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Last year my cousin and her husband bought a new house. They are in their late 30s and it's a one story, smaller house. They do not own a kitchen or dining room table. They eat in front of the TV.
About 12 of us went to their house last year for Xmas. They have 2 dogs, one is a smaller mixed breed and the other is a large breed. The larger dog has been known to eat everything he can get to, He once ate a whole spaghetti squash off the counter. Anyway, the dogs have never been taught manners and they will sit and stare at you while you eat. If you set your plate down or even take your eyes off it, they will snatch food. Since there is no table, we are eating on the couch, chairs and even on the floor. There are always kids there (mine is 3) and of course, the dogs can easily steal food right off the kids' plates.
My cousin and her husband just say, "Watch the dogs, they'll steal your food." This annoys my family so much that this year we really don't want to go over there for Xmas dinner. They love their dogs a lot, and we are afraid we'll offend them or something if we tell them their dogs are the reason we don't want to go over. We feel like we'd be rude if we told them to cage their dogs or shut them away while we eat.
My cousin thinks she is hosting Xmas since I hosted Thanksgiving. The rest of our family lives in a small house or small apt complex with no parking. What can we do without hurting her feelings?
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Ummm ... I'm a dog boarder. I have been a dpg owner for many years. I have worked in a vet clinic as an assistant.
I hate to say this, but you need to tell your cousin that you all will NOT be attending family meals at their home as long as they have no rules for their dogs.
What jumps to my mind first is the safety of the children --- the dogs are in a position of being given or being allowed to take whatever they want --- so, what happens if your 3-year-old CHILD tries to stop the dog from grabbing something from his plate of food??? Dog who feel they are entitled to whatever they want will snap if someone "lower in stature" rebels.
The second thing that is bugging me is on the side of the dogs --- what are they lacking that they are stealing food at any and all opportunity? Dogs are not hard to train, but having well-mannered dogs is a NECESSITY!! If people want animals to share their home, I'm all for it, but they NEED to be in the role of PET. My dogs knew that they were not allowed to beg --- and would get up and turn around to face the wall when we ate. The dogs I board in my home are sometimes atrociously-mannered, but they get trained really quickly that food is MINE FIRST. When I finish dinner, IF I feel like it, and IF they have been good, I will put a bit in their dog food dishes, but NEVER feed by hand. I have my most-regular and most horribly-behaved dogs-clients now getting up and walking into their crate when I am setting the dinner table all on their own --- so training CAN be done!
The true answer of this is --- who c ares if their feelings are hurt? YOUR feelings are hurt by having to eat on what is essentially a giant conveyer-belt dog buffet every year! I would just say, "Hey I know it's a lot of work for you, and you have no dining space, and I think the kids might be bugging your dogs a bit since they're not used to our loud and sloppy rambunctious kids" Just humour her! I really think that would be the best way!
You might be surprised, your cousin might be embarassed by the dogs' behaviour, not enjoy having csmall children running around the house, and have to host a large party with no real occasion-dining space, but feel obligated to have everyone and their growing families and children over every year, ya know?
Best of luck and I hope this helps!
Ummm ... I'm a dog boarder. I have been a dpg owner for many years. I have worked in a vet clinic as an assistant.
I hate to say this, but you need to tell your cousin that you all will NOT be attending family meals at their home as long as they have no rules for their dogs.
What jumps to my mind first is the safety of the children --- the dogs are in a position of being given or being allowed to take whatever they want --- so, what happens if your 3-year-old CHILD tries to stop the dog from grabbing something from his plate of food??? Dog who feel they are entitled to whatever they want will snap if someone "lower in stature" rebels.
The second thing that is bugging me is on the side of the dogs --- what are they lacking that they are stealing food at any and all opportunity? Dogs are not hard to train, but having well-mannered dogs is a NECESSITY!! If people want animals to share their home, I'm all for it, but they NEED to be in the role of PET. My dogs knew that they were not allowed to beg --- and would get up and turn around to face the wall when we ate. The dogs I board in my home are sometimes atrociously-mannered, but they get trained really quickly that food is MINE FIRST. When I finish dinner, IF I feel like it, and IF they have been good, I will put a bit in their dog food dishes, but NEVER feed by hand. I have my most-regular and most horribly-behaved dogs-clients now getting up and walking into their crate when I am setting the dinner table all on their own --- so training CAN be done!
The true answer of this is --- who c ares if their feelings are hurt? YOUR feelings are hurt by having to eat on what is essentially a giant conveyer-belt dog buffet every year! I would just say, "Hey I know it's a lot of work for you, and you have no dining space, and I think the kids might be bugging your dogs a bit since they're not used to our loud and sloppy rambunctious kids" Just humour her! I really think that would be the best way!
You might be surprised, your cousin might be embarassed by the dogs' behaviour, not enjoy having csmall children running around the house, and have to host a large party with no real occasion-dining space, but feel obligated to have everyone and their growing families and children over every year, ya know?
Best of luck and I hope this helps!
Can a 6 year old dog be crate trained?
Karlie
I have a 6 year old Giant Schnauzer who I have a crate for but we never use it. He didn't used to do this, but now anytime we leave him home alone even if it's for 10 minutes, he gets into trouble. I'm so tired of coming home and cleaning up after him. Some days he goes to daycare and I walk him 3-5 miles a day and some days he goes to the dog park so he's not neglected and he does get a ton of exercise. Is it possible at his age to crate train him? I'm not talking about leaving him in the crate for hours and hours-- maybe just 3-4 hours a few times a week mainly because I'm worried for his safety. One time I came home and a stove eye was on from where he jumped up on the counter looking for food. He's just too curious and nosy for his own good and I'm worried one day he'll manage to hurt himself.
Any other advice would be welcome as well!
Answer
Sure you can! Make sure you get a crate big enough for him to be comfortable in. That means big enough to stand fully up in and that he can turn around easily in. He shouldn't be jammed in there. Next only use the crate as a "Safe place." Never for punishment. If you want to start leaving him in there when you leave, make sure you always put him in there if he is left alone. When you go to the store, when you go to work, anytime you are going to be gone from the house, he needs to go in there so he is used to the routine.
Now the first couple of times you put him in there, you may need to physically help him. But don't force him too roughly. Speak sweetly to him and try to always use the same phrase when you put him in there. (For example, we always say "Okay Frank, let's go to bed!") Reward him when we goes there, give him a cookie or treat every time. He will begin to like going in his kennel. Never punish him in there to give him the idea that being in his kennel is bad. Eventually you will not even have to touch him to get him to go in there. With our dogs and our roommate's dog, all you have to do is say go to bed and hold the door open and all three of them just hop right in their kennels. Haha, they even know who's is who's. It's too cute. Kennel training is a good thing and it does keep them safe. They can't get into anything unsupervised and swallow something they shouldn't. Also I find it to be safer in case of an emergency. In case of a fire or a break in the dog is always in the same spot and you can grab him in a hurry or if you need to let authorities know where they are so that they can be saved, it can happen. (They even have little signs now to alert firemen of whereabouts of pets, like three dogs in kitchen in kennels in case of fire!) I'm glad you are willing to take the steps to keep your pet safe! Good luck!
Sure you can! Make sure you get a crate big enough for him to be comfortable in. That means big enough to stand fully up in and that he can turn around easily in. He shouldn't be jammed in there. Next only use the crate as a "Safe place." Never for punishment. If you want to start leaving him in there when you leave, make sure you always put him in there if he is left alone. When you go to the store, when you go to work, anytime you are going to be gone from the house, he needs to go in there so he is used to the routine.
Now the first couple of times you put him in there, you may need to physically help him. But don't force him too roughly. Speak sweetly to him and try to always use the same phrase when you put him in there. (For example, we always say "Okay Frank, let's go to bed!") Reward him when we goes there, give him a cookie or treat every time. He will begin to like going in his kennel. Never punish him in there to give him the idea that being in his kennel is bad. Eventually you will not even have to touch him to get him to go in there. With our dogs and our roommate's dog, all you have to do is say go to bed and hold the door open and all three of them just hop right in their kennels. Haha, they even know who's is who's. It's too cute. Kennel training is a good thing and it does keep them safe. They can't get into anything unsupervised and swallow something they shouldn't. Also I find it to be safer in case of an emergency. In case of a fire or a break in the dog is always in the same spot and you can grab him in a hurry or if you need to let authorities know where they are so that they can be saved, it can happen. (They even have little signs now to alert firemen of whereabouts of pets, like three dogs in kitchen in kennels in case of fire!) I'm glad you are willing to take the steps to keep your pet safe! Good luck!
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