Hi all!!

My son and I are the happy owners of a 4-month-old, male puppy (3/4
bijon frise and 1/4 poodle)... I feel thirty years younger and have
never been in such heaven while the rest of my world can simply wait,
thank you very much!... (perhaps I'm turning into Nero, fiddling in
the flames with my roly-poly little white pile of puppy at my side...)

"Bingo" has been with us less than 24 hours. There is a problem. I
work out of my home, I went to pick up the puppy yesterday morning,
and my son was in school all day yesterday... I bet you already get
the picture (yes, I know, you already read the message headline...)

Eric **absolutely couldn't wait** for Bingo. The irony of it all is,
I was less hurried than Eric to get a family pet. Eric has *observed*
that Bingo tends to "go to Granddaddy" more, but has yet to articulate
that he feels snubbed.

I see a real problem developing here. Bingo is my happy little
shadow, and that doesn't matter whether or not Eric is also on the
sidelines.

If this continues, very soon Eric will feel marginalized by the little
love he has patiently waited so long for.

What should I do? I have to keep working out of my home, and I'm not
about to start home-schooling!!

Thanks for your help... namaste!

Paul, Eric and Bingo

(Paul Bennett) wrote in
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I see a real problem developing here. Bingo is my happy little
shadow, and that doesn't matter whether or not Eric is also on the
sidelines.

If this continues, very soon Eric will feel marginalized by the little
love he has patiently waited so long for.

What should I do? I have to keep working out of my home, and I'm not
about to start home-schooling!!

A couple of things that I (not a trainer) can see.

Dogs liek people different amounts. Take my dog for example. Since the
end of June, my wife has been at home all day with Moogli. He sleeps next
to her in the morning when I leave, and naps next to her when she relaxes
on the couch during the day. He spends *way* more time with her than I
do. Despite that, I am his favourite. If we are together and I get up to
do something, he will follow me to see what I am doing. If she moves, he
opens his eyes and looks at where she is going.

Like other posters have said, Bingo has only been home for a day (or two
now). You are the only constant in his life right now, so you are very
important to him. You offer comfort and security right now.

If you want Bingo to play with Eric, Eric has to be more enticing that
you are. Just ebing there probably won't be enough. Some suggestion that
I have (which probably mirror those of the previous posters) are the
following:

Have Eric take charge of feeding Bingo. Eric should take out the food,
fill the bowl, and put it down.

When you go into obedience class, Eric should be there and should play a
significant part of the training.

Have Eric play with Bingo. Find a toy or something that Bingo *loves* and
have him do it only with Eric, no-one else.

Have Eric get *really* involved with Bingo. Care, feeding, walking. ALl
of that.

--
Marcel and Moogli

"Paul Bennett" wrote in message
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| Hi all!!
|
| My son and I are the happy owners of a 4-month-old, male puppy (3/4
| bijon frise and 1/4 poodle)... I feel thirty years younger and have
| never been in such heaven while the rest of my world can simply wait,
| thank you very much!... (perhaps I'm turning into Nero, fiddling in
| the flames with my roly-poly little white pile of puppy at my side...)
|
| "Bingo" has been with us less than 24 hours. There is a problem. I
| work out of my home, I went to pick up the puppy yesterday morning,
| and my son was in school all day yesterday... I bet you already get
| the picture (yes, I know, you already read the message headline...)
|
| Eric **absolutely couldn't wait** for Bingo. The irony of it all is,
| I was less hurried than Eric to get a family pet. Eric has *observed*
| that Bingo tends to "go to Granddaddy" more, but has yet to articulate
| that he feels snubbed.
|
| I see a real problem developing here. Bingo is my happy little
| shadow, and that doesn't matter whether or not Eric is also on the
| sidelines.
|
| If this continues, very soon Eric will feel marginalized by the little
| love he has patiently waited so long for.
|
| What should I do? I have to keep working out of my home, and I'm not
| about to start home-schooling!!
|
| Thanks for your help... namaste!
|
| Paul, Eric and Bingo

Paul, its pretty typical for the dog to love the head of the household the
most. And you haven't exactly chosen a dog whose breeds demonstrate a great
love for children. You cannot MAKE Bingo pay more attention to you than
Eric, but you can make Eric the keeper of some of the most important
resources in Bingo's life. Could Eric feed Bingo? Be in charge of which
toys Bingo gets to play with today (the others should be stashed away)? Is
Eric old enough to take Bingo to training class?

Our pup totally ignored or ran away from my husband for the first 3 weeks we
had him (the pup not the husband ;-) He stuck to me like glue.

My husband, who gets up early, then then took over the feeding as well as
the morning "constitutional". That did the trick and now they both enjoy
their early morning time together (and I get to sleep in a little).


"Paul Bennett" wrote in message
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Hi all!!

My son and I are the happy owners of a 4-month-old, male puppy (3/4
bijon frise and 1/4 poodle)... I feel thirty years younger and have
never been in such heaven while the rest of my world can simply wait,
thank you very much!... (perhaps I'm turning into Nero, fiddling in
the flames with my roly-poly little white pile of puppy at my side...)

"Bingo" has been with us less than 24 hours. There is a problem. I
work out of my home, I went to pick up the puppy yesterday morning,
and my son was in school all day yesterday... I bet you already get
the picture (yes, I know, you already read the message headline...)

Eric **absolutely couldn't wait** for Bingo. The irony of it all is,
I was less hurried than Eric to get a family pet. Eric has *observed*
that Bingo tends to "go to Granddaddy" more, but has yet to articulate
that he feels snubbed.

I see a real problem developing here. Bingo is my happy little
shadow, and that doesn't matter whether or not Eric is also on the
sidelines.

If this continues, very soon Eric will feel marginalized by the little
love he has patiently waited so long for.

What should I do? I have to keep working out of my home, and I'm not
about to start home-schooling!!

Thanks for your help... namaste!

Paul, Eric and Bingo