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Old January 12th 04, 11:26 PM
Shelley
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Default 2 dog family for a while...

Well, we have graduated from our 1 dog family now to 2 for a couple months.
My hubby's 85 year old grandparents have decided to escape the Iowa winter
and drive down to TX for 2 months. They'll be doing lots of traveling and
thought that Pixie, their 1 1/2 year old mini-doxie pup would be happier
playing with Rusty (our 3 year old standard dachshund) for the 2 months
instead of hanging out with them. They dropped her off yesterday with all
of her toys, kennel, bed, etc. but not a leash. That situation was fixed
quickly, since to keep myself sane I need to take them for a walk each day
to work out some of the energy.

Because this dog is going to be with us for the next 2 months, I'd like to
teach her some commands - mostly stay, come, sit, bed (to lay in her bed)
and kennel (since she is kenneled when we're at work so that Rusty can have
some time alone in his house). How do you go about doing that when there
are two dogs? I spend lots of time praising Rusty for doing what he knows
how to do, but when I am trying to correct (verbally only) Pixie for not
doing what he's told, Rusty looks nervous. I don't want him thinking I'm
correcting him but I need to follow through with Pixie... How do you
multiple dog households do this?

Thanks and I'll take some pics of the two of them later this week when life
is a bit more sane so you can see her - she is opposite from Rusty in every
way. Rusty's got stubby little doxie legs, is large boned (for a
Dachshund), and is very dominant. Pixie is dainty, has long-ish legs, and
is very submissive.
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Shelley & Rusty
http://www.bump.us/rusty




 




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