Training my dumbass dog

[Danimal]

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[10mm-man]

Ahhh yes Hannibal looks like he likes that new muzzle!!

good luck man!

[Danimal]

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[reno316]

Thanks for the offer, but I work on the 19th. I think that I am training him right, because everything else that he has been taught is working. He still needs a lot of work, and there are a lot of things that my wife and I need to be more consistent on, but if it was not for the chewing he would be a great dog.

Yeah, I understand. For what it's worth, my Casey (pic HERE: ) was a chewing MACHINE when she was young. Once she got past 2 years or so, it calmed down a LOT... then it just went away. But I did have to buy my wife a LOT of new shoes during those first couple years.

Something to consider: While folks suggest Bitter Apple and the like, I had a great deal of success with Tabasco. Casey turned one Jimmy Choo shoe into a heap of saliva-ridden leather. A generous dose of Tabasco on the other, and leaving it laying in her crate, solved that problem right damn quick.

My offer stands, any weekend day for the next three weeks. After that, I'm moving to Indiana, at which point my offer stands with the addition of "You pay airfare."

Seriously, good luck. These things generally go away with time... it's just tolerating and surviving that time frame that can be tough. My guess? Two years from now, you're going to be sitting around a campfire, dog laying at your side, and thanking the heavens that you didn't put the dog down at 1.8 years age....

"We long for an affection altogether ignorant of our faults. Heaven has accorded this to us in the uncritical canine attachment." ~George Eliot

[Great-Kazoo]

Yeah, I understand. For what it's worth, my Casey (pic HERE: ) was a chewing MACHINE when she was young. Once she got past 2 years or so, it calmed down a LOT... then it just went away. But I did have to buy my wife a LOT of new shoes during those first couple years.

Something to consider: While folks suggest Bitter Apple and the like, I had a great deal of success with Tabasco. Casey turned one Jimmy Choo shoe into a heap of saliva-ridden leather. A generous dose of Tabasco on the other, and leaving it laying in her crate, solved that problem right damn quick.

My offer stands, any weekend day for the next three weeks. After that, I'm moving to Indiana, at which point my offer stands with the addition of "You pay airfare."

Seriously, good luck. These things generally go away with time... it's just tolerating and surviving that time frame that can be tough. My guess? Two years from now, you're going to be sitting around a campfire, dog laying at your side, and thanking the heavens that you didn't put the dog down at 1.8 years age....

"We long for an affection altogether ignorant of our faults. Heaven has accorded this to us in the uncritical canine attachment." ~George Eliot

We had a terrier Shepard mix, with floppy ears. Tabasco, no way, she chowed down anything spicy like it was a prime rib. We once tried growing some chili peppers. Could never figure out why one day on the plant, next one gone. First we thought squirrels, until i noticed she was wandering around the garden perimeter. Next thing, BAM, shes pulling peppers off and slamming them down like shots of tequila at a sorority house.
Some dogs have weird taste buds.

[DangerLee_Industries]

That is a sticky situation and sucks big time I've been in the exact spot before. I picked up a lab mix to keep my Chocolate lab busy while I was working 12 hour days. I had a place outside of Kremmling on 2 acres so plenty of room for the pups to run and play all day.

My boy is a Rockstar and doesn't mess with anything at all. The new pup I brought home did the same thing your pup is and chewed the crap out of everything. She had a whole acre that was fenced to play in and what does she do??? Chews on the damn house and anything that wasn't nailed down.

Fell asleep on the couch with her out one day and woke up to see that she had just destroyed a near new pair of Asolo 350.00 hiking boots. She wasn't 3 feet away from me the whole time. I tried everything to curb her bad habits and I too put up with it for just under a year. I was fortunate and found someone that took her off my hands so she wouldn't have to go back and be put down.

I love my dog, I've had him since he was 3 months old and he's almost 10 now but at the end of the day he's still a dog. It's not worth feeling like a hostage in your own home and the stress of him possibly biting someone.

As much as it sucks I would take him back......

[DSB OUTDOORS]

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Sorry, That SHIT aint right. Not even close!!

[patrick0685]

i think that the biggest thing and one thing that sucks about getting them at the pound is having them since they are a pup (6-8 weeks) both of my dogs are high energy breads and they can both be left around the house all day and not damage anything...good luck

p.s. ive heard decent things about sit means sit

[buckshotbarlow]

i grew up on a farm, here's one of the ways we dealt with dogs...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HbBL62IiRE

or




My dad always said put em a potato sack, tie it off and through em in the river. If they get out, then you have a good dog.

[hammer03]

Find a neighbor kid to take him on a few mile run every day? For a few bucks, some aspiring young athlete might take you up on it.