My new dog

The day has barely begun and I am already tired. 🤦🏻‍♀️ It’s freezing cold outside because of a 20 mph wind so no walk outside for Bella today. Ordered two new leashes, leashes are so much cheaper on Amazon than in the pet store. Comes with a travel drink bowl and poop bags. 😁

Once I get them, I am going to soak her old leash in bitter apple, which she seems to like 🤦🏻‍♀️, and give it one more try to get her to stop grabbing her leash for a game of tug of war. If it does not work again, I will have to find a different option.

Her biting/nipping is starting to decrease when she is calm. Going into the crate on her own, on command, is still a challenge. I have started to let her out of the puppy pen, food bowl in my hand, as I walk towards her crate with breakfast, and say crate.

Bella follows behind, barks for me to put the bowl down, I ignore her. I reach her crate, put the food in, and she stretches out, butt outside front legs and mouth inside to try and eat. 🤦🏻‍♀️ I still have to bump her butt in 😂. Her food is usually knocked everywhere. It is a process. 😳

I find myself repeating commands, which I shouldn’t do, cause the command is SIT, not sit sit sit sit. It is a trap people frequently fall into but this is the first time for me. Her short attention span causes it and I will discuss the issue with my trainer. I now understand the frustration I have seen others go through with smaller dogs as they repeatedly repeat the same command.

Still Bella’s progress remains excellent and no more accidents in her puppy pen as she runs me ragged in and out of the house to get her treats for potty. Makes me wonder just who is training who. 😳
 

The wind lessened so I took Bella for a walk. Down to the end of the block, past the barking two grown vicious Heelers trying to jump the fence and eat us both. She barked a little and I corrected her. Service dogs do not bark. Stopped before the last house which has a large small dog who Bella is not ready for yet.

We were on the sidewalk and Bella is all over as usual. Trying to get her to stay off the lawns with no success. Two houses from ours I notice she has begun to limp. Hmm. Puts her foot down, shakes it, puts it down, shakes it. Not a whimper or whine.

I know what it is, I’ve had them go through a slipper or a shoe, or been dragged into the house and stepped on one barefoot. This particular thorn is very sharp, like a needle, and has a bulb like ending on it. This is great cause it prevents it from going all the way in and is easy to pull out.

But boy does it hurt. I pick Bella up, no attempt to bite, carry her home, lean myself against the house, hold her and her paw, and pull the thorn out. No whimper, no whine, no attempt to bite me. Hmm. Did someone break in and give me a new puppy?

I put her down, she pees, treat, she pooped, treat. Such a good girl. I take her inside, put her in the puppy pen, and go back outside to pick up poopsickles. One of the few remaining joys of my life.🤦🏻‍♀️

A nice big bag. Go back in the house. Oh Great. BELLA! Why? Why?
 
She sits in her puppy pen and stares at me. Walks over and picks up a piece of her poop, brings it to the edge of the crate, and stares at me as if to say “clean up on isle 9”. 😪. She drops the poop at my feet. Oh, Bella, I am so disappointed.

And you are never, NEVER allowed to lick me on the face, NEVER. 🤮. I pick it up, clean up, sit down, and she walks over to another place. “Look mom, I pooped here; there is still some on the floor.” Why yes, yes there is, there is still poop on the floor and possibly a dead puppy in the pen. 🤬

I clean it up. Sit down. Bella looks at me, squats, and pees.

😭
 

Sliverfox said:
Sounds like Bella thought you needed a 'treat' for taking then pickly thing out of her foot. :unsure: 🧑‍🎤
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I think seeing me leave upset her, we have not let her see us leave before. Adding that to crate training probably as she has never gone in the crate, knock on my wooden head. She has broken my heart 😩
 
Bella will not play in this pen and she will only run around in the back yard if I walk up and down the yard with her, which I do. As I walk I look for pieces of glass, plastic, and other crap that was left in this yard.

Little tiny pieces of broken stuff to pick up so she won’t eat it and need surgery. Good thing a cattleman did not buy her, she would have hated the open range. 😂 She like her inside puppy pen just fine, she is not a wide open spaces gal. 😳
 
Aneeda72 said:
She sits in her puppy pen and stares at me. Walks over and picks up a piece of her poop, brings it to the edge of the crate, and stares at me as if to say “clean up on isle 9”. 😪. She drops the poop at my feet. Oh, Bella, I am so disappointed.

And you are never, NEVER allowed to lick me on the face, NEVER. 🤮. I pick it up, clean up, sit down, and she walks over to another place. “Look mom, I pooped here; there is still some on the floor.” Why yes, yes there is, there is still poop on the floor and possibly a dead puppy in the pen. 🤬

I clean it up. Sit down. Bella looks at me, squats, and pees.

😭
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She's doing a great job training you. Lol Lol Lol.
I know, i've said that before.
She does the most adorable things.
Not a good thing for her to pick up poo, firm no on that one......she might decide poo should be recycled.
She'll like her outside pen in no time.
Do you leave her out by herself.
 
Aneeda72 said:
Bella will not play in this pen and she will only run around in the back yard if I walk up and down the yard with her, which I do. As I walk I look for pieces of glass, plastic, and other crap that was left in this yard.

Little tiny pieces of broken stuff to pick up so she won’t eat it and need surgery. Good thing a cattleman did not buy her, she would have hated the open range. 😂 She like her inside puppy pen just fine, she is not a wide open spaces gal. 😳
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Give her time......the big old world is very big being she's just a little one.
 
Granny B. said:
This thread about your new puppy has given me great comfort! We, too, just got a new puppy and are experiencing a lot of the same issues. Nice to know we are not alone. Mine is a Border Collie / Australian Shepherd mix and he came straight off the ranch (mom is a working ranch dog). Previously I had many Shelties, and he is no Sheltie! Quite the active handful!
"Berry"
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Another new little member to SF.......awesome.......you probably already know you have a big bundle of energy.
Enjoy.
 
MickaC said:
Another new little member to SF.......awesome.......you probably already know you have a big bundle of energy.
Enjoy.
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Having had a border/collie poodle and an Aussie in the past, she literally has a BIGGER bundle of energy than I do. 😂
 
MickaC said:
She's doing a great job training you. Lol Lol Lol.
I know, i've said that before.
She does the most adorable things.
Not a good thing for her to pick up poo, firm no on that one......she might decide poo should be recycled.
She'll like her outside pen in no time.
Do you leave her out by herself.
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Yup, not happy about the poo thing either but she dropped it and she is never left where it sits. Shin tuz should have been named Shit tuz because they like to “clean up” their mess. 🤮. They are really nice dog except for this.

Yes, Bella gets 15 minutes outside by herself in the puppy pen for learning to not bark. Barking gets you nothing.
 
I picked up all Bella’s indoor toys and thrown them in with the towels in case she got poop on them from her last accident. Today a trip to pet smart is planned to get a spray to erase the smell from the floor. Perhaps this with help with no go inside.

For now she can play outside, lots of screaming over that this morning, or she can be crated and sleep as screaming wears her out. She refuses to potty in the back and I have to leash her up and bring her to the front potty place. It’s exhausting for me.

Vacuumed up all the missed treats, pieces of dog food, and crap tracked in from the yard. Did the vacuuming with her crate cover up and while she watched intently no barking or fear reaction. Course I stayed away from her crate. She has been allowed to walk around the vacuum and sniff it turned off.

Next, with it still turned off, I will put chicken pieces on it for her to eat. Then turned on to eat chicken off of, then I should be able to vacuum near her crate with no problem and eventually with her loose in the house with no barking and no fear.

After all, she is bound to get potty trained at some point. Strange that she will potty inside in the puppy pen but refuses to potty outside in that potty pen. She is added work cause she is small, I think. I did not realize how much more work a small pup would be.
 
On our walk yesterday, we walked down a some walk busy street. Bella was not wild about the rush of cars but she did ok until a bus hit its air breaks. She was done, sat down and refused to move. Too darn bad, Bella, we walked the last couple feet to the end of the block, me pulling her for once.

Turning around, towards home, she ran to the end of her leash, sat down, and waiting for me to catch up, then jumped up ran to the end of her leash, jumped up, and repeated this behavior till we got off the busy street. In this process, she stepped on the wrong place on a yard, yup, got a thorn.

Took her thorn out. Almost got home when the big dog was coming outside. 😂. Straight towards Bella, barking all the way, and Bella thinking she could bark back. Nope. Hush. Which she mostly did. Owner calls dog back to her, dog goes, Bella sticks her head thru the fence, big dogs turns around, Bella pulls her head back. 😂 Rinse, repeat till home.

Big dog wants to play. She’s a very friendly big dog and gentle with small dogs. Bella will have none of it. 😂
 
Sliverfox said:
Big dog encounter..
How well do you know its owner?

At some point in time.
Perhaps have a meet & greet with the two dogs & its owner.

Make sure both of you can quickly restrain them.

Won't Bella be around other dogs at the trainers?
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The big dog plays with her daughters dogs including a chihuahua who weights 3 pounds soaking wet. Bella and her have gone nose to nose thru the side yard fence. There is one other dog in the puppy class-a 3 month old great pyrenees who weight about 35-40 pounds. Bella probably 7 😂

They won’t be playing together. This is how I always end up with two dogs, I get a dog for my dog. Not doing that anymore. I can barely keep up with Bella.
 
Took Bella to two Costcos, petco, and training at Petsmart. Also took her to Lowe’s first and walked her to the back of the store, then to the side, out the entrance where she pooped, back in and then to Costco where we carried her around.

If she got hit by a grocery cart at this age, game over, so have to carry her. Took her to the second Costco, got her to pee, and carried her around. After checkout, it was clearer so let her walk to the exit.

Everywhere we went she got petted and praised so great socialization. She did not bark at all. Costco asked if she was service dog, yup, and we had her service dog in training badge on her so no issues. Some people mistook her for a dog instead of a puppy 🤦🏻‍♀️.
 
At petsmart she whine to pee, husband took her out, not long enough, so she’d peed on the training floor 🤬. I told him when she has to go potty she stays out TILL she goes potty. He is always afraid he will miss something. 🙄
 
Started playing fetch with Bella today. Bunch of small balls, throw them out one at a time, she brought back about one third of them. The main problem with Bella is her attention span is so very short and her energy level is so very high. 🤣
 
Aneeda72 said:
Started playing fetch with Bella today. Bunch of small balls, throw them out one at a time, she brought back about one third of them. The main problem with Bella is her attention span is so very short and her energy level is so very high. 🤣
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That's a puppy, high energy and very short attention span. Our Bichon is still that way.
 

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