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msmileysmomma


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09/30/2008 11:27 PM  

I'm new to the site, hello everyone!

Miley is a generally well behaved puppy. We go for a 20 minute run in the mornings, then she's baby gated in the kitchen with water, food, her sleeping blanket and a few toys for about 9 hours. I come home and we go for another 20 to 30 minute run. We come in play fetch, and work on a few tricks. (Right now it's "dance"...she's not getting it...)

She was doing SO good... so I didn't pen her up for 2 days. In those two days she destroyed multiple dvd cases, picture frames, albums, trash, a roll of wrapping paper, and today last straw a pillow. The fluff was EVERYWHERE.

As SOON as I opened the front door she took one look at me and bolted under the couch. I didn't have time to put on an upset face, or even register what the heck that white stuff everywhere was and she was gone!

Did she KNOW she did something naughty???? I'm going to have to start putting her up again I know. I'm just curious if she KNEW she was being naughty.

AND how can I get her to "dance"-- spin around in a circle on her hind legs?

She already sits

"leaves it" ( I can put a treat up to her nose or mouth and she curls her lip and turns her head til I say good girl lol also works for getting her to drop my underwear etc)

"sits pretty" -- sits up on back legs with her little paws folded in the air

"bang bang!" plays dead lol

and she gets "go outside/walk"

"get in the car"

"get down"

and " make potty"

 

I'm trying to keep her little mind engaged...what else can i teach her and why doesn't she get "dance?"

 

Thanks everyone!

 

ivy


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09/30/2008 11:37 PM  
how old is she? Has she been to the vets to make sure her knees are stable and not hurting to do that one? Welcome to the site and I hope you can post some pictures of your baby. I have a six month old and I crate her anytime we leave the house. She gets to come to work with me so not very often except she does sleep at night in the crate I do not want her to get in to trouble!!
msmileysmomma


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10/01/2008 12:08 AM  

She's a little over a year, and she just had a vet check up three weeks ago. She checked out fine though I didn't think to specifically ask about her knees ...

ivy


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10/01/2008 12:15 AM  
Could just be nothing but just not understanding what you want her to do! Sounds like she is smart enough to figure it out do you use treats to get her up and standing? Have you checked out a book called When Pigs Fly by Jane Killion? It is a clicker training book that I have been reading and it has excellent ideas in it.
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