doggie dos

[reallygroovN]

ok, so, we have this puppy/dog/monster pooping machine.

i have no intention on giving him up cause im just not about that.

but......im just really bummin because this dog is getting on my last freaking nerve. he keeps biting emily. he goes a few days doing fine with the house breaking....then he regresses and craps all over the place, so its back in the crate and he barks and barks and yelps and yelps and THAT is really getting on my last fucking nerve.

and its been raining all week, so here i am, getting over this nasty cold, standing in the freezing rain telling this dog to just SHIT and he won't and he just sits under the umbrella and looks up at me all cute. its like he gets so distracted. he hears the rain and he forgets what he is supposed to do. the wind blows and blows the thought right out from between his big floppy ears.

and of course the kids try to take responsibility, but their defination of keeping an eye on the dog and my defination are worlds apart.

and he keeps chasing the cat...and just today seemed just crossing the line of playful chasing to trying to catch her with his mouth. and i keep catching him and telling him no and holding him and making him sit.

and i know this stuff is all normal, but im really tired, i get up at 5:45 just to stand in the fucking rain with him, because he will not venture into the backyard without someone standing there with him.

and yes, i know, training classes. but i have to wait until he gets neutered and then gets his rabies shot before i can get him into a class, which is not for 2 more months.

and the nice lady who we adopted him from wrote me an email two days ago asking about him and i havent emailed her back because 1 i dont have time because i have spent most of my days standing outside in the rain and 2 i dont want her to get worried because i am pissed at this dog and my family because i let them talk me into getting him when i really wasnt into it.

so, im really frustrated and i really want to love this dog, but right now, i really dont like him too much and he is going to be really big and i really am not into big dogs. and i know what im feeling is just frustration and in a few months i will love this dog and he will be trained a little more and all that. and maybe he will only be 40 lbs and not the 50-60 that the vet said :surprise:


but right now im frustrated :ogre: :dog:

woof

[rockrighter]

Not a fan of the crate training, myself. My parents tried that with Sophie, and got the same GET ME OUT OF HERE response from the dog. So I always let her out, considering my work hours were opposite of theirs, and I was losing necessary sleep. I think crate training can work with a lot of dogs, but not all of them.

This first part is always the hardest. I remember how frustrated I got with Sophie (I was the one who ended up training her most of the time, even though she's not mine). She didn't catch on as fast as Dinsdale did (likely due to the fact that A) Dachshunds are a highly intelligent breed, and B) Dins was already 8 months, whereas Sophie was only 3 months. C) Big dogs are generally dumb. :P) Lots of getting up at nights and waiting, 'forgetting' her housebrokenness ... but this, too, shall pass. All dogs are like this at first. I wasn't much into Sophie at first, either.

The cat thing ... this is going to be a hard one. Has your cat given him a really good swatting yet? Dinsdale used to get too excited around my Mom's old cats (RIP Caesar, Kitty Boy, and Braveheart) and they just beat him up a few times. He still got hyper around them, but learned to keep his distance. He's also gotten beat up by my brother's cat. A good whipping could learn 'im good. :hurt::square:

A rabies vaccination can be given at 12 weeks (3 mo.), but I can understand the people who run the classes asking for the males to have their orchiectomies done.

You're almost off for the summer, aren't you? (As 'off' as you can be, as a Mom, anyway.)

You can do it! Just imagine if your new little one was a Chow-Chow. Yeesh.