Visitors makes bloo mad!!
 I have tried, bricks in a bottle, firm NO, being a tree, putting him out the room etc nothing works. Just lately he is barking like a mad dog! He seems to have found his voice..he barks constantly all the time! How do i stop him barking! A final problem is with visitors. Bloo goes to my nans and grandads during the day while im at school. (worst thing we ever chose to do ) When i come in after school or my mom/or any person walks in bloo is jumping up like mad and knocking us all over, biting and grabbing arms/legs anything he can. The other day he almost knocked grandad over. All this is my grandparents fault, they teaching him bad habits and then moaning when he bites and knocks them over. We are ignoring him when we walk in now and when he settles down then he gets fuss, but he doesnt give up biting us! Its like all my hard work up to 8 months old has goes down the drain! 10 months and a complete pain in the butt!! How do i stop the crazy dog!!! |
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| Persistence. He is at the teenage stage where he will test you on everything!!! He wants to be the boss. He is already at your grandparents' house, they are NOT in charge. You do not greet him when you first go to get him. You ignore him......greet your grandparents which states they are higher in the world then he is. Then when he is calm, you greet him. You always reward good behavior and either ignore or correct bad but no praise until they have EARNED it. At feeding time, make him do his doggie pushups: he must sit, then down, then sit, then down. When he has done them well, he gets fed. (his reward) |
| Excessive Barking: Get yourself a little breath spray (not sure what they have in the UK) We have binaca, Listerine, Scope etc. When he starts to bark for no reason, you say a firm "NO BARK" Then, take the breath spray and spray it in his mouth. Like 1 or 2 squirts. As soon as he starts to bark again, say "NO BARK" and spray again. He shouldn't like the breath spray. Now, when we even go and hold up the breath spray, Dahlia sees it and stops barking. We learned this at school when dogs start barking for no reason. Regarding the obnoxius jumping/greeting.... If we know that guests are coming over, we put a 4 foot leash on Dahlia. We have the guests ignore her when they come in and if she is relentless and trying to jump, they grab her leash and tighten up and put her in a sit or a down. Sometimes, we have even had to stand on the leash and put her in a sit or down. We also have them grab her front paws if she jumps up and hold on to them. She doesn't really care for this and she gets the message really quick not to jump. The problem we have is the constant "paw-ing" action. She uses her paws constantly like a boxer. She bugs people more with her paws then the actual jumping. She is 13 months today, so I get how you are feeling with Bloo! |
| Yep, it's the age Sam. Don't get discouraged. Just keep up with things that worked well earlier, and when he finds his brain again he'll do fine. I will say, as great a dog as Cambridge is, he gets VERY happy when my son comes in the door from school. It's the only time C will jump up and try to greet him. Luckily my boy is a sturdy 107 pounds, and now that I know this is C's reaction I put my body between him and Hezekiah. So, on the positive side, Bloo loves everyone and wants to say HI! (trying to make lemonade here) I agree- ignore him at first. When he calms down, or successfully will do a sit, then give affection. If he jumps before you are ready, FIRM NO, and turn your body away and ignore him. patience.... remember how your teenage years may have been frustraing to your mom? (never mind... you won't realize until you have a daughter of your own. I didn't realize until MY Kassidy turned 14. oy vey!)  |
ruforgvn wrote: patience.... remember how your teenage years may have been frustraing to your mom? (never mind... you won't realize until you have a daughter of your own. I didn't realize until MY Kassidy turned 14. oy vey!)  Such a true statement! My 14 yo is just like me...and she drives me insane! I wanna call my mom every day and say ...I am soo soo sorry...hehe. Funny thing, my daughter is really a good kid overall, but even the good ones can be a pill... Regarding the puppy teenage years...not looking forward to that so much! lol |
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