that I didn’t have to treat my previous puppies so much. This one is definitely high maintenance
😂😂

INDEED! Ha Ha I keep a little bag of Treats here by my computer so that when Katy comes up on my lap in the mornings, I groom her. I do it just as you are saying.....Brush Out = Treat. After Top Knot is in = Treat. Each foot toenails cut = Treat. Less and less treats as she learned. It used to be, treats for every two toes toenails cut...... Treat for each area groomed.



Right now, a Treat for each time she does a new Trick. However, she now has to run a little course of Agility with a Piano Played at the end for her Treat.



THESE TINY DOGS! I so love their cleverness! And I love Katy is SOOOOO Treat motivated. (and we full feed Ha Ha)

guliverandmaya 03-12-2020 10:17 AM
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Originally Posted by Marna1957 (Post 4803483)
Katy (6 months old) LOVES to hunt in the Grass! Bugs. She loves to find Bugs and Cat Poop....luckily, so far, she does not eat the cat poop! She usually just chases the bugs.


Most of the time Katy will drop what it is out of her mouth with the "Drop It!" command. I follow that with, "Good Girl!".



Great Advise by others given above!


If your dog is eating the grass, let it. A bit of grass is good for digestion. However, if your dog is doing this daily, it may need to be dewormed....or has other problems.
I know sometimes they like to eat grass and that find. It’s probably fiber that they need. Nova is looking for rabbit droppings which is also not harmful. It’s basically digested grass and rabbits themselves come back to eat them if there is no food but she is a bit obsessive about that.
I hope that she will grow out of it soon 😤

kjc 03-12-2020 03:56 PM
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Originally Posted by guliverandmaya (Post 4803522)
I know sometimes they like to eat grass and that find. It’s probably fiber that they need. Nova is looking for rabbit droppings which is also not harmful. It’s basically digested grass and rabbits themselves come back to eat them if there is no food but she is a bit obsessive about that.
I hope that she will grow out of it soon 😤
When I first got Sapphire, I thought they sold me a cow! For 2-3 weeks she went grazing on our walks. Finally she cut back some, and I added green beans to her food so she quit craving the grass so much.

Tink went after a huge bee. She knocked it off it’s flight path and it got stuck in her beard!:eek: I don’t remember how I got it out of her hair as she was still trying to eat it. I think I went into shock. I usually run away from bees ( flight response), but I had to force myself to stay put and help her.

guliverandmaya 03-12-2020 04:03 PM
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Originally Posted by kjc (Post 4803530)
When I first got Sapphire, I thought they sold me a cow! For 2-3 weeks she went grazing on our walks. Finally she cut back some, and I added green beans to her food so she quit craving the grass so much.

Tink went after a huge bee. She knocked it off it’s flight path and it got stuck in her beard!:eek: I don’t remember how I got it out of her hair as she was still trying to eat it. I think I went into shock. I usually run away from bees ( flight response), but I had to force myself to stay put and help her.
😂😂😂 the bee story was hilarious. They are tiny but so fearless, it amazes me all the time.

Marna1957 03-14-2020 05:04 AM
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Originally Posted by kjc (Post 4803530)
When I first got Sapphire, I thought they sold me a cow! For 2-3 weeks she went grazing on our walks. Finally she cut back some, and I added green beans to her food so she quit craving the grass so much..



HA HA HA! Some dogs more than others need that grass in their diets. Green Beans....when I used to compete in Dog Sprots and I was 'in dog circles', "The Green Bean Diet" was code for Dog ON a Diet because they were too fat. <sighs> I could use that Green Bean Diet! Ha Ha!

Marna1957 03-14-2020 05:08 AM
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Originally Posted by guliverandmaya (Post 4803522)
Nova is looking for rabbit droppings which is also not harmful. It’s basically digested grass and rabbits themselves come back to eat them if there is no food but she is a bit obsessive about that.

Rabbits, Guinea Pigs, Rats and Mice (rodents).....<swallows hard> actually eat it right from their butts daily. It has nutrients they need after food has digested. The good thing is. <laughs and winks> You can not see them doing this. It just looks like they are grooming. I used to own, breed and train them. And. I not only dressed them. Ha, I used to make clothes for them to sell, before it was ever heard of.

guliverandmaya 05-07-2020 03:01 PM
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Originally Posted by matese (Post 4803266)
Remember that old phrase "spare the rod, spoil the child"?

My boy get praises for all the things you give treats for, your girl is high maintenance because she knows if she holds out long enough you will give her what she wants, a treat, you have to stop the treats and praise her when she gets brushed, or stops barking etc. Teach her safety commands, sit, stay, wait, LEAVE IT, DROP IT. These are treat rewards, and commands that one day may save her life.
Going back to my post. NOW she has a new thing, she likes to eat tree branches!
Omg she always finds a branch, chews it and I am sure that she actually eats the pieces! I know that many dogs like to play with tree sticks but why do some of them actually eat them?


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