Porky here: I was a naughty boy today. When we had a 'mergency dis morning, I runned away from momma and made her mad. Den after dat 'citement was over, I grabbed her pen outta her hand and chewed it to bits. She was real mad bout dat too. It was da last one left in da house cause I'm a pen chomper! And she had a 'signment she needed to finish for school. After dat, i runned away from momma wif what was left of da pen. Den she yelled at me.
Dis is da fing I'm 'shamed of. :confused: After momma yelled at me i lifted my leg on her couch cause I was mad at her. Den...I grabbed a computer disk and twied to eat it. Momma was so mad at me. She catched me and said, "Porky I can't take anymore today! For your own good you are taking a Time out!" Den she put me in da kennel and I saw dat I made her cwy! Now, i feel weally bad. After I write dis message, I'm gonna go take a break in my kennel. I always feel bad when i'm dis naughty and momma has to kennel me. Sometimes, we just gotta be naughty though. I guess I picked da wrong day. :confused:
Porky's mom: Porky was such a naughty boy today! He was not listening and just acting up all day. This just compounded my bad day today and I finally had enough. I scooped him up and put him in his kennel, shut the door to the bedroom and walked away. He was in there kicking the side of his kennel and barking and basically throwing a fit for an hour. When he finally, quieted down I let him out and he was a more humble pup. Come monday, my hubby and I are putting wood up in the areas that Porky likes to run into when he is being naughty. ex: under the couches, and other small areas he knows we cant fit. I think it will only take one time for him to smack into the wood when he tries to hide under the couch, for him to quit being such a pest.
I love him to death, but he has been a devil dog the last few days! I think if we elimate all his "hiding" places he will realize that he doesn't have anywhere to run away to. We have tried everything we could possibly think of to get him to stop, but are out of ideas. I know its an alpha male thing and we need to get it resolved ASAP, but if you can't catch him, you can't do much about it when he won't listen. I think the wood thing will help considerably. If you have any other ideas, please let us know. Thanks.
I know this another long post. I'm sorry.
You poor girl..they certainly have there moments, don't they?
Has Porky been neutered yet? My Oscy was neutered early (as soon as we had the ok from our vet) and he has never had an issue with the marking thing. Toby was neutered when he was with he was rescued by the Florida Dachshund Rescue. He was about three years old. We have had a constant battle with the marking. It's been over a year and he is doing quite well but will still do it when he thinks I'm not paying attention. :wink:
Hang in there with out sweet little Porky Pie! He's just doing what a dog's gotta do.... :dontknow:
It sounds to me like maybe Porky is trying to get some attention. One thing you need to do is "Porky proof" your home so he is not able to get pens or disks or anything else inappropriate to chew up. You would do the same for a child, just as you should for a dog. Does Porky have some toys and dog chews he likes? He might be bored and is trying to get your attention. One sure way to help is by taking him for walks, like maybe when you take a break from your studying, take time to have fun with Porky. Exercise would help if he is bored. Try not to lose it when he misbehaves, you need to have patience with training any dog.
Good luck!
Porky knows when you are upset so he is trying to divert your attention to him by trying to get any kind of attention he can even if it is for him being bad. They have Belly Bands for male dogs you can get them at Pets Mart keeps them from marking unfortunately the only thing that will stop marking is neutering him.Dogs sometimes will do anything to get attention they will do bad things or good things just to get any kind of attention.Extra walks will calm both of you down you have had allot going on lately and Dogs pick up on it quick.( This my own opinion all male dogs have an extra invisible bladder so they will always have extra pee to mark things)Porky is trying his best to make you feel better since he knows you are upset. Dogs are smarter than we give them credit for they know before you do on how you are feeling your body language tells all.
Hope things start going better for you all soon.
Papbouv
Porky was neutered at 6 months old and has NEVER marked anything before yesterday. I'm not sure what hit him yesterday. I do think he is getting upset that I am taking college courses and can't devote as much time to him as I used to. I still spend a lot of time with him so I'm totally sure that's what's going on. He gets walked every day for a total of 2 hours or more. When I work on homework, I get out toys and chewies for him to keep entertained while I am working. Also he is free to sit on my lap of right next to me as i do my homework.
I am home all day and when I'm not home he is usually with me or he is at his hugrandmas. He gets constant attention which is why i think its just a boredom thing or a dominance power struggle. He is being much better behaved today. He is obviously not feeling well at all because he is sure cuddly today. Maybe its his way of apologizing? Thanks for your suggestions they were much appreciated!
All I can add is Porky is a teenager doing the teenager thing. I agree with you. I beleive he is exerting his male dominance and is in test mode. Be firm.....but loving. Get in his face and tell him "NO!" when he's a bad boy. Hugs your way! (Sandi glad her grrrls are little old ladies and can't be bothered with such shananagans). Dolly here.....'bout da worstest thing we do is bark our silly heads off when Kevin the UPS dude comes with mommy's Watkins orders. We bark at him ebben dough he bwings us cookies!) :nana:
Porky is a dachshund. Dachshunds are bred to be " clever, lively and courageous to the point of rashness, persevering in above and below ground work, with all the senses well-developed. Any display of shyness is a serious fault." It is these characteristics that contribute to the legendary dachshund stubbornness. After all these guys are supposed to be able to make their own decisions when underground in absolute darkness with a badger somewhere ahead ready to defend itself with tooth and claw. I strongly recommend the book "The Dog Listener" by this lady.http://www.janfennellthedoglistener.com/ My 40+ years of experience with dachshunds confirms a lot of what she says and how she teaches to deal with problem behavior.
I agree with what Papbouv said above. These guys are SMART. Porky knew you were upset and had no idea what to do. He wanted to distract you. He just didn't know how to do it. I've seen this again and again. When their people are in distress, they get worried and try to see if they make a change in the atmosphere. And every dog will break housetraining once in a while. That's just part of being a dog owner. Sometimes when they are ill, sometimes when they are anxious and sometimes just to test the boundaries. Really, the best thing you can do is ignore it completely and eradicate the scent with a cleaner specifically for pet odors. You have to remember that to a dog ANY attention, even negative attention, is a good thing. (this explains why so often a dog will cringe from, but still be devoted to an owner that beats it). So giving no attention is the best thing to do. Jan Fennell is very big on ignoring a dog to get them to behave. To a dog, being ignored is the worst thing that can happen. Your putting Porky in his kennel for a time-out has a similar effect because he wants to be with you.
Hang in there, a dachshund owner has to be cleverer and tougher than the dachshund. Good luck.
Thanks Rich! That sounds like a great book. Porky was much better behaved today. When he is acting stubbornly like yesterday, we have trained him to go to his kennel when we say the words, Time out. This has helped greatly because usually all he needs a quick break to regroup and "think" about what he did to get isolated from his family. I will definately check out that book though.
Sandi, I think you're right about the teenager thing. LOL When i talked to mom last night she said, well he is almost two. Must be the terrible twos. ha ha. He was just bent on acting out yesterday for some reason. I do think a lot of it was stress like Papabouv said.
Papabouv, You are right dogs are WAY smarter than people give them credit for. I didn't event think that he may have been acting like that to divert my attention from the stuff that was bothering me. His behavior has GREATLy improved today.
Thanks again to everyone for their very helpful advice!!!
Rich has some great suggestions. Some of the things that have happened to you in the last several weeks have been almost unbelievable, that is a lot for him to handle. He can't speak in words so he can only convey his stress by his actions. When we analyze things, we are usually the reason for what they do, the challenge is trying to figure out why and how we can fix it. Hallie NEVER tears up her toys, but the other day someone was here with their toddler so I picked up the little girl....Hallie didn't like her Mom holding another baby so she grabbed one of her toys, brought it in front of my feet and started to tear it up. I just had to laugh since I knew what she was trying to tell me (put that baby down NOW and pick ME up!!) I didn't scold her as I understood why she did it and she doesnt normally do that. I'm glad to hear Porky is acting better now, hopefully things will settle down for you, I'm sure that will help a lot. Are you sure he is completely over his concussion?