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Dog Training Advice

I have recently bought a puppy/dog (under a year but not sure how old) from a rescue centre, he really is quite good except from 2 things one he keeps peeing up bags, black bags, carrier bags, laundry bags, luggage bags even hand bags. The other thing more seriously he keeps chewing through wires, luckily none so far have been plugged in but it could be very dangerous if he carries on, he is very nervous of us still so it is hard to punish him any advice would be appreciated. 
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  • edited July 2011
    Whisper TCE Sadie.

    (But don't ask JaShea99).
  • Could use some sort of rattle when chewing on the wires so he associates it with a horrible sound, depends how nervous you think he is for that though.
  • Could use some sort of rattle when chewing on the wires so he associates it with a horrible sound, depends how nervous you think he is for that though.

    he does it when we're out when we are in he seems fine.
  • edited July 2011
    Off topic: Sorry.

    Wheres the pic of Him ?
  • Could use some sort of rattle when chewing on the wires so he associates it with a horrible sound, depends how nervous you think he is for that though.
    he does it when we're out when we are in he seems fine.
    If you carried something small like one of those old black cases that holds camera film and filled it with some coins you could still use it out. Better than him getting electricuted.
  • Here he is up to no good chewed up contents of waste basket and said waste basket lol
  • I want 1 !!
    He's gorgeous !!
  • Could use some sort of rattle when chewing on the wires so he associates it with a horrible sound, depends how nervous you think he is for that though.
    he does it when we're out when we are in he seems fine.
    If you carried something small like one of those old black cases that holds camera film and filled it with some coins you could still use it out. Better than him getting electricuted.

    when we're out with out him lol, 
  • I want 1 !!
    He's gorgeous !!
    not sure what he is though, he is a mixture of a few i think he has wheaton terrier in him, there were 4 of them abandoned in Canterbury, he was the last one :-(( 
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  • What's wrong with using it out? People do use training aids outdoors as well you know. Or would it embarress you
  • As suggested if you catch him in the act, (we used a coke bottle with pebbles in it, the noise startles them) I confess to telling ours to F*** off if caught chewing just be consistant with what you decide as a deterant Oi, No, ARrrrrgh whatever . After the event is no good, he will have forgotten as soon as he did it. If there is a particular place he favours smear Vick's sinex on the item does no harm, makes their eyes water....................

    And dont listen to MOG, Bailey wants a playmate............Get him into a training class if nothing else to get him socialised. It will also teach him some manners in dog world and the human one  : )

    Google

    Progress Dog training Sidcup as recommmended by German Shepherds ; )

  • Just looked at the picture again, I'm guessing a bit here but he could be teething.!

    Get him a teething toy, Kongs are the best but expensive. Small bones, (please do not cook them) chicken carcass will keep him occupied, once again dont cook it. The bones only become brittle when cooked.

    The chewing may also be a boredom problem, with Kongs you can fill them with treats and watch them work it out.

  • thank you, i'll give it a go
  • give him an old slipper or shoe to chew on, and make it plain it is forbidden when he chews or pees 'inappropriately'. He is certainly a lovely little dog and I hope he gives you years of pleasant companionship
  • Seriously he looks gorgeous.

  • give him an old slipper or shoe to chew on, and make it plain it is forbidden when he chews or pees 'inappropriately'. He is certainly a lovely little dog and I hope he gives you years of pleasant companionship
    The trouble being Lincs, a dog cant tell the difference between an old slipper and a new one. ; )
  • What seems to have worked with my Molly:

    1.  I leave her with a few treats in an empty card box (cereal, toothpaste or whatever) when I go out and she has great delight in shredding it to get at the treats and it distracts her from me going.  Ok so it's a mess, but it goes in the recycling bin afterwards anyway.  Never had much success with 'Kongs'.

    2.  To keep her away from wires etc. when she was young, I bought some plastic coated wire panels approx 50 x 70 cm from Homebase or a Garden Centre and tied three together to act as a fence around precious (you must not touch) areas.  They weren't that expensive and fold up for storage.

    The worse she will do now is shred a tissue if she finds one.

  • Just plug all your appliances in, he will only chew the wire one more time! :-)
  • Sorry Sadie, I missed the peeing thing last night!

    If I'm right and he's still a baby he will not have bladder control yet, therefore will only go 2 maybe 3 hours before wanting to go out, look for the signs :excessive circling, with nose down and arse up, after a drink/meal take him to the garden after exercise he will want to go.

    We were woken every 2 hours by Bailey at 3 months, one suggestion if I may? Crate training............all dogs love a den get him a crate it will teach about where and where not to mess, when he wakes from a kip straight outside he goes and when he does, plenty of praise. He'll soon associate going outside for a dump/wee is a good thing. If like Bailey he loves his crate he'll go there when he wants a bit of piece and quiet, cover it with a blanket he'll turn into his safe place. 

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  • SJ 1981.....as you may know Mrs RM is a dog trainer.....I'll ask her to send some advice to you via inbox over the weekend.
  • Thank you everyone again, the bladder thing isn't too bad just the bags lol, I don't know how he was abandoned but whenever he sees a rubbish bag he pees up it and he hates being tied up so badly he will chew through every lead. So I'm guessing he was tied up and left in an alleyway or somewhere with a lot of rubbish.
  • Latest incident not happy;

    Spent ages and small fortune doing up my lounge/diner brand new carpet fitted yesterday, this morning 'chewy Louie' decided it would be fun to destroy the carpet and ate a chunk out of the middle, not even the corner but actually chewed down into the middle. 

    Really do not know what to do now absolutely livid. 

    Some people are saying get rid, some are saying lock him in the hall (where I am also doing up and he likes chewing door frame, also planning on carpeting stairs soon no doubt he'll chew that too!) Others say get a crate and lock him in there, they are really expensive though.

    aaaarrrrgghhh!! :-(( 
  • edited December 2011

    Get him a teething toy, Kongs are the best but expensive. Small bones, (please do not cook them) chicken carcass will keep him occupied, once again dont cook it. The bones only become brittle when cooked.

    Cheers for that Ray, I have been cooking bones for ours, the above never occurred to me.
  • Latest incident not happy;

    Spent ages and small fortune doing up my lounge/diner brand new carpet fitted yesterday, this morning 'chewy Louie' decided it would be fun to destroy the carpet and ate a chunk out of the middle, not even the corner but actually chewed down into the middle. 

    Really do not know what to do now absolutely livid. 

    Some people are saying get rid, some are saying lock him in the hall (where I am also doing up and he likes chewing door frame, also planning on carpeting stairs soon no doubt he'll chew that too!) Others say get a crate and lock him in there, they are really expensive though.

    aaaarrrrgghhh!! :-(( 
    SJ, when is this happen?
    Obviously when you are not watching, but what I'm asking do you when you go out leave the dog in the lounge?
    or has he done when you've just left him briefly to put the kettle on?
  • Get him a teething toy, Kongs are the best but expensive. Small bones, (please do not cook them) chicken carcass will keep him occupied, once again dont cook it. The bones only become brittle when cooked.

    Cheers for that Ray, I have been cooking bones for ours, the above never occurred to me.
    Benny, never give any cooked bones to your dogs, I always believe the old wives tales about not feeding chicken bones to your dogs, its the cooking that does the damage. Load bearing beef bones will knacker a dogs teeth especially a puppy, because they wont give in trying to get the marrow from it. I know Mrs Redmidland feeds her dogs on Raw food so she's the expert on that, but Bailey is not fussed but likes the odd bit of chicken and loves a frozen chicken wing or chicken lollies as Mrs TCE calls them.
  • Latest incident not happy;

    Spent ages and small fortune doing up my lounge/diner brand new carpet fitted yesterday, this morning 'chewy Louie' decided it would be fun to destroy the carpet and ate a chunk out of the middle, not even the corner but actually chewed down into the middle. 

    Really do not know what to do now absolutely livid. 

    Some people are saying get rid, some are saying lock him in the hall (where I am also doing up and he likes chewing door frame, also planning on carpeting stairs soon no doubt he'll chew that too!) Others say get a crate and lock him in there, they are really expensive though.

    aaaarrrrgghhh!! :-(( 
    SJ, when is this happen?
    Obviously when you are not watching, but what I'm asking do you when you go out leave the dog in the lounge?
    or has he done when you've just left him briefly to put the kettle on?
    It happened early hours of the morning. I always let him stay in the lounge when we are out/ in bed and unless we leave anything on the floor or where we can get it he is generally well behaved he doesn't wee anywhere any more and never soils unless he has an upset stomach but we never had carpet down before. I have tried locking him out of the lounge with some blankets for him to lie on but he just chews the door frame trying to get in and continuously howls at the bottom of the stairs if it's the night time.
  • Latest incident not happy;

    Spent ages and small fortune doing up my lounge/diner brand new carpet fitted yesterday, this morning 'chewy Louie' decided it would be fun to destroy the carpet and ate a chunk out of the middle, not even the corner but actually chewed down into the middle. 

    Really do not know what to do now absolutely livid. 

    Some people are saying get rid, some are saying lock him in the hall (where I am also doing up and he likes chewing door frame, also planning on carpeting stairs soon no doubt he'll chew that too!) Others say get a crate and lock him in there, they are really expensive though.

    aaaarrrrgghhh!! :-(( 
    SJ, when is this happen?
    Obviously when you are not watching, but what I'm asking do you when you go out leave the dog in the lounge?
    or has he done when you've just left him briefly to put the kettle on?
    To further the subject SJ, Bailey was crate trained from a Puppy (at about 9 weeks) and once he was house trained we folded down the crate Bailey hated it. Dogs love a den its a place of safety to them, Bailey will eat his dinner and go to bed, if he decides it time for bed he takes him self of to bed covered in a old blanket its darker and cooler then the rest of the house. To keep him occupied if you have to leave him Kongs at about a fiver filled with his favourite treats will keep entertained better still freeze them overnight, if we leave Bailey for a while we leave a radio on. Dependant on the size of your dog a crate start at about 20 quid ebay is the best place, but one thing about crates, never use the crate as a place of punishment for your dog, no matter what you dog has done it doesnt know its done wrong, it only knows what pleases you, treat every good thing he does with excitable high pitched encouragement and treats, chewing furniture is easily treated, apply Vicks vapour rub at their favourite chewing place that will stop that in a hurry it wont harm him because he wont go near it.
  • What I would suggest is something we do, wear an old teeshirt for the day and before leaving him for the night put the shirt in his bed your scent will reassure him and he will snuggle up to it, he is howling for your attention give in, and he has won! the first time you respond to the howling the game is over. Crate training is the way forward, you are making changes (new carpet) your dog dont know its new, but he knows that where he sleeps is below it. Give him a sanctuary, somewhere to call his own once he's realises its his he'll love it.
  • What I would suggest is something we do, wear an old teeshirt for the day and before leaving him for the night put the shirt in his bed your scent will reassure him and he will snuggle up to it, he is howling for your attention give in, and he has won! the first time you respond to the howling the game is over. Crate training is the way forward, you are making changes (new carpet) your dog dont know its new, but he knows that where he sleeps is below it. Give him a sanctuary, somewhere to call his own once he's realises its his he'll love it.
    yes think I will get one, do you know of any for sale?
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