Chill Out!

ORIGINAL: brookcove

If you have to walk in a little square over and over in front of your house, so be it.

 
MMmmm i dont think that walking in a limited space would be any different, dogs need to move foward, then need to feel they "travel", just like jogging in the street and jogging in your living room, i think you could feel the difference too []

The point of the 'square in front of your house' thing is to teach the dog to pay attention to you. It's just a starting point for good leash manners so that the walks for exercise will be easier to manage.

How do I teach him ''Go To Bed'', or other method that teaches him how to calm down.

Also ''Dog Needs a Job'' [8|]?? Im confused






Ill try to get my lazy azz up in the morning to walk with him with ''Square in front of your house'' thing. []

Ok hun your not getting the point. The pup is waking up from a full nights rest and since you go to work without walking him you are leaving him with a bundle of energy. Not only does that give him energy for destructive behavior it also makes him a spazz when you come home bcause now more energy has built up, he's so excited, he's waited for you to come home all day and of course he isnt going to listen. He is the equivalant of a 5 year old all jacked up on sugar. Do you ever see those kids in the grocery store that are spazzing out and your like "oh my goodness" that is your dog, that is what age he is at.
A obediance class in a definite must or in a year your going to have a even bigger pain in the butt. He dosnt know what "sleep" ot "laydown" means, he's a dog and without proper obediacne made with a tremendous effort on your part it is never going to get better.
Also if you keep walking him while he's all crazy he is never going to stop pulling, he's like a kid let loose in a candy store, not to mention a lil walk around the block dosnt even get his heart rate going enough to tire him out, I mean really how tired are you after these walks?
It just seems as if you are put off by typical puppy behavior, with all dure respect he isnt a toy that you pull out when you wanna play. He needs walks in the morning, in the evening and obediacne classes

What I do to tire out my dogs (two adults, mind you, past the puppy high-energy phase)...
 
1. Two brisk walks a day on weekdays, one longer walk each weekend day. That means my husband and I get up at 6:45 AM every weekday and walk dogs for 45 minutes. Then as soon as I get home from work (and I have to be sure to go home directly after work before doing anything else), there's another 30-45 minute walk. On weekends, we hike and go to the dog park for serious full-tilt off-leash running.
 
2. Obedience training, "tricks" and free-shaping. A dog is more than just his body--he's got a mind too, and that mind also needs to be tired out. I try to every day do something to make my dogs really think to solve a puzzle. Obedience work makes them think, learning new tricks does as well, and playing free-shaping games--where the dogs have to figure out what I want them to do to get a reward without me telling or showing them anything--all work to tire out a dog mentally.
 
3. When I leave, the dogs get puzzles to work on. Frozen kongs and other food-dispensing puzzle toys keep them occupied and make them think while we're out. They are also both confined, Conrad in his crate and Marlowe in his very own room that has nothing in it but his stuff.
 
For these guys, this is minimal. If I had more time, I'd do more, but this is what I see as the bare minimum that I can do for them to keep them happy. That's what it means to have a dog: making sacrifices to meet their needs. They give me so much in return, it's really the least I can do.
 
What people say when we say that dogs need jobs is that most dog breeds were bred to do something, not just sit around. For my dogs, hounds, they were bred to hunt and scent track. For them to feel happy and fulfilled, they need to get a chance to either do that job, or another job that they enjoy. This is why people do things like agility, obedience, flyball, schutzhund and all the other dog sports with their dogs. These activities give dogs an outlet for their desire to perform a task, as well as challenging them physically and mentally.

ORIGINAL: spiritdogs

Szechuan is Chinese cooking.  Maybe she means a Schichon.  That would be one of those designer mutts - cross between Shih Tzu and Bichon.   No idea - new "breeds" are cropping up about as often as new ways of cooking.  If you Google on "Szechuan & dog" for example, you will get a recipe for "Szechuan Chihuahua". [sm=crazy.gif]

 
Maybe she means Schichon, meaning Miniature Schnauzer x Bichon Frise?

ORIGINAL: Xerxes

ORIGINAL: glenmar

What's a szechuan?

Spicy Chinese Crested?

 
I was laughing so hard when I read that![sm=rotfl.gif]