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Taking one dog out and leaving the others at home
No problem with the pup or the old fellers. They're getting used to
each other and settling down. I do have one slight problem tho As you can imagine, the pup needs training. Particularly lead training. The problem being that after ten years as you can imagine the old guys and me kinda fall into our routines. Sasha walks on the outside and B.A walks between sasha and me. Now, the pup as you can understand needs lead training. The problem is I feel guilty taking the young pup out for a walk to lead train and socialise with environments and leaving the old guys at home. I do take the old guys out and leave the pup at home as well but am I likely to put some noses out of joint if I take the pup out and not the old fellas? And vis versa ? By not taking them out I dont mean I never take the old guys out. Just that I would like to take them out as a group. Treat them all the same so to speak. |
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Handsome Jack Morrison wrote:
On Sat, 22 Jan 2005 10:18:50 +1300, Trog wrote: As you can imagine, the pup needs training. Particularly lead training. "Lead training" doesn't occur in group walks. shudder Tell me about it Lead train your pup separately. Then take your old guys for a walk (yes, without your pup). AFTER your pup has been suitably lead trained, then, if you must, take them all out together for group walks. I want the dogs to live in harmony. And if the boss dog is not always around, (me) in other words sometimes the dogs are left on there own, I would hate there to be any, eh, angst ? amung them and so disrupting the harmony with them. I do take the old guys out and leave the pup at home as well but am I likely to put some noses out of joint if I take the pup out and not the old fellas? So...DO YOUR JOB. Now probelms with that. but I dont want to cause any jelaousy from the old guys to the new guy. |
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Leah wrote:
Dogs live in the here and now, right this second. When you take one out and leave the others home, they don't like it, but when you're back it's over. They don't sit and stew about it. :} I'm not quiet so sure about that leah. The two old guys I have always taken them both out together. Traveled the country, touring etc. Everything I do with one I do with the other. With Sasha and B.A, they are always together. Now, I tried something the other day to see what would happen. With the partner and the kids at home I took out Sasha. B.A, the one I left at home was whining and generally would not settle. But the he's always been a needy character anyway. Yet, if I go out and leave them both at home my partner tells me there's no problem with either of them. Problems between pack members usually happen over a resource. If there's one rawhide on the floor and two dogs want it, for example. Or if you're actively giving attention to one, and the other feels left out. That never happens around here. What goes for one goes for all snip |
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Trog wrote:
Dogs live in the here and now, right this second. When you take one out and leave the others home, they don't like it, but when you're back it's over. They don't sit and stew about it. :} I'm not quiet so sure about that leah. The two old guys I have always taken them both out together. Traveled the country, touring etc. Everything I do with one I do with the other. With Sasha and B.A, they are always together. Now, I tried something the other day to see what would happen. With the partner and the kids at home I took out Sasha. B.A, the one I left at home was whining and generally would not settle. But the he's always been a needy character anyway. Yet, if I go out and leave them both at home my partner tells me there's no problem with either of them. Dogs are also creatures of habit. Your two are used to going out together. When you leave one home, you're breaking a routine. Like you said, if they're both home, no problem. But one without the other is something new and disturbing. -- Family Dog Trainer "It's A Dog's Life" http://hometown.aol.com/dfrntdrums/m...age/index.html Get Healthy, Build Your Immune System, Lose Weight http://www.re-vita.net/dfrntdrums |
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