What angers you most about your dog behavior

Well Smudge was a heck of a lot worse when we first got him which was about two years ago. We think the people we got him from abused him or something like that because he had some issues, still does but they aren't as bad. But what do you expect from a dog that had like three or four owners by the time he was four months old (that's when I got him) So after dealing with the seperation anxiety the extreme mistrust of strangers the fear of people in winter coats and stuff like that we have it down to just the two or three issues left. Though he still has the seperation anxiety but usually only when we're in strange places which I really don't blame him for because well I'd probably do the same thing ;)

Winter on the other hand you can leave any place as long as it doesn't have a lot of people or loud noises, those two things get to her. We think it has something to do with the fact that someone (not the owners before us but the people that they rescued her from, the previous owners just had to many dogs and thought it would be better for her to leave the hectic house) locked her in the garage because she was the runt of the litter.

Oooo pups supper time...

Crikit

P.S. thanks for the welcomes

Honestly, nothing angers me about Graham's behaviors.

By the way, welcome, Crikit :) I hope you enjoy this site as much as I do! Be prepared to get VERY addicted :)

I think what bugs me about Daphie Doo is she's sneaky.It matches her looks though- shes shaped like a weasel. She slithers into the kitchen late at night and knocks over the trash that's on top of the garbage and pulls it down...We make her goe outside (which she hates to do at night) and she KNOWS not to, but she does it anyway. and she sneaks downstairs and eats cat poo....But she makes me more angry at the fact that she sneaks and does it and knows not to, not as much as her actually doing it...:rolleyes: :rolleyes:

My two year old dog eevee use to do the same thing. She was queen of eating poop. My vet suggested I get some yummy liver and with gloved hands pick out a fresh poop in the litter box, let her smell it and place it on top of the litter. When your dog goes for the poop tell him/her to "leave it" or "Dont touch" in a controlled voice and give the dog a piece of liver. Any time you see your dog near somthing that should not be touched say leave it and give a good tasty treat or fav. toy. Otherwise your dog could be a little hungry. Cat poop contains a lot of undigested food that is why it is so tasty. Thank god eevee is litter poop free for months now.

Yea.

I hope this helps you

Nicholle

There is hope for your baby. And trust me I know it is disgusting.

I just wanted to say that it is possible to train dogs to stay away from cat poop. Reece and Harley were both REALLY attracted to it, but with a lot of patience, I never had a problem again (except one incident with Reece when he saw a foster doing it and figured it was allowed again :rolleyes: ). I also trained a long-term foster out of it.

My dogs don't do anything that makes me mad ever. They are angels :) Even when they do naughty things, I've never been mad. Lolly has her issues, but being abused for 6 years would make anyone have issues. Reece had the WORST case of seperation anxiety I've ever seen. It took us about 2 months, but he's doing so good ever since.

Patience, love, and the correct training methods can break just about any bad habit. Or with other dogs such as Hannah and Daisy, you have to use outright bribery!!!! :D

Sorry Purrley,:( I don't have any advice for you. But I do have a pet problem. Edgar barks non-stop. It drives me crazy!!!:mad: I tell him to be quite but he never, ever listens to me. Any thing that moves he'll bark at! He even barked at the snowman in our front yard. He barks a ton when my friends come over! He barks when you knock on wood. Just today we were watching TV, on the show the doorbell rang, and he barked at our door! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! He's driving me nuts!

Carley - I know you're a newcomer and Welcome, but I no longer have my dog - it's a long story told from previous posts that you havent read, but you're new and again - Welcome to Pet Talk, you'll love it here - it's a lot of fun and very informative;)

My Labrador Sophie has a personality of a human being.
She makes me mad sometimes when I can't get my own way with her as she want's her own way too !

She knocks me with her nose when she gets mad I trap her back softly because she is just so funny and I just like to play with her.
She wants to have the last trap with her nose and I get mad as I want the last trap too and my mum says your just like her

Does anyone have the same personality as their dogs?

I do in her funny ways lol as we are very alike.
She likes what I like and hates what i hate.