Laafet
Well-Known Member
So I bit the bullet and decided to take on a dog. My mother had heard about a Miniature Poodle that needed a home. He had been bought for someone's mother who had loved him but her partner did not. So they took him back but with a young baby, another on the way, a spaniel and horses it was all too much. So that seems all okish. Anyway here he is - please excuse the lack of a clip, I shall get him done soon.
He is really good around the house, he had two accidents, one on the first time in the flat which I have put down to a new environment etc plus he is entire still (another thing that will be rectified ASAP. He does not chew or steal stuff.
He walks nicely to heel and will sit on command. On and off the lead.
Now the not so good bits and any advice is much appreciated.
I had to do a rush job on crate training him as I was going to work and I had to make sure that he was secure. My flat has no seperate kitchen to lock him into, which what I believe the previous people did. Now he will go in willingly and I usually give him a treat or his Kong (my mum leant me hers) to keep him occupied. But he does cry when I leave, and goes nuts when I come back. He is not consistently going crazy when I come back and if he is in a state I let him out and ignore him until he calms down. Again a bad habit that was probably started by the previous people making a fuss about leaving and coming back into the house. He does not go nuts when I come in the kitchen/living room in the morning or if I have put him in there for some reason whilst I am still in the flat even if he can't see me.
I am going to start to leave him out of the crate in the afternoons, I am never away for more than 3 hours.
Other issue which I see as more of a problem. He is very shy of new people and will growl at people that we meet. He seems to be more upset by older people and will bark and growl at my boss (I live at work) and one of the other members of staff. He is fine with the two younger blokes at work and at the livery yard is fine with most people as long as they ignore him first and let him come to them. On walks, he will growl and bark at anyone.
Any suggestions on how I overcome this. He shows no agression to me and one of younger blokes from work came into the flat to help me move a TV and he was fine with him no growling or barking. Currently I am dealing with it by at first ignoring it but then he if goes on for longer than 20 secs or so then I tell him to leave it and give him a tug on his lead.
Apart from that he is a lovely little dog and he adores playing with his tennis ball, so I was going to look into obedience and agility.
He is really good around the house, he had two accidents, one on the first time in the flat which I have put down to a new environment etc plus he is entire still (another thing that will be rectified ASAP. He does not chew or steal stuff.
He walks nicely to heel and will sit on command. On and off the lead.
Now the not so good bits and any advice is much appreciated.
I had to do a rush job on crate training him as I was going to work and I had to make sure that he was secure. My flat has no seperate kitchen to lock him into, which what I believe the previous people did. Now he will go in willingly and I usually give him a treat or his Kong (my mum leant me hers) to keep him occupied. But he does cry when I leave, and goes nuts when I come back. He is not consistently going crazy when I come back and if he is in a state I let him out and ignore him until he calms down. Again a bad habit that was probably started by the previous people making a fuss about leaving and coming back into the house. He does not go nuts when I come in the kitchen/living room in the morning or if I have put him in there for some reason whilst I am still in the flat even if he can't see me.
I am going to start to leave him out of the crate in the afternoons, I am never away for more than 3 hours.
Other issue which I see as more of a problem. He is very shy of new people and will growl at people that we meet. He seems to be more upset by older people and will bark and growl at my boss (I live at work) and one of the other members of staff. He is fine with the two younger blokes at work and at the livery yard is fine with most people as long as they ignore him first and let him come to them. On walks, he will growl and bark at anyone.
Any suggestions on how I overcome this. He shows no agression to me and one of younger blokes from work came into the flat to help me move a TV and he was fine with him no growling or barking. Currently I am dealing with it by at first ignoring it but then he if goes on for longer than 20 secs or so then I tell him to leave it and give him a tug on his lead.
Apart from that he is a lovely little dog and he adores playing with his tennis ball, so I was going to look into obedience and agility.
