MissPennyLue
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- Jun 20, 2011
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- Bulldog(s) Names
- Penelope Lue (Penny)
Hi!
Penny has been having some super wild behavior at times. As our obedience teacher said she is entering her "adolescence."
We don't always have time after class to talk to the teacher, so I wanted to see if anyone here had any ideas.
We have two new things going on:
1) I just took Penny out to & it reminded me. After she goes, she used to RUN back to the house. The last few times I have taken her, she is now diving at my feet, hanging off my pant legs, & jumping/nipping. I actually have a bruise on my leg where she nipped my leg yesterday. I stop, make her sit and calm down, and then try to walk again. Then she starts all over like a maniac.
2) When she starts to get tired, she jumps on & off of the couch repeatedly. We are really trying to keep her OFF of the couch. She does fine otherwise, but it seems to happen when she is tired (or so we think this is the cause). Normally, if we sit on the floor with her or put her blanket down she will settle. Not lately. Sunday, she actually jumped up on the couch & nipped me on the face (broke skin near the inside corner of my eye!) We do a squirt bottle & my other thought was coins in a can since it would be something different.
Any suggestions or ideas why this is starting? It's not acceptable, so we need to figure out how to nip it before it becomes habit.
Otherwise, she is doing fabulous with obedience training.
Penny has been having some super wild behavior at times. As our obedience teacher said she is entering her "adolescence."
We don't always have time after class to talk to the teacher, so I wanted to see if anyone here had any ideas.
We have two new things going on:
1) I just took Penny out to & it reminded me. After she goes, she used to RUN back to the house. The last few times I have taken her, she is now diving at my feet, hanging off my pant legs, & jumping/nipping. I actually have a bruise on my leg where she nipped my leg yesterday. I stop, make her sit and calm down, and then try to walk again. Then she starts all over like a maniac.
2) When she starts to get tired, she jumps on & off of the couch repeatedly. We are really trying to keep her OFF of the couch. She does fine otherwise, but it seems to happen when she is tired (or so we think this is the cause). Normally, if we sit on the floor with her or put her blanket down she will settle. Not lately. Sunday, she actually jumped up on the couch & nipped me on the face (broke skin near the inside corner of my eye!) We do a squirt bottle & my other thought was coins in a can since it would be something different.
Any suggestions or ideas why this is starting? It's not acceptable, so we need to figure out how to nip it before it becomes habit.
Otherwise, she is doing fabulous with obedience training.