NBFR possibly giving away my kitten

Re: NBFR possibly giving away my kitten

• xmaryrickx member

  February 2013

  Bump vomit. Sorry.

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• xmaryrickx member

  February 2013

  Lots and lots and lots of training and exercise for the doggy. Is he playing with her or being aggressive? That's an important distinction. I would look into finding a behaviorist for the dog to help you evaluate the situation and make sure you are heading in the right direction with training. Make sure the dog is getting plenty of mental and physical stimulation at least an hour a day of each. There is a training philosophy called NILF that would probably help as well. Regardless it's a great way to train your dog and won't be wasted. Is your dog crated away from kitty When you are not there?

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• Ilumine member

  February 2013

  How about work with the problem?

  This means training the puppy. 

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• SimpleJane member

  February 2013

  xmaryrickx:

  Lots and lots and lots of training and exercise for the doggy. Is he playing with her or being aggressive? That's an important distinction. I would look into finding a behaviorist for the dog to help you evaluate the situation and make sure you are heading in the right direction with training. Make sure the dog is getting plenty of mental and physical stimulation at least an hour a day of each. There is a training philosophy called NILF that would probably help as well. Regardless it's a great way to train your dog and won't be wasted. Good luck.

  
  
  I can tell that she is definitely trying to play, not be agressive. He is just so much smaller than her and she tries to play with him like she does with the other dogs she plays with. She doesn't bite down on him, just basically tries to wrestle the way she does with the neighbors dogs. He's just not able to take that kind of 'playing and I feel so bad for him. I feel like I'm constantly scolding her for being too rough, and instead of enjoying our evening after the kids go to bed we just struggle with keeping the animals away from eachother.
  
  Lily gets as much exercise as we can give her. It has been really cold with lots of blizzards lately so we've been trying out best to keep up with it and give her as much as possible.
  
  Thank you for giving me some training methods to research. Ive been so overwhelmed lately with this that I haven't known where to start.
  
  She is in her crate if we aren't home. She's trained as far as the basics go. Crate trained, sit, stay, go to your crate, no put that down. She's pretty well behaved for the most part. I just haven't know what the hell to do as far as this specific issue. At first I thought oh she's just being playful. She listens when we tell her to stop. She's just back at it five minutes later.

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• xmaryrickx member

  February 2013

  I understand. It sucks to try to exercise in the winter or crappy weather. This is a great time to hyper focus on training. That is something you can do in the comfort of your home. Basic obedience can never be over trained and it could be fun to teach some tricks. There is tons of info out there on how to teach different things. Get creative and look for fun videos of other dogs doing tricks and see what you can come up with. Puzzle toys are great for mental stimulation as well. I got some fun ones from Wag.com
  
  A lot of this will probably get better with time. They are both still babies. As they grow up they will learn to interact properly.

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• HisChamaoleGirl member

  February 2013

  SimpleJane:

  xmaryrickx:

  Lots and lots and lots of training and exercise for the doggy. Is he playing with her or being aggressive? That's an important distinction. I would look into finding a behaviorist for the dog to help you evaluate the situation and make sure you are heading in the right direction with training. Make sure the dog is getting plenty of mental and physical stimulation at least an hour a day of each. There is a training philosophy called NILF that would probably help as well. Regardless it's a great way to train your dog and won't be wasted. Good luck.

  I can tell that she is definitely trying to play, not be agressive. He is just so much smaller than her and she tries to play with him like she does with the other dogs she plays with. She doesn't bite down on him, just basically tries to wrestle the way she does with the neighbors dogs. He's just not able to take that kind of 'playing and I feel so bad for him. I feel like I'm constantly scolding her for being too rough, and instead of enjoying our evening after the kids go to bed we just struggle with keeping the animals away from eachother. Lily gets as much exercise as we can give her. It has been really cold with lots of blizzards lately so we've been trying out best to keep up with it and give her as much as possible. Thank you for giving me some training methods to research. Ive been so overwhelmed lately with this that I haven't known where to start. She is in her crate if we aren't home. She's trained as far as the basics go. Crate trained, sit, stay, go to your crate, no put that down. She's pretty well behaved for the most part. I just haven't know what the hell to do as far as this specific issue. At first I thought oh she's just being playful. She listens when we tell her to stop. She's just back at it five minutes later.

  We too have had a lot of bad weather (living on the east coast makes me miss Hawaii) lately and it interferes with the amount of walks and play our puppy gets. What I  have found that works great for us is there is an indoor daycare/playgroup for puppies. On days I know i am going to be working late and dont have time to dedicate to playing with him, I take him to daycare. By the time I pick him up he is so exhausted he just wants to rest.Perhaps your area offers something like this?

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• ambrvan member

  February 2013

  I don't know much about NILF method training, but as a vet tech, I talk to people about "claiming the space" for issues like this. It can be adapted to a variety of issues like leave the cat alone, stayvaway from an object, the kitchen is always off limits, etc. It is a little difficult for me to try to explain on the computer, but I am sure you could find am instrictional video online.
  
  I would say keep them. If she is 7monot and you are seriously consistent and strict about your EXERCISE and DISCIPLINE first above all else, then I am sure things will settle out alright with maturity and CONTINUOUS work/training.
  
  Good luck.

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