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By StackyMcRacky (Sat Jan 19, 2008 at 11:38:33 AM EST) (all tags)
holy crap, I made quite a mistake


My friend with the boxers was in a bind, so I agreed to watch his dogs for a couple of nights.  Freya, the older dog, is her usual self - good, a bit spazzy, and I can't pet her because she tries to climb all over me and lick me.  Not acceptable.

Thor, on the other hand.....he's a shit teenager dog.  He's 7 months old, and it seems my friend hasn't done much of a job disciplining him.  He's in to everything in the house - he has to be constantly supervised (which I can't do, due to the baby).  I can't throw him in the back yard because he eats all the plants (and the dirt) and alternates between trying to jump the fence and digging under it.  The 2 things that totally pushed me over the edge: I found him chewing a very sentimentally important teddy bear of mine, and then I found a trail of pee that goes through my office and into the hallway.  He has been crated since the afternoon he arrived (being let outside for every few hours for a bathroom break and to play with the other dogs).  Thor also barks all the time, which has disturbed the dude more than once (my favorite was in the middle of the night).

Oh wait - Freya wasn't a total angel - she shit in the middle of the hallway.

I IM'd my friend, and told him I won't be able to take care of Thor again.

The dogs combined with lack of sleep have really pushed me over the edge.  I'm quite the raging bitch today.  And yesterday.

I'm going to have to get the carpet cleaned in my office and the hallway.  My boy is close to crawling - no way he's crawling in dog urine and feces.

Amusing story: clock let Thor run around while I was on the phone with my mother.  Freya came up to the dude and gave him a lick.  Thor walked up to the dude and went to lick him, but Porschea ran up to him and gave him a warning growl.  He continued, so Porschea grabbed him by the throat and threw him across the room.  GO PORSCHEA!

My friend's flight lands at 5 pm.  It won't be here soon enough.

OH!  also forgot to mention....Porschea has been humping the hell out of Thor every time he's out.  This is the first time I have ever seen Porschea hump another dog.  And yet, Thor doesn't "get it."

My friend needs to take the time to train his f'n dog.  Thor doesn't even know "down"!!!!!

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if there's one thing I hate... by gzt (2.00 / 0) #1 Sat Jan 19, 2008 at 11:41:08 AM EST
...it's poorly trained dogs. esp. poorly trained dogs in my house.



If it makes you fel any better... by atreides (2.00 / 0) #2 Sat Jan 19, 2008 at 11:44:44 AM EST
...we may be about to inherit a Houstonian cat.  That will make two...

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no. it doesn't by StackyMcRacky (2.00 / 0) #3 Sat Jan 19, 2008 at 12:50:58 PM EST
:P

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You're in Texas. by ammoniacal (2.00 / 0) #4 Sat Jan 19, 2008 at 01:06:59 PM EST
Can't you simply dispatch the beasts without a permit? Probably for the best, in the long run.

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You must be alpha dog by ReallyEvilCanine (2.00 / 0) #5 Sat Jan 19, 2008 at 04:27:15 PM EST
Your friends' failure to train the dogs is tantamount to abuse but that doesn't prevent you from doing so. Be harsh and hit them. Not in the "beat them bloody" but rather a couple good smacks to the hind legs as you're scolding them. Without an alpha, each of them is trying to take over the position.

You must be the alpha; be that and they'll be very good. For you. They'll still run roughshod over your friends who are pretty much epsilons or omegas. This only requires a brief but clear demonstration of domination and control, reinforced by occasional light smacks to the rear quarters and/or forcing them on their backs and holding their necks gently to show that you could hurt them if you were so inclined.



not the dogs by StackyMcRacky (2.00 / 0) #7 Sat Jan 19, 2008 at 05:50:27 PM EST
just 1 dog.

the problem with my taking the time to train Thor - the baby.  I'd rather focus my time with the dude than have to watch somebody else's dog like a hawk so it won't destroy my home.

no, the dog has been crated.  I don't have time for anything else.

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well by dev trash (2.00 / 0) #6 Sat Jan 19, 2008 at 05:30:48 PM EST
At least you know the dude is gonna be the safest kid in the neighborhood.

Also, crawling.  Wow.  They go from crawling just a few inches to, HOLY CRAP HOW DID YOU GET UP THERE, quickly.  The human baby amazes me in how quickly it can learn and adapt.

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my nephew is 10 months. by garlic (2.00 / 0) #10 Tue Jan 22, 2008 at 10:57:57 AM EST
his favorite game is to try to see what new things he can make into a stool to climb onto, to climb onto the next taller thing.

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You've never known boxers, have you by wiredog (2.00 / 0) #8 Sat Jan 19, 2008 at 06:58:37 PM EST
All the ones I've known have been like that.  They're apparently difficult to train.

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Boxers are loopy in general by Dr H0ffm4n (2.00 / 0) #11 Wed Jan 23, 2008 at 10:28:12 AM EST
But can and should be trained.

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abuse and sexual humilation by MillMan (2.00 / 0) #9 Mon Jan 21, 2008 at 01:52:33 AM EST
porshea ain't foolin' around.

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