Vince
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Nope, I know better than to get close if you're holding him.
Yep, that's Apollo!
Okay, good advice - lift him up for the meet and greet so he can say hi and get his sniff on.
Ugh, I suck as a dog mom :(
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Nope, I know better than to get close if you're holding him.
Yeah, he's pretty possessive.
But only when someone hugs me - if he's the one getting the love, he's okay.
Nanny Pam
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Here's the problem:
He's just so cute and loveable! I don't really want to establish dominance over him - I'm okay with him getting what he wants when he wants it. Yes, he is spoiled.
He walks fine on the leash. The only time I have to reel him in is when he sees another dog and starts jumping up and down because he wants to go play. But I do shorten him up and make him settle down before we go over to greet the other dog/walker. So that's something. But I'm also not averse to running with him if he wants to chase after a squirrel.
A week or so of ignoring him at the dinner table, or telling him to go lay down (which I hate to do) has scotched that begging business (that I really didn't mind because I have no problem sharing my food with him) until someone else *ahem* is over and feeds him from the table despite my strict instructions not to. But he doesn't do that anymore when it's just us.
So I don't completely suck but Apollo isn't as well-behaved as others might think he should be. I'm not particularly diligent about making him behave because his antics make me laugh and don't annoy me in the slightest. If I'm working and he wants to play, well by god, we go play.
I was never this nice to my kids. Which is probably why they weren't brats and the dog (sort of) is.
So make me feel better about disciplining him.
I am the same way. My dogs get away with so much, including begging, while we eat. I feed them, Hop doesn't. I hate to tell them to go lay down. I get "the look" ... why are you talking to us like that, Mom? So I feel bad and call them back, sometimes. They will listen if I tell them to lay down. I also love it when they come and snuggle with me on the bed. Hop hates it and makes them get on the floor. How crewl is that!?!
I don't know if I could love someone who didn't want Apollo sleeping in the bed. He and Kiki Stinkertoes pretty much own the house.
desertrat
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He does. He thinks everyone who comes over here is coming to see him (which they are) and wants to greet them with enthusiasm - jumping up and down, carrying on like a nut. He's little so it's not like some big huge dog knocking people over, and I never mind a warm welcome from other peoples' pooches, but I have this idea that he should mind his manners for some reason.
We've been working on him having to sit until the visitor greets him and he can't jump on people, but many of them (and you folks know who you are) greet him the second they walk in the door and encourage him to jump up. But I'm aware that not everyone wants some baby mooshball punkin butt being so glad to see them.
So maybe that's the only thing I really have to work on - making him sit and behave when I'm visiting with someone and not letting him think he's the center of the universe (which he is).
The poor thing is oviously starved for attention.
migtig
aka Mrs. Giant
Yep, that's Apollo!
Okay, good advice - lift him up for the meet and greet so he can say hi and get his sniff on.
Be warned though, if your company loves your boy, they might wind up snatching him out of your hands and running off with him. My MIL snatched one of mine last time and wouldn't put him down. She was eyeballing her purse to see if he'd fit and was trying to take him home before the end of the night.
kwillia
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Apollo inspires that sort of larceny as well.
kwillia
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I wince everytime I read that you let Apollo have table scraps... smaller dogs are so prone to pancreatitis it ain't funny... you don't realize what you've done until he gets an attack and then a couple thousand dollars later you hope he survives...
Pancreatitis (Inflammation) in Dogs
Pancreatitis (Inflammation) in Dogs
Nanny Pam
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I wince everytime I read that you let Apollo have table scraps... smaller dogs are so prone to pancreatitis it ain't funny... you don't realize what you've done until he gets an attack and then a couple thousand dollars later you hope he survives...
Pancreatitis (Inflammation) in Dogs
Hear that, Pete??? Summer sausage and cheese with crackers can kill my dog!!!
kwillia
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Our littlest dog sleeps in the bed with me and hubby and she is a snuggler. She always has to press up against someone and if they move over she moves over eventually pushing them out of the bed.
I'll never forget the one night hubby woke me up about 2 a.m. and said, "I'm over here on the edge... can you move her?" I shoke myself awake and said, "She's a freakin' 14 lb dog why can't you just move her yourself?" He replied, "But I don't want her mad at me!" I was then fully awake and shouted, "YOU'D RATHER HAVE ME MAD AT YOU FOR WAKING ME TO MOVE A DUMB DOG?!?!?!?!" He replied, "Yeah! You can get over it... she'll give me 'the look' for days!"
I'll never forget the one night hubby woke me up about 2 a.m. and said, "I'm over here on the edge... can you move her?" I shoke myself awake and said, "She's a freakin' 14 lb dog why can't you just move her yourself?" He replied, "But I don't want her mad at me!" I was then fully awake and shouted, "YOU'D RATHER HAVE ME MAD AT YOU FOR WAKING ME TO MOVE A DUMB DOG?!?!?!?!" He replied, "Yeah! You can get over it... she'll give me 'the look' for days!"
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migtig
aka Mrs. Giant
I wince everytime I read that you let Apollo have table scraps... smaller dogs are so prone to pancreatitis it ain't funny... you don't realize what you've done until he gets an attack and then a couple thousand dollars later you hope he survives...
Pancreatitis (Inflammation) in Dogs
I think it depends on what the "table scraps" are. I feed mine a piece of broccoli or a carrot, or plain rice. Those are things that they would get anyway as a "treat", which even their vet recommends. It's common sense eating - just like with people. I'm not feeding them four course meals with gravy. Though I know they'd like that.
kwillia
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It really can... those used to bigger dogs just don't get it until they see the aftermath. I'm just throwing it out there cause I'll sleep better knowing I at least said it whether you take the advice or not.
kwillia
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I think it depends on what the "table scraps" are. I feed mine a piece of broccoli or a carrot, or plain rice. Those are things that they would get anyway as a "treat", which even their vet recommends. It's common sense eating - just like with people. I'm not feeding them four course meals with gravy. Though I know they'd like that.
I notice you didn't mention feeding her summer sausage and cheese.
He doesn't get a lot of junk food from me. If I'm eating chicken or roasted carrots or something, he can have a bite of that and it won't hurt him. And lately he doesn't get people food at all because we're in behavior modification mode.
But thank you for posting that link. I more worry about him having gastric distress or getting fat than developing a serious problem, so that was good information.
migtig
aka Mrs. Giant
I give them both a nibble of cheese on occassion. It helps later when I need to sneak in some medication in cheese. They wolf it down without question.
kwillia
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Most of this is common knowledge... but I like this link because sometimes we consider something that seems innocent... like cooked turkey or chicken skin... but it really isn't:
Foods Toxic to Dogs | Toxic Foods for Dogs | Dangerous Foods for Dogs
Foods Toxic to Dogs | Toxic Foods for Dogs | Dangerous Foods for Dogs
Pete
Repete
He only got one pound of it.
Most of that stuff - fish bones, raw egg white, Xylitol, mold, coffee - I can't think why anyone would give that to their dog in the first place. Even if they were perfectly harmless, it would never occur to me to give Apollo any of that.