We adopted an almost seven year old "mill" Bichon in March. She had been a
breeder dog. We have three other dogs that helped socialize her, help her
learn to play and to potty train her. She's gone from being terrifed to
jumping in my lap to get the hugs and pets the other guys get.

She is house trained. She doesn't mess on the floor or rugs or pee inside.
She does, however, pee in the food dishes!??? Naturally she does this in
the food dishes of the other dogs. We are trying to grab bowls up very
quickly as each one is finished eating, but we aren't fast enough. She
likes the other dogs. She plays with them and sleeps with them. I need
some kind of approach to take with her regarding this. I'm not sure how to
redirect it and it's nearly impossible to catch her at it. Two eat in the
kitchen, two in the breakfast nook.

Do we just need to be three times faster and catch her, or is there some
other thing we might try?

Thanks in advance,

Debbie

I can't offer help on changing the behavior--I'm not sure what I'd do in
that situation.

But if you're just looking to remove the opportunity and the other dogs are
larger than the Bichon you could just raise the bowls off the floor. An
inexpensive solution would be to find a short stepstool and place the bowls
on top or if you don't mind the unattractive look just get a cinderblock.
If you want to be more stylish they sell metal racks to raise bowls up for
bigger dogs with creaky joints. Is that possible in your case? You didn't
say what breeds the other dogs were.

If not you may have to feed them in separate areas until you can find a way
to stop the behavior.

I can't offer help on changing the behavior--I'm not sure what I'd do in
that situation.

But if you're just looking to remove the opportunity and the other dogs are
larger than the Bichon you could just raise the bowls off the floor. An
inexpensive solution would be to find a short stepstool and place the bowls
on top or if you don't mind the unattractive look just get a cinderblock.
If you want to be more stylish they sell metal racks to raise bowls up for
bigger dogs with creaky joints. Is that possible in your case? You didn't
say what breeds the other dogs were.

If not you may have to feed them in separate areas until you can find a way
to stop the behavior.

I can't offer help on changing the behavior--I'm not sure what I'd do in
that situation.

But if you're just looking to remove the opportunity and the other dogs are
larger than the Bichon you could just raise the bowls off the floor. An
inexpensive solution would be to find a short stepstool and place the bowls
on top or if you don't mind the unattractive look just get a cinderblock.
If you want to be more stylish they sell metal racks to raise bowls up for
bigger dogs with creaky joints. Is that possible in your case? You didn't
say what breeds the other dogs were.

If not you may have to feed them in separate areas until you can find a way
to stop the behavior.

"roxanne" wrote in message
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I can't offer help on changing the behavior--I'm not sure what I'd do in
that situation.

But if you're just looking to remove the opportunity and the other dogs
are
larger than the Bichon you could just raise the bowls off the floor. An
inexpensive solution would be to find a short stepstool and place the
bowls
on top or if you don't mind the unattractive look just get a cinderblock.
If you want to be more stylish they sell metal racks to raise bowls up for
bigger dogs with creaky joints. Is that possible in your case? You
didn't
say what breeds the other dogs were.

If not you may have to feed them in separate areas until you can find a
way
to stop the behavior.


Gee, I hate it when I leave out something important. Two of the other dogs
are also Bichons, the fourth is a Doxie. She's no problem. She eats fast
and I move her bowl. The Bichons are slow. A few bites here, a few bites
there.

Thanks so much for the response. I'm going to keep plugging on this.

Debbie

"roxanne" wrote in message
...
I can't offer help on changing the behavior--I'm not sure what I'd do in
that situation.

But if you're just looking to remove the opportunity and the other dogs
are
larger than the Bichon you could just raise the bowls off the floor. An
inexpensive solution would be to find a short stepstool and place the
bowls
on top or if you don't mind the unattractive look just get a cinderblock.
If you want to be more stylish they sell metal racks to raise bowls up for
bigger dogs with creaky joints. Is that possible in your case? You
didn't
say what breeds the other dogs were.

If not you may have to feed them in separate areas until you can find a
way
to stop the behavior.


Gee, I hate it when I leave out something important. Two of the other dogs
are also Bichons, the fourth is a Doxie. She's no problem. She eats fast
and I move her bowl. The Bichons are slow. A few bites here, a few bites
there.

Thanks so much for the response. I'm going to keep plugging on this.

Debbie

"roxanne" wrote in message
...
I can't offer help on changing the behavior--I'm not sure what I'd do in
that situation.

But if you're just looking to remove the opportunity and the other dogs
are
larger than the Bichon you could just raise the bowls off the floor. An
inexpensive solution would be to find a short stepstool and place the
bowls
on top or if you don't mind the unattractive look just get a cinderblock.
If you want to be more stylish they sell metal racks to raise bowls up for
bigger dogs with creaky joints. Is that possible in your case? You
didn't
say what breeds the other dogs were.

If not you may have to feed them in separate areas until you can find a
way
to stop the behavior.


Gee, I hate it when I leave out something important. Two of the other dogs
are also Bichons, the fourth is a Doxie. She's no problem. She eats fast
and I move her bowl. The Bichons are slow. A few bites here, a few bites
there.

Thanks so much for the response. I'm going to keep plugging on this.

Debbie