I have a 7 month old female hound/lab mix that I adopted from the humane society. She is a good dog for the most part besides a few pesky annoying problems. She digs in the yard, chews on random things like wood and drywall, and she pulls ahead of me when I walk her. She listens really well when it is just she and I alone, but when other people/dogs are around she is practically uncontrollable, not violently, she just gets super excited and hyper. I know most of you are going to say take her to a trainer ***I PLAN ON TAKING HER TO A TRAINER** But in the meantime I was simply looking for some tried and true tricks from fellow dog owners.
2007-03-10 11:18:05 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Dogs
My Bassett/Lab X was really neglected and abused as a puppy and she was kept in a crate for months and never let out but a couple times to clean up her waste. She had chewed most of her one legs toes off, and a couple other toes of her other foot. She older now, but when shes overly stressed she chews her toes, I have to stop her all the time and give her something constructive to do. She also has this obsessive licking problem, where if shes not making horrible licking slurpping noises on herself, she does it to the other dogs and what ever is near her, including me. Its the most gross annoying sound to me. SLURP! SLOP! SUCKSUCK! SLOSH! Ugggg... gross.
Advise on digging, theres not much to do to fix it, but I pretty much stopped digging by placing poop in the hole and lightly covering it with some dirt. They didnt dig back in that spot. The chewing is another issue, you have to catch her chewing and then replace it with the proper chew toy, get her attention with a sharp No, or Hey, then bring her away from the area, and give her a good chew toy. sit with her and say good girl when she is chewing on the good thing. The hyper activity with other dogs cant start to be stopped until she gets some obiediance. She needs to know the basics before you start working on the other things.
2007-03-10 11:27:42 · answer #1 · answered by I luv Pets 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah I know the feeling. My dog does the same thing. She gets very excited around other people and dogs. I did take her to training classes, but I never kept up with the training, and besides that, my hubby spoils her. Anyway, here are some suggestions that might help. The digging might be due do boredom, you might want to have more playtime with her, if thats possible. For things you don't want her to chew on, try Bitter Apple. You just spray it on the things you want her to leave alone. As for the other 2 problems, that will have to be taken care of through the obedience training.
Good Luck
2007-03-10 11:48:13 · answer #2 · answered by Annette L 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have a puppy and am waiting to go to obedience class soon but my puppy is very mouthy and gets very excitable at certain situations and jumps on people, ect. I talked to a behavoirist specialist and she told me to do something that works so well I am shocked and very very happy. When puppy is being overly excited or digging holes, put him on a short leash and keep him threre for a few MINUTES. Dont leave him for longer than 3 or 4 minutes. Tie the leash to a door knob or fence post. Do this immediately after you have seen him do something wrong or he wont get it at all.
You can also put him in his crate if you have one instead of the leash.
My friend had a dog who dug holes in the yard and he would fill the hole with water and gently stick the dogs nose in it and tell him "bad dog" and that worked.
Good luck
2007-03-10 11:44:17 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Welcome to my world. I have a hound/lab mix too and boy, is he smart, and stubborn, and ornery when he wants to be. The best advice I can give is tire your dog out. There's nothing like plenty of exercise to bring out the best in these dogs. The training is a great idea too, but there's nothing your dog would rather do than have fun and get worn out playing or running or hiking with you. Tired, happy dogs are good dogs. Good luck!
2007-03-10 11:47:04 · answer #4 · answered by Buddy28 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
tell the bf that begging nutrition and crawling on precise of you is disrespectful and he's encouraging the dogs to act badly. those little issues can improve to different factors and your as quickly as candy dogs can replace right into a brilliant soreness. he's permitting the dogs to be taken care of like the precise dogs in the p.c.. while in actuality you're and that's not suitable. Time for some smack down on your bf that's that in case you opt to be alpha on your p.c... Do like your clever dogs and save at it until you get your way. sounds like bf is a pushover for that.
2016-10-01 22:03:16 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We have a sheppard black lab mix he is 4 months old besides his chewing on everything including us, he sits and just barks at us and doesn't stop, any suggestions?
2015-07-22 05:05:14 · answer #6 · answered by Richard 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋