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From Las Vegas Questions pros and cons of doodle ownership
Greetings Doodlekisses members,
This is my first post here and I hope you seasoned doodle lovers have some thoughts on our doggie. I
love our 16 month old female doodle. However, at times she can be
quite a handful and as a result causes rifts between my husband and
myself. She is very willful and often does not obey commands which we
have been using since she was 9 weeks old. This is the first problem-
she does not consistently obey us. I chalk it up to youth but my
husband insists that she doesnt respect us and therefore only obeys as
she sees fit. She is also very independent. My husband envisioned a
dog that would lay at his feet while he worked, one that would snuggle
and a dog that would show "affection" . We get a tail wag about once a
day and she can do with or with out hanging out with us. I should
mention that we are home 24/7 as we work out of the home. Perhaps she
is just used to us because in the park she gets overly excited to
interact with other humans---she loves people and dogs. We take her to
the park up to 3 times per day to exercise and socialize with other
dogs. We consider ourselves loving and responsible dog owners and hope
that some of these behaviors are indicative of puppyhood and not what
we can come to expect for the next decade or more.
Another notable behavior that we cannot seem to break is the stealing of socks,
undies and other small cloth items. We do our best to keep these items
out of her reach but occasionally she will manage to retrieve
something. This week she vomitted a sock belonging to our 7 year old.
In the last few months she has vomited several items of barbie clothing
at once, and 3 hair scrunchies at once. Obviously this is very
alarming to us and would not want it to be fatal. Can we expect a
lifetime of this goat-like behavior??
To her credit she is quite intelligent and I think her willfulness is attributed to being a puppy.
She is so much fun in the park--retrieving and playing with other dogs-
and people just adore her and she them. It is those times that I have
hope that we have a normal dog. Any thoughts or suggestions??
This is my first post here and I hope you seasoned doodle lovers have some thoughts on our doggie. I
love our 16 month old female doodle. However, at times she can be
quite a handful and as a result causes rifts between my husband and
myself. She is very willful and often does not obey commands which we
have been using since she was 9 weeks old. This is the first problem-
she does not consistently obey us. I chalk it up to youth but my
husband insists that she doesnt respect us and therefore only obeys as
she sees fit. She is also very independent. My husband envisioned a
dog that would lay at his feet while he worked, one that would snuggle
and a dog that would show "affection" . We get a tail wag about once a
day and she can do with or with out hanging out with us. I should
mention that we are home 24/7 as we work out of the home. Perhaps she
is just used to us because in the park she gets overly excited to
interact with other humans---she loves people and dogs. We take her to
the park up to 3 times per day to exercise and socialize with other
dogs. We consider ourselves loving and responsible dog owners and hope
that some of these behaviors are indicative of puppyhood and not what
we can come to expect for the next decade or more.
Another notable behavior that we cannot seem to break is the stealing of socks,
undies and other small cloth items. We do our best to keep these items
out of her reach but occasionally she will manage to retrieve
something. This week she vomitted a sock belonging to our 7 year old.
In the last few months she has vomited several items of barbie clothing
at once, and 3 hair scrunchies at once. Obviously this is very
alarming to us and would not want it to be fatal. Can we expect a
lifetime of this goat-like behavior??
To her credit she is quite intelligent and I think her willfulness is attributed to being a puppy.
She is so much fun in the park--retrieving and playing with other dogs-
and people just adore her and she them. It is those times that I have
hope that we have a normal dog. Any thoughts or suggestions??
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Permalink Reply by Willow on
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As of now I am free Thurs. but I am in real estate, so one never knows. Are you a morning person? We have a park just 2 doors down from us and go there around 8:30 am to romp with neighborhood dogs... my schedule is very flexible....lets see if we can get some doodles together for thurs.
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Permalink Reply by GBK on
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Which park? I am an early girl, but some others are not :) This weekend we are booked but next weekend we are free a clear.
I put up the park directions and time for Thursday on the main page, it should be fairly close to you, and I promised Pamela 10:00 LOL -
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Permalink Reply by BARRON & BODHI on
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Greetings Boo Bear
What has worked wonders on my guys is stuffed animals. The best don't have eyes or noses to remove . I have a big basket of them for their use. I have got alot of them at Goodwill, as alot of people give them up and they still have tags on them (new) for cheap. If it does not work do not give up, try something else. Boo Bear is still in puppy mode.
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Large milk bones work great too. smiles -
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