What's On Your Mind 2023

[CCE (Keyrock the unfrozen caveman lawyer; your world frightens & confuses me)]

@CCE

Saturday morning he backslid and nipped her on the hip while she was cooking breakfast, and hard at that (turns out it left a bruise). She repeated my method one time and there’s been no issues since.

I’m still visiting until tomorrow night but his progress has been remarkable - he seems to be a pretty smart dog and although he’s not one of those “desperate to please” types, he is quite willing to be trained.

He no longer gets on the living room furniture, it’s been since Saturday that he’s tried to mouth any of the wood furniture or window sills, and I got him to quit barking randomly. He still barks on (what he believes is) sufficient instigation, like voices in the hall or when he sees someone walking a dog out the window. So we’re still working on that.

Okay so it’s not working out. She can’t give him the kind of exercise he needs on her work schedule, and without me staying there he’s reverting - nipping at her and gnawing window sills and what not.

I told her she can’t take him back to the pound, so for now he’s my dog. My old dog (almost 14 years old) is not taking it well, but he’s getting used to it - the “pup” has been here since Friday afternoon, I think.

The pup is still getting better day-by-day in terms of behavior, but also he’s a problem since he mostly responds well if I’m in the room, and doesn’t necessarily do so if I’m not, and I can’t stand over him 24/7. But he’s still a sweet pup. Just rambunctious as hell, and big enough to be a problem when he’s feeling his oats.