What are your dogs worst habits???

Tess has a few bad habits (I just want to add that I've had her 2 years and she's now 15 so she came with them and I figure she's old, none of the habits bother me too much so I let her be :D)

If she's not shut in the living room and I go out she will raid the kitchen bin and grab anything off of worktops that she can reach.
When she's shut in the living room when I got out she will climb on the dining room table, then onto the window sill and lie there smearing her wet nose all over my windows.
She lies on the sofa (which I don't mind)
She sleeps on the bed beside me, but only when my OH isn't here, she doesn't even try to get on the bed when he is. (again doesn't bother me)
She will never have a poo just once on a walk, she'd rather do 2 little poos than just have 1 decent sized 1. so I always have to carry 2 bags at least.
If she's off lead near any gardens that she can get into, she'll sneak into the gardens, and usually poo. So she's never off lead now where she can do that :p
Her old owner had an estate car and Tess used to go in the car a lot into the boot area, so if anyone has a boot open, she will jump into it, no matter how small the space.

Her good points far outweigh any bad and I haven't posted any pics of her on here so here she is :D

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Brig-obsessive chewing and determination to lick wounds/feet. Takes the Mick when asked toheel and is in fact lagging 100 yards because as long as he's behind, he thinks that's 'heeling'. :rolleyes:

Bear-distracted when being asked to do something cos the shadows on the wall are more interesting. Has run off once or twice in the woods and only came back after forty minutes :eek:

Zak-whines if ignored. Runs upstairs if ignored. Jumps on your lap if ignored. Jumps the garden fence if left alone. Steals tea towels. Starts play fights with Bear if bored. Brings a toy to play the leave, take it game, then whines when we stop. Won't come out of the woods when called. Capers in front of very big horses to tease them. Parades with any available shoe when bored. Prefers to track than do anything he's asked at class. Barks at men on motorbikes behind us at lights. :o
 
Actually, the one I've thought of- barking at wheels. Not big on-the-car/bicycle wheels, but ones on the wheely (!) bin, the hoover, the push lawn mower.

I'm not bothered, he stops after about a minute and never barks at anything else. Apart from the rake- in use or stationary. Numpty dog.
 
My friends dog who often comes to stay even if no one has arranged it ,
has two bad habits apart from coming up to see us.

Shoes he is obsessed with footwear and will take them out to the garden, he never damages them though.

He has a nasty habit of eating unsuitable things, the last time required a operation to remove the tea-towel that was wrapped around his bowel.

He is a Springer and can be forgiven for this as he is a trained gun dog very obedient and a very good house dog.
 
Rolling in fox poo is, sadly, a common occurance with Bear the Border. :mad: Since he's currently not allowed off the lead on his walks (was snipped last week), this is not a problem...........Next week will be different, I know! :eek:

And the licking of OH's toes and feet is cringe-making! :eek: I hate, absolutely hate anyone, animal or human, near my feet. So how OH puts up with a dog slurping round his tootsies is way beyond my comprehension............:o:confused::o
 
CaveCanem said:
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I don't actually believe dogs know they are wrong, they look guilty because they expect punishment because of our voice, facial features, body language, they don't often have human sensibilities, I recommend a great book called The Culture Clash by Jane Donaldson :)
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Mine generally tells me he's done wrong - I see his ears back submissive pose and look for whatever it was. Best one was the time he dug a hole in the sofa. I mooch downstairs, no glasses on, find submissive dog - no obvious accidents on floor, so send to garden as usual. Turn around to find sofa cushions on floor and stuffing elsewhere. There was no way he could have got the "wrong" vibe off my body language as I had no idea that he'd done anything...
 
KellysHeroes said:
Re; the pulling..we found that getting the dog to focus on you and listen helped the most - to explain further, we set off on a walk, with my lead loose (the more you pull it tight, the less you are able to 'correct') and the minute my dog pulled, I'd turn sharply on my heel and walk in the opposite direction, giving a sharp tug on the lead as I went. Every time she pulled I'd repeat. Very time consuming but I think it taught her to focus on me and realise she had to listen or she'd get left behind. She now doesn't pull with me.

Absolutely spot on! I've NEVER had a pulling/forging dog using the above method of training (and I've had quite a few over the years). And, the training always involved a choke chain (which was never left on after the training session). Teaching the dogs (Golden Retrievers, Norwich Terriers, a Jack Russell and a GBGV) this way was accomplished within a few weeks. They were/are a pleasure to walk anywhere, anytime.
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