mistshadow
New member
- Dec 30, 2011
- 31
- 2
- Bulldog(s) Names
- Athena and Ty
Well it's been a while since I've been on the forum, but I finally got my computer back.
Athena is doing well, she recovered from her infection. At her last puppy check we found that she has a bellybutton hernia. They are going to spay her a little early (at 16 weeks) so that they can repair the hernia at the same time. Otherwise a clean bill of health so far. She is getting so big, she is 18 lbs at last check. I think the breeder was right when she said she is going to be a big girl.
we've had quite a few frustrations with her though. One being she loves feet. In any way she can have them, anything from licking, biting, sitting on them, laying on them and sniffing them. It doesn't matter if you have socks and shoes on or not, she has to be on your feet all the time. We give her a firm no, tried squirting her with a water bottle, puppy timeouts in her crate nothing seems to work. Another frustration is I have NEVER had a dog (or bully) that loves to chew/bite the way she does. You can be holding her and trying to pet her and she will try and bite. Even if you don't allow her to she will sit there with her mouth open and try to get to you. She weill chew/bit/lick anything she can get close to her mouth. Whether it be you, furniture, woodwork, toys, bedding, you get the idea. We are constantly trying to redirect her to positive things to chew on. But she goes right back. She has all but destroyed our gaming chair. And as I type this she is trying to destroy her bed. I don't get it. We have provided her with all different types of things to chew on, ropes, dog balls, nylabones, real bones and stuffingless toys. Now she plays with these items also and has destroyed a good many of them already. But it is never enough, she still tries to chew on whatever she can find.
Any thoughts or suggestions would be really appreciated.
Athena is doing well, she recovered from her infection. At her last puppy check we found that she has a bellybutton hernia. They are going to spay her a little early (at 16 weeks) so that they can repair the hernia at the same time. Otherwise a clean bill of health so far. She is getting so big, she is 18 lbs at last check. I think the breeder was right when she said she is going to be a big girl.
we've had quite a few frustrations with her though. One being she loves feet. In any way she can have them, anything from licking, biting, sitting on them, laying on them and sniffing them. It doesn't matter if you have socks and shoes on or not, she has to be on your feet all the time. We give her a firm no, tried squirting her with a water bottle, puppy timeouts in her crate nothing seems to work. Another frustration is I have NEVER had a dog (or bully) that loves to chew/bite the way she does. You can be holding her and trying to pet her and she will try and bite. Even if you don't allow her to she will sit there with her mouth open and try to get to you. She weill chew/bit/lick anything she can get close to her mouth. Whether it be you, furniture, woodwork, toys, bedding, you get the idea. We are constantly trying to redirect her to positive things to chew on. But she goes right back. She has all but destroyed our gaming chair. And as I type this she is trying to destroy her bed. I don't get it. We have provided her with all different types of things to chew on, ropes, dog balls, nylabones, real bones and stuffingless toys. Now she plays with these items also and has destroyed a good many of them already. But it is never enough, she still tries to chew on whatever she can find.
Any thoughts or suggestions would be really appreciated.