We used to have these dogs:
And they drove me crazy. Meet Marley (black) and BOOGER (white). We got these dogs at the age of three, they came with the names and refused to change. I hated taking them on trips with us. We'd stop at a gas station and let them out on the grassy area to do their business and Booger always, with out fail, would take off on me. She wanted to be back in the safety of the truck. Which always left me torn. Do I really have to call after her so she doesn't get hit by a car running across the parking lot? I'd usually end up just hissing "Booger!" after her. And you know people looked at me. "Who's the crazy lady yelling booger in the gas station parking lot?"
Our problem with these dogs lay mostly with Booger, though Marley followed in her footsteps to be sure. It wasn't that they weren't trained, because they did know better, but they had attitude problems. They knew better, but they just didn't care. They knew that blankets were off limits to them. They had their bed and if they wanted to snuggle they were more than welcome to do it there. But every time we walked into a room, Booger would dart off a blanket, showing 1. she knew that was a big no no, and 2. she didn't care as long as we weren't looking. So you may be thinking "so?", but it wasn't just the blankets. It was the fact that they hated being outside, and thus would go potty inside. Constantly. We couldn't keep up with the messes. And we tried for three years to train these dogs. But I believe it results in the attitude problems. They never messed in the house when we were there, only when we weren't "looking". So they had to go. It was ruining our house. We placed them online "free to a good home". And we meant it. We're not cruel. We wanted them taken care of. We informed every potential family of the issues, not wanting them to take them unless they felt they could handle it. We finally found a couple we felt were good for them, and she being a stay at home mom, felt she could handle the training issues.
So we did our homework, and found a breed of dog we felt fit our preferences and lifestyles. We still wanted a smallish dog, but ones that would train easily and behave well. So we found these cute Pembroke Welsh Corgis:
And they drove me crazy. Meet Marley (black) and BOOGER (white). We got these dogs at the age of three, they came with the names and refused to change. I hated taking them on trips with us. We'd stop at a gas station and let them out on the grassy area to do their business and Booger always, with out fail, would take off on me. She wanted to be back in the safety of the truck. Which always left me torn. Do I really have to call after her so she doesn't get hit by a car running across the parking lot? I'd usually end up just hissing "Booger!" after her. And you know people looked at me. "Who's the crazy lady yelling booger in the gas station parking lot?"Our problem with these dogs lay mostly with Booger, though Marley followed in her footsteps to be sure. It wasn't that they weren't trained, because they did know better, but they had attitude problems. They knew better, but they just didn't care. They knew that blankets were off limits to them. They had their bed and if they wanted to snuggle they were more than welcome to do it there. But every time we walked into a room, Booger would dart off a blanket, showing 1. she knew that was a big no no, and 2. she didn't care as long as we weren't looking. So you may be thinking "so?", but it wasn't just the blankets. It was the fact that they hated being outside, and thus would go potty inside. Constantly. We couldn't keep up with the messes. And we tried for three years to train these dogs. But I believe it results in the attitude problems. They never messed in the house when we were there, only when we weren't "looking". So they had to go. It was ruining our house. We placed them online "free to a good home". And we meant it. We're not cruel. We wanted them taken care of. We informed every potential family of the issues, not wanting them to take them unless they felt they could handle it. We finally found a couple we felt were good for them, and she being a stay at home mom, felt she could handle the training issues.
So we did our homework, and found a breed of dog we felt fit our preferences and lifestyles. We still wanted a smallish dog, but ones that would train easily and behave well. So we found these cute Pembroke Welsh Corgis:
Meet Strider (black) and Milo (Tan). They are so smart! And I, not being a real "animal person", have found myself talking baby talk to them. Really? They lick my ankle and I don't get shivers. We've done our homework on training and are pushing through with consistency on house training these little piranhas. Any issues with these dogs falls back on our lack of training and we realize this.
But two weeks ago we got a call about Marley. Someone had found her alone in a park, and had watched her for a long time to see if anyone would claim her, but no one was. So they checked her dog tag and found our phone number. We were puzzled. It had been two months, why had the new owners not changed the tag? So we drove out to find her, and in the process were able to get a hold of the new owner. She met us at the park claiming Marley had gotten out and gotten lost. We told her she needed to change the tags so people could call her if it ever happened again.
Last night we got another call about lost Marley. She was wandering in a neighborhood and very scared. Why had her tags still not been changed? Especially after the incident two weeks ago? So we went and claimed her. And brought her home.
Our concerns are, where is Booger and is she OK? Because these dogs HATE being outside. They only came outside when we were out. And if they found themselves "locked" out of the house, they sat and whined by the door. They didn't run off. They didn't even want to be out. So we're finding these "lost Marley" issues peculiar, to say the least. She's been put in the gated room with the boys. She's going to follow the same training patterns that they are. I don't care if she's 6 years while they are 4 months. We'll take care of her, but she WILL be trained. And we can only hope that Booger is OK. (Though I probably have to admit that I'm not feeling too upset that she's not the one who kept getting lost. That dog was a Super Freak.)
Our concerns are, where is Booger and is she OK? Because these dogs HATE being outside. They only came outside when we were out. And if they found themselves "locked" out of the house, they sat and whined by the door. They didn't run off. They didn't even want to be out. So we're finding these "lost Marley" issues peculiar, to say the least. She's been put in the gated room with the boys. She's going to follow the same training patterns that they are. I don't care if she's 6 years while they are 4 months. We'll take care of her, but she WILL be trained. And we can only hope that Booger is OK. (Though I probably have to admit that I'm not feeling too upset that she's not the one who kept getting lost. That dog was a Super Freak.)
1 comment:
Oh that makes me sad that she was wandering on her own twice... Good Luck training...
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