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List of problems which I was given on arrival.
Mumfie
Male, cross Terrier, plus minus 8 years old, been fixed.
Been with us the longest.
Street and abused dog.
Barks excessively. Nips when you turn your back.
Unruly towards visitors.
Guards his food, any food.
Runs out door if given the opportunity.
Barks at anything that moves day and night.
Humps only Pinkie not Bambi.
Does not like it if we tell him no. at times might even growl and nip us. Goes for my niece. Nips people on the bum especially if food being served. Hates garden service. Not really get into fights but growl and makes a lot of noise. Licks obsessively.
Bambi
Female, Parsan Terrier, 2 years on the 6 November, been fixed.
Very naughty as puppy, went through two of our couches, ruined a lot of furniture, digs like a machine. Sulks a lot if I do not give her attention 24/7. if she is ignored – she will lie in box and shake. Looks as if she dominates Mumfie – as puppy she fought with Mumfie a lot – we had to separate them to cool off – Mumfie does not fight back just makes a lot of noise. Bambi sucks on Mumfie ears a lot till they are soaking wet – vet told us just to leave her. Barks at cats and people at door. Generally submissive towards visitors but does still jump up. Really submissive towards 7 year old niece. Loves playing ball but takes it very serious and does not like it if other dogs get too involved. Seems quite depressed lately and sad. She wines a lot – at nothing – it seems to get our attention. Hide under table on chair and sulks.
Pinkie
Female, Dalmation crossed with pointer just over one year old, been fixed. Got her from a terrible pet shop, she looked dead, weighed less than 1 kg. Looked like a starved donkey all bones visible. Took her to vet straight away. Vet stated she was obviously not fed for a couple of days. Treated her like her own puppy. Obviously eats a lot and loves her food. Now 18 kg. Lately became really aggressive. Play fights a lot – which has developed into actual terrible fights. Barks aggressively at anything. Does not seem to mind Mumfie. Plays well with Bambi but if get too excited they fight. (Especially when excited about people at door, garden service and CATS) when they fight she gets Bambi by neck and on her back and stands over her – very difficult to separate them as neither of them give up. Ends up in blood shed and tears. Now lately past week very agro – stares at Bambi then aggressively chases her. Possessive over toys, bed and us. Goes back to eat all the time. When we play ball she gets so excited but then loses focus and eats any food that can be found. Chews coffee table and in process of destroying out last couch. Destroys plants and digs. Hates to be ignored or left alone. Rolls on Bambi – Bambi then often gets hurt – which also can escalate into a fight. Likes to bring in trees and big stones and chew on it. Sniffs wild at anywhere Bambi has been.
General
Food – they get fed twice a day, dog biscuits with chicken and rice and cauliflower and broccoli. Every second night they get chicken livers – they love that. In the mornings they get chicken sausages with left over veggies. They used to get raw hide at least twice a day – but stopped this as Pinkie would steal them all. get greats when we leave. Get treats when we braai. Get the occasional cookie if they are super good – they have not had one for a while. We always leave food down for them. And they always have fresh water.
We come home every lunch time to do damage control. Make sure the dogs are o.k. and make sure they have not damaged couch and other furniture. (The couch is now well protected every time we leave with wire and netting – to avoid the temptation).
We leave them inside but they can go outside through doggie flap. They all are will trained and pee outside. Very seldom that they will pee inside – only when flap is locked when garden service comes – if they pee and mess we don’t shout at them.
No obedience training, but will sit for a treat. They do not really come if you call. No longer taken for walks as they are wild. Often get out of collar then I must run like a wild person to catch them. They are not road smart. Fear that they will get out and be lost or I cannot catch them and they might get run over by car. We no longer use front door. We go through garage door to prevent them running out. We hardly have people over – if so it will be familiar people – never a stranger.
Very tense at home lately. Karl works at home so we don’t have to leave them alone. Constantly tense and our nerves are shot as anything could lead to a fight. Think this is tension rubbing off on dogs. I am very nervous around them lately. But they all get lots and lots of attention. They have their own beds and bench but sometimes allowed to sit with us on couch. They sleep with us on bed – tried for them to sleep in their own beds at night but just a constant fight to get them off so we gave up. When my mother doggie sits they sleep on the floor.
Try to leave them alone as little as possible we do shifts to be at home – they seem to be ruling our lives. We don’t to out at night as they really do not like it. Love our dogs to bits. Not an option to get rid of any of them – would love peace and calm at home not to worry and stress about them all the time. Would like to take them for walks as they would like it. Out dogs are really our lives – we want them to be happy dogs.
Janine said that when her mother “baby sat” while they went away they told her that if the dogs fought, they must put one dog in the bathroom, but when they fought she put herself in the bathroom. They showed me how the table was chewed up, the plants were in cages, I was sitting on their 3rd couch and they were designing a contraption to come down from the ceiling to trap them when they couldn’t catch them. They didn’t use the front door because the dogs ran out when it was opened and they couldn’t get them back and they had no visitors anymore
They also didn’t go out so the dogs weren’t alone. The dogs fought at 3.00 am every morning. She didn’t want to come home anymore, which was actually a good thing because Karl said they were fine when she wasn’t there.
Email from Janine the next day:
Thank you for last night. When we let the dogs in and ignored them they just sniffed all over the place. we just ignored them and went about our own things. When it came to bed time they all rushed to the bedroom. But now that I am thinking like a dog I tricked them I walked to the dog flap as if there was a meeting between them all outside. I casually walked to the bedroom and closed the door behind me. We went to bed. They barked a little – Mumfie was surprisingly very quiet. Bambie whined and Pinkie barked a little soon though they all just slept and for once so did we. Predictably enough at exactly 3 in the early morning Pinkie tried to wake me up as she stared barking to get my attention – she was on her hunting trip. We ignored them and she stopped her barking very soon. We slept well in the morning they came to the door and cried a bit and sniffed at the door. We waited till it was quiet and we both came out of the room and continued to get ready for work, fed them some good chicken and had breakfast. I opened all the curtains they looked at me as if I was mad and I went about my own thing. After my shower I was busy getting dressed and they started to play fight on the bed – normally I would freak out and shout and separate them. This morning I ignored them completely and then casually left the room. I saw in the mirror that they completely stopped and looked at each other as if I’d totally lost it.
We went to work no hassles or tragic good bye kisses and hugs. Not once did they even look for a toy! Lunch time when we went home to ignore them – it was so interesting. We got home to be greeted by Bambie and Pinkie. We ignored them and they soon just went to go sit in their boxes. Mumfie dod not come in to greet us – the bastard. It took him so long till he came in to see us – and then – in his face – we ignored him – so he went out again. Bambie tried re-entering through the flap to get my attention but it did not work. She tried this a couple of times but did not succeed. She then went and lay in her box and rolled on her back to flash me – and I thought the exact same right back at her!!! Pinkie tried to bump into our legs but eventually gave up and went outside. Mumfie tried to trick us. He would sit where it was difficult but not impossible to make eye contact but did not succeed. He just went outside again.
Lunch time was so deafeningly quiet. I really thought my ears were blocked. Not once did they go for the front door. Not once did they bark – even though neighbourhood dogs were barking. I really think this is working. Been reading your book the whole day and now understand why our dogs have such extreme problems as they are emotional and adrenalin addicts. But I really feel empowered I am no longer their clown but now I am the Bitch. Lots of fun – especially because we are seeing the results which in the end will make them into happy dogs. If they are happy dogs – we will be happy again too.
Thank you – will not stop ignoring them at least till I have finished your book. I plan to stay at home along tomorrow afternoon with them to ignore them and finish it. But now I also understand that in the near future they will have to be taken for a sniffle. We will take things slow.
Take care
Janine’s next report
Hi Pam
I just wanted to inform you as to our dog’s behavior. We have now been ignoring them for a week. They have not fought at all. They still bark and jump up when we arrive home. But generally they are much better behaved. What is the next step – when ca we allow them to sniff our hands and give them a little attention – think they have forgotten their names as we never call them or shout at them anymore? Should we just continue ignoring them?
Next report
This training is really like a revolution – I am really spreading the word and I have given your contact details to some many people!! It is wonderful
Hi Pam
Hope you are well, dogs still braking but there have been no fights and little damage so all is good – they love being able to see out. They are much naughtier when they can’t. Looking forward to lead training tomorrow.
Thank you for all your time
My report:
Dogs walking on leads now, meeting visitors, and they are using their front door again!
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