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Isn't it the way - the mistreated dogs recognize a
good thing and work with you to behave, the perfect puppy gives
problems!
Does he have a low grade bladder infection?
Is there any physical reason why he cannot wait? Has your vet checked him
out recently?
Is he still too young? My pug behaved just as you
have described until he was six months old, then one day as if a switch went on,
he learned to pee only outside. Now I realize your dog is 13 months, but
for relative development, they are closer than it appears. Pyrs are really
late in maturing.
As far as chewing is concerned, my adult dogs still
love to chew, it's just that they have learned to chew their things not
mine. I got some really tough toys (look live rubber vases with holes for
treats). They will chew and work on getting the treats for hours. I
also got Tough Chew beds from Norm Thompson - guaranteed unchewable - and one
dog has chewed up two of them. Chewing and shedding are facts of life,
they can only be redirected not stopped.
I have heard that Pyrs are untrainable too, but
only from people who think they need to dominate a dog by force. You have
to win the heart and mind of a Pyr to get obedience (but a little roast beef and
cheese helps too).
Amy with Charlie, Sweetie and Harry
Pug
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2006 6:18
PM
Subject: [pyrnet] Questions about my
(#$&*!) dog
I'm new here and going a bit crazy. I got my first Pyr in
Alaska six years ago. Read the New Skeete Monks books in preparation,
did all the good stuff and he was great. Oh, yes, he chewed, he stole
things and chewed, sometimes he gave me the blink, blink stare thing and
wouldn't do what I said, but he was really good. He was house broken at
four months, but we did have a dog door in that house. Next I rescued a
Pyr with loads of bad habits and who had been kicked around and abused.
She was scared and timid. Nine months old and still chewing. And
not house trained. She probably took less than three weeks to fully
house train and we worked on the other issues for longer and she's a
sweetheart now. The first dog got bone cancer at five and had to be put
down and it broke my heart. In December I got a three month old Pyr from
a really good breeder. He's lovely, we did Puppy Kindergarten and
another round of classes. He's sweet, but a chewing machine. He's
thirteen months old and still not house broken. He has had one bladder
infection and that's has cleared. He's crate trained. I worked at
home, so he's never been left in the crate too long. Ya da ya da.
I've done all the right things. I swear. Defecation we've got
pretty much handled--though I wouldn't trust him in the house alone--but he
will pee in the crate, on the floor or even on my feet when I leashed him to
my belt. He will go outside with me. I tell him to go pee.
He steps off the porch and obediently pees, looking at me the whole
time. I praise, I treat. If I do this at all the right times all
day long, we might be fine, but if the mood or urge hits--he won't go to the
door and bark, he won't ring the bell, he just lets loose. No, there's
no one place he goes. I do clean with a protein based cleaner made for
animal soiling. No, I don't let him see me do it, so he doesn't think
I'm his maid.
I called one man who advertised to house train your dog in three
days. Upon questioning I realized he was a red neck with a shock
collar. He went on to telll me that Pyrs are untrainable.
Period. Sigh.
I know the chewing will, indeed, stop. But I'm worried the peeing
will not. Advice?
Gail
Giles
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