Counter Cruising must stop

Mary H Healey wrote:

Marcel Beaudoin wrote:

"Marie" wrote in news:atednYiOJuAZWPzcRVn-
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So, any suggestions on how to break the countersurfing habit?


Please forgive me, this has been sitting at the front of my mind
since you posted this, and I can't resist.

Get a smaller dog.


Or taller counters.

Or an e-collar. I couldn't resist either.

Gwen

"Marcel Beaudoin" wrote in message
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"Marie" wrote in news:atednYiOJuAZWPzcRVn-
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So, any suggestions on how to break the countersurfing habit?

Please forgive me, this has been sitting at the front of my mind since you
posted this, and I can't resist.

Get a smaller dog.

I am soooo sorry. I couldn't resist.

I know a person with a Teacup Poodle which can jump to the top of the
fridge.

So how's a smaller dog supposed to help? ;-)

Marie

P.S. How's Gen doing?


--
Marcel and Moogli

"Marcel Beaudoin" wrote in message
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"Marie" wrote in news:atednYiOJuAZWPzcRVn-
:

So, any suggestions on how to break the countersurfing habit?

Please forgive me, this has been sitting at the front of my mind since you
posted this, and I can't resist.

Get a smaller dog.

I am soooo sorry. I couldn't resist.

I know a person with a Teacup Poodle which can jump to the top of the
fridge.

So how's a smaller dog supposed to help? ;-)

Marie

P.S. How's Gen doing?


--
Marcel and Moogli

"Marcel Beaudoin" wrote in message
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"Marie" wrote in news:atednYiOJuAZWPzcRVn-
:

So, any suggestions on how to break the countersurfing habit?

Please forgive me, this has been sitting at the front of my mind since you
posted this, and I can't resist.

Get a smaller dog.

I am soooo sorry. I couldn't resist.

I know a person with a Teacup Poodle which can jump to the top of the
fridge.

So how's a smaller dog supposed to help? ;-)

Marie

P.S. How's Gen doing?


--
Marcel and Moogli

"Marcel Beaudoin" wrote in message
. ..
"Marie" wrote in news:atednYiOJuAZWPzcRVn-
:

So, any suggestions on how to break the countersurfing habit?

Please forgive me, this has been sitting at the front of my mind since you
posted this, and I can't resist.

Get a smaller dog.

I am soooo sorry. I couldn't resist.

I know a person with a Teacup Poodle which can jump to the top of the
fridge.

So how's a smaller dog supposed to help? ;-)

Marie

P.S. How's Gen doing?


--
Marcel and Moogli

"Marie" wrote in message
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So, any suggestions on how to break the countersurfing habit?

With Coda, it was easy, he just wasn't overly motivated (or
rewarded) by food on the counter.
With Bodhi, it's a different story. No matter how many times I
tell him "Uh-uh!" or "No!" or whatever, if there is food (or a
pan that once had food in it) on the countertop left where he can
reach it AND no one is home, there's no stopping him.

When I am home, even during the night, no one messes with
anything. But, I know that if I were to entrust him in the day while
were are at work? Forget it, all bets are off. That includes the
small trashcan in our bedroom that usually has used tissues
or holey socks in it. It also includes hair scruchies & boxes
of tissues. They all get put out of reach when I go to work. If not,
I figure it's my own fault for leaving them in his reach when I *know*
he'll most likely get into/destroy them.
Shelly & The Boys

"Marie" wrote in message
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So, any suggestions on how to break the countersurfing habit?

With Coda, it was easy, he just wasn't overly motivated (or
rewarded) by food on the counter.
With Bodhi, it's a different story. No matter how many times I
tell him "Uh-uh!" or "No!" or whatever, if there is food (or a
pan that once had food in it) on the countertop left where he can
reach it AND no one is home, there's no stopping him.

When I am home, even during the night, no one messes with
anything. But, I know that if I were to entrust him in the day while
were are at work? Forget it, all bets are off. That includes the
small trashcan in our bedroom that usually has used tissues
or holey socks in it. It also includes hair scruchies & boxes
of tissues. They all get put out of reach when I go to work. If not,
I figure it's my own fault for leaving them in his reach when I *know*
he'll most likely get into/destroy them.
Shelly & The Boys

"Marie" wrote in message
...
So, any suggestions on how to break the countersurfing habit?

With Coda, it was easy, he just wasn't overly motivated (or
rewarded) by food on the counter.
With Bodhi, it's a different story. No matter how many times I
tell him "Uh-uh!" or "No!" or whatever, if there is food (or a
pan that once had food in it) on the countertop left where he can
reach it AND no one is home, there's no stopping him.

When I am home, even during the night, no one messes with
anything. But, I know that if I were to entrust him in the day while
were are at work? Forget it, all bets are off. That includes the
small trashcan in our bedroom that usually has used tissues
or holey socks in it. It also includes hair scruchies & boxes
of tissues. They all get put out of reach when I go to work. If not,
I figure it's my own fault for leaving them in his reach when I *know*
he'll most likely get into/destroy them.
Shelly & The Boys

"Marie" wrote in message
...
So, any suggestions on how to break the countersurfing habit?

With Coda, it was easy, he just wasn't overly motivated (or
rewarded) by food on the counter.
With Bodhi, it's a different story. No matter how many times I
tell him "Uh-uh!" or "No!" or whatever, if there is food (or a
pan that once had food in it) on the countertop left where he can
reach it AND no one is home, there's no stopping him.

When I am home, even during the night, no one messes with
anything. But, I know that if I were to entrust him in the day while
were are at work? Forget it, all bets are off. That includes the
small trashcan in our bedroom that usually has used tissues
or holey socks in it. It also includes hair scruchies & boxes
of tissues. They all get put out of reach when I go to work. If not,
I figure it's my own fault for leaving them in his reach when I *know*
he'll most likely get into/destroy them.
Shelly & The Boys

"Tee" wrote in message
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"Marie" wrote in message
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One of the (few?) things hubby and I were successful at teaching Macula
when
she was a puppy was not to take stuff from table tops, counters, etc.
The
general rule of thumb was if it was on the floor, it was hers, anywhere
else=don't touch.

Of course things have become more complicated with the kidlets around--a
lot
of stuff on the ground isn't hers anymore and sometimes (her thinking?)
they
intended her to have something but missed the floor, and it needed to be
"cleaned up" from their laps, highchair seats or trays. The
counter-surfing
has now spread to stealing pizza from the dining room table if nobody is
looking.

Obviously, remedial training is required. Problem is, I really can't
remember how I taught Pupster not to countersurf in the first place: I
just
remember thinking "that wasn't so hard."

So, any suggestions on how to break the countersurfing habit?

If you can afford a few of them, the long strips of scat-mat work

What is Scat-Mat, and where can I find it?

Marie

really
well for breaking counter-surfers, unless they're Boxers anyway. The only
real way I know of is to manage the situation by not leaving food you
don't
want the dog to steal on the counter. In my house the counters, trash &
even the grill (hot or cold) is fair game in Fancy's world. No matter how
many timeouts, how many DROP IT!s and so on, food is more important to her
than getting in trouble is. This is pretty much a breed trait so I've
learned to not leave any food on the counter/table/grill, unattended,
unless
I don't mind if Fancy steals it.

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Tara