OMG! Daisy is driving me NUTS today! I figured that she must think that being almost one gives her the priviledge to do ANYTHING she wants! I was cleaning my bird cage, and Daisy LOVES to bark at them. My parakeets are really tame, ( Well, at least one is, but I have had her for 6 years, so she knows the rules) but my male likes to flutter around the cage when I clean it, and Daisy goes wild. BOTH birds have been here longer than Daisy has, and she likes to keep her paws on the wall and bark at Parker. Penelope just stays in the middle of the cage, but she has a perch she likes, so she always sits on it, ( But it is connected to the side of the cage, where Daisy likes to stand by.) But Penelope could care less if Daisy barks at her. So her sitting there is fine. But Parker hates her barking.
He squeals and chirps, making Daisy go even more nuts. I will say "Daisy, no, leave him alone" but she walks around me, and goes to the other side of the cage. I know she loves to hunt, but she just can't hunt my birds. I won't allow it. But today, I decided to re-arrange Parker & Penelope's cage, so Parker was flying around the cage even more. Daisy re-peated the barking, and climbing the wall, etc. Then, Parker was on the side of the cage, and Daisy BIT HIM! I think she bit his foot. But that is still really bad! He is all puffed up at the side of the cage, and I sure hope he isn't too hurt. When I went to pick him up to check his foot, he bit ME! SO something is wrong. Really wrong.
I TRY SO HARD to keep Daisy out of my room, but she likes to sleep on the mountain of blankets, stuffed animals, jackets, etc. in there. The mountain is her favorite spot to sleep on, so I just leave my closet door open, and she goes in there and sleeps. But the birds stay in their cage, and in my room. So when they chirp or preen their feathers, she gets up and barks, yet again, causing all of this trouble.
She also will not listen. If I say "Daisy, come here." she will look at me, and look at the direction she wants to go, and go the OPPOSITE direction. So I say more sternly "Daisy, come." She still keeps on walking. So I get up, go and get her, and then I am mad, but she got her way. If I yell, then she will run, and want me to chase her, and she's thinking "Wow! Mommy sure is slow, but this is really fun!" and that is not the point. Even if I tell her during dinner, "Go lay down." she usually goes and plops down in her bed. But the past two weeks have been the exact opposite. She won't even listen to my mom. And i don't want her to feel that she is the princess and I am her slave. That's not the way it works. Or at least I think it dosen't work that way, but Daisy thinks otherwise. I just am getting very frustrated with her. Can you guys help me?  |