Very odd behavior, I am always suprised
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| Ben gets a lot of compliments at puppy class. People tell me how calm and laid back he is, and he does seem to be in comparison to the other pups (who appear to be fur covered ping pong balls). They don't see the Ben who tore apart the newly planted herb garden, peed in my bed, or the Ben it takes two people to groom. It was the same when my children were youngsters. Home devils, outside angels. LOL |
| Okay we have a similar thing... Remy is very well behaved within the family environment, perfect dog. IF we get company, or a new stimulant like going into the pet store...she is so excited and won't settle down. I seem to be apologizing all the time, and they don't seem to believe me when I say she is not like this normally. It's almost like they covered themselves in liver snaps. |
This all sounds familiar... 
Sky is a rough and tumble, slide in the dirt, body slam everyone as a greeting kind of dog at home. She is calm and laid back, but I think in her case it is confidence. She knows what she can do, what she can get away with and how to push the limits by using supreme cuteness. At classes and out in public, a perfect lady. *shrug* go figure. Dancer is well behaved on walks, if it is not on our property. If we are near our house, she barks at everyone. In the house, she is the perfect dog, until someone knocks on the door. Then it is chaos. At first she barks to let us know someone is here. After I open the door she barks because she is excited to see them and bounces all over the place trying to make sure she is closer to anyone who might pet her than Sky. Most people think they are nuts all the time I think....lol.... and when they see Sky out in public, on walks, or if I take her to my Dad's she behaves like an angel. Last time I stopped by my dad's after training with Sky, I don't think they believed she was the same dog, all groomed and well behaved...lol.... |
| HAHAHAHA I remember when my kids were little and would go to visit a friend. The parent would always tell me later how well behaved they were and I would think; MY KID? COULDN'T BE MY KID YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT!!!!! |
| That's exactly what I'm talking about |
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I know how you feel Daisie! Ours are great dogs.... until we have a visitor or something new and exiting. Then we have 2 gray blurs that bark, jump, lick and smell anything new like there's no tomorrow. |
| Don't want to make the puppy owners feel bad but I'm not sure that behavior will ever change. Mopsy is almost ten and I wish that everyone else could view the side we get to see. Unfortunately she is the devil around everyone else and an angel with us. I would think it is my bad parenting but I have raised my human kids so that even their friends are intimidated by me and would mind me. Extended family members don't even like her. |
| haha i think i got a lemon... walter is the exact opposite. perfect little angel at home, but once were in public hes a raving lunatic! |
| At home Henry is quiet, calm and sleepy. Outside the house, well let's just say total strangers offer all kinds of advice on how I should be training him, and every day some asks, "He's 4? Really? I would have guessed he was still a puppy." |
| No advice coming from me. My Zoey is a bit bouncy with strangers (at home or away) but otherwise she behaves like an angel around others. Never barks, never opens her mouth, leaves their clothes alone, loves to be petted, no sniffing or other rude behaviour. Now.........with us she is much more rambunctious, loves to nibble, tries to tear our clothes off etc. To be honest, doesn't matter where we are, same thing. Everyone not living with her calls her Zoey-Angel, we just think she is a direct descendant from Dr. Jekyll's dog who probably lapped up a bit of that potion. |
SheepieMommy wrote: Don't want to make the puppy owners feel bad but I'm not sure that behavior will ever change. Mopsy is almost ten and I wish that everyone else could view the side we get to see. Unfortunately she is the devil around everyone else and an angel with us. I would think it is my bad parenting but I have raised my human kids so that even their friends are intimidated by me and would mind me. Extended family members don't even like her.
I think Dancer's behavior is my fault pretty much... I didn't realize til it was too late. When as a pup she barked at someone coming to the door, I got down ot her level and in sucky baby tones said "Oh it's ok" so all I did was teach her that she has good reason to bark at the door, even Mom thinks so. With Sky, I said "That's enough, be quiet" and she does. No coddling. LOL |
Willowsprite wrote: I think Dancer's behavior is my fault pretty much... I didn't realize til it was too late.
Couldn't agree with you more. More often than not, it's our improper training that turns those big fur balls into the opposite of what we thought we were training them to become. Our first mistake is that we forget their dogs and not little hairy people. We have to learn "dog" to train "dog". And, as we all know, whats works for one doesn't always work for another. I was in Pet Smart the other day and happened to pass an enclosed area with several chairs in it. Got me curious, so I looked to see what it was for. Big sign read, "Dog training classes". As I passed by it I told my sister it should really read "People training classes". Unknown to me at the time, the lady that gives the class heard me and chased me down to ask me what I meant by that. lol I explained to her that I didn't mean anything bad, etc... (She wasn't giving a class at that time). I think she took it personal though. But, at the same time, having had many OES and raising puppies, I know I made a lot of mistakes. My dogs taught me that, and they also showed me how to train the others properly. But, just like us, my dogs were still asking themselves, "Where did we go wrong, why doesn't she get it!" So, who's really training who? Once we establish that, the rest gets easier or so they say.  |
| Roger's Dad,
I have the exact same issue. Spike is a hellian crazy freakdoggy at home and out in public he's an angel. Everyone at the dog park coos over him and then they make a comment like "Ooh, I wish I could take him home, he's so cuddly and sweet." to which I reply "no, really you don't, he's a nutcase" and they can't understand how he could possibly be such a crazy dog when they're looking at him being a cute little flopsy puppy who doesn't dare to chew on them. Argh. I'm tempted to let one of them borrow him for a day just to show 'em the truth! j/k!  |
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