train my dog

I’m pretty sure I have the worst dog in the world. Not only did she get diarrhea and pooed and peed all over our bedroom carpet two days in a row, now she has discovered a creature living under the shed in the back yard and has become obsessed with trying to get at it. By obsessed I mean I cannot get her back inside without physically grabbing her collar and holding (dragging) on until we get all the way inside and once inside she barks (in her Husky way) until I banish her to the bathroom (her official time out zone). Sigh. She’s lucky she’s cute.

I’m not proud to admit I might have thrown a low blow but we’ve had this dog for two years and we haven’t been the best dog owners. I threatened the DH with the possibility of finding her a new owner if we don’t start walking her regularly, BOTH of us. I’m currently the only one walking her and sporadically at that. Today I strapped on the carrier and walked the dog. What a disaster! She pulled my arm off and practically gave the baby whiplash. I was so angry with her I tried kicking her but she had whipped around in the other direction before my foot connected. It got better further into the walk but I will not be walking her with the baby again until she can walk properly. Now she’s an angel sitting at my feet but I seriously came close to “accidentally” letting her off her leash. She’s such a great dog, I really hope we can get our crap together. It breaks my heart that we aren’t giving this dog the proper attention she deserves. Don’t worry she gets plenty biscuits and sleeps in our room but this dog needs more than a nice pat on the head. I really hope my DH can get that through his thick head. He’s not the one dealing with a wild demon whirling through the house when he’s at work.

My dog goes into time out more than a typical toddler. When she talks back (not an actual bark but a loud enough dog noise to wake the baby) I send her to our downstairs bathroom until she calms down. Now I just have to stand up before she scurries to her time out spot. Today she found a potato that rolled off the counter and used it as a ball/chew toy. Yuck. A least it wasn’t poop this time.

My dog loves to hide. Yesterday she hid under the futon in SB’s room while I was attempting to put him to sleep. Once SB was asleep guess who emerges and and starts talking? Yep Dear ole Dog. sigh.

pic is of the day we couldn’t find her in the hotel room and realized she had staked out under the bed.

Why does my dog prefer the baby blanket to the gigantic bed I just bought her. Everyday I spend half an hour shouting, “get off the blanket” and throw her bone back on her own bed. But the thing that really kills me is the whining. OMG how bad can your poor doggie life be? You’ve been out, you don’t have diarrhea today, I walked you, gave you some milk bones, rawhide bones, and pig ears, fed, and watered you. What the hell could you possibly want? She’s lucky she’s cute.

The pic is of the dog watching a cat on tv.

hate the dog. She went bonkers yesterday, trying to eat stuffed animals, running around the whole house like a wind up toy. I finally took her on a walk last night and she calmed down but this morning I let her out for 5 minutes and she was digging under the stairs. Came in covered in mud. What is wrong with this dog? On the plus side she’s doing great with the baby and they actually “talk” to each other. He squeals and she makes these ar ar ar sounds. Plus SB thinks its hilarious when I yell at her. He thinks we’re playing. If he only knew.

I can’t believe it but she rolled in poop again!!!! I thought I had cleaned it all up but evidently I missed some. I bring her in from being outside and she’s got mud all over her face. Upon closer inspection I realize it’s POOP! It was all matted with her fur so I just cut it off instead of trying to bathe her since it’s cold outside and there is no way I was gonna put her in the tub. Then I tried scrubbing her face but she still stinks so I scheduled her appointment with Petsmart tomorrow morning. Thing is after scrubbing my own hands about 6 times I still smell like poo too. I don’t know how to get rid of the smell. Tried 3 different soaps and an antibacterial gel. I hate this dog sometimes. And to think I was literally going to write a nice entry on what a good dog she’s been these past three days.

god damn dog has peed inside three times. Twice while I was putting the leash on her in front of the door. ARRRGGGGHHHHHH. I’m not a violent person and I’ve never wanted to beat the living crap out of anything or anyone before but man is she testing my patience!

I love this dog but sometimes I wish we didn’t have her. It is so hard to meet her needs with the new baby. I wish my husband would walk her more but he doesn’t see the importance of it since he isn’t with her all day. And now it’s too cold to bring the baby along so even our short walks have been put on hold..

I got the training collar from cesar milan since I’ve tried four other collars to date and she still pulls like crazy. This new collar is better but she is so damn rebellious and wants to do her own thing. With more exercise and attention I’m sure she’d be a lot easier to train but with a baby and a husband who works a lot, this continues to be an issue. At least with this collar I feel safe that she isn’t going to slip out and get herself killed. With the crazy way people drive if she got loose she’d be a goner. I’m gonna try to take her on a good long walk this weekend since the husband is off work.