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About one and a half years ago, we adopted an 8 month old puppy (golden retriever mixed with who knows what, is our guess). She had been abused, physically (we think, by her reactions to sudden movement) and was also left chained outside, no matter the weather.
She has always been a mild dog, and after a year with us, she has learned to walk on a leash, no longer flinches and cries when someone moves suddenly, has gained a ton of confidence and is pretty much a normal dog who has moved past her rough puppy-hood. She's bright and now knows sit, roll over, spin, lay down, shake, high five and "dead dog"
She has recently started getting in the trash. This is completely new behavior. We bought a baby lock for it, but it hasn't stopped her from dumping it over. At first it was only when we were out, but she woke me up at 4 in the morning knocking over the trash the other morning.
So this weekend we were gone for a couple of hours, and put the trash can in the garage. when we got home, she had apparently pulled dirty dishes off of the counter/in the sink and they were spread all over the kitchen floor. How she didn't break a plate is beyond me.
As soon as she sees us walk in, she runs and hides, even before we see the mess
instead of coming to greet us like she normally would.
We have a kennel, and we do use it, I just don't like to keep her in there all day if I can help it.
Any advice?
the furry monster here
She has always been a mild dog, and after a year with us, she has learned to walk on a leash, no longer flinches and cries when someone moves suddenly, has gained a ton of confidence and is pretty much a normal dog who has moved past her rough puppy-hood. She's bright and now knows sit, roll over, spin, lay down, shake, high five and "dead dog"
She has recently started getting in the trash. This is completely new behavior. We bought a baby lock for it, but it hasn't stopped her from dumping it over. At first it was only when we were out, but she woke me up at 4 in the morning knocking over the trash the other morning.
So this weekend we were gone for a couple of hours, and put the trash can in the garage. when we got home, she had apparently pulled dirty dishes off of the counter/in the sink and they were spread all over the kitchen floor. How she didn't break a plate is beyond me.
As soon as she sees us walk in, she runs and hides, even before we see the mess
instead of coming to greet us like she normally would. We have a kennel, and we do use it, I just don't like to keep her in there all day if I can help it.
Any advice?
the furry monster here
) was obsessed with the vegetable patch, to the point we buried him there when he died. Honestly, we had to build Fort Knox to keep him off the ruddy thing...!
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