That moment you knew you were in for a fun ride?

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by RLHAR on 24 February 2010 - 15:02

Disclaimer: This thread is for sharing fun moments with your dogs, not requesting training advice.

Ever had that 'ah hah!' moment with a young dog, when they do something that both makes your proud and also lets you know you're going to be in for one hell of a ride?

So as of today I've had my new boy for a week. He's 5 months old and I can only rave on the socialization and training he received so far from Eurosport's puppy program.

What's been fun is watching him establish himself against my 3 year old GSD female. Now, you all know I love my girl to death but with our previous male she was an incredible bully because he was incredibly submissive. This new young man in our lives, has firmly put her in her place in regards to bullying him.

It's funny, because he takes her lead on just how to hang around the house, how to hang out in the yard and everything like that but when it comes to meal times, he puts his paw down. He's not going to be bullied off his yum yums and if she leaves her bowl and he wants to investigate it, he's going to do so and she better not grumble about it!

It's the first time I've ever seen any dog really stand up to her and seen her back down and accept it! This at 5 months old!

I have a feeling I'm going to be having a damn fine time with him out on the training field!!! Of course with who his Daddy is, I shouldn't be surprised.

So, anyone else want to share a 'butterflies in the tummy' moment?

by happyday on 24 February 2010 - 16:02

Butterfly in the tummy moment...lol -

I get up and take my 13 month old- 90 pound male out in the morning - 4:30 am - pitch dark outside - I haven't been taking him out on a pinch - cause hey - it is 4:30 in the morning and the grass is 5 feet from the back door - he pee's on command - so other than it taking him 5 minutes to get it all out - it is a quick thing. back in house - get ready for work.. But lately it seems there is always something hiding in the shadows - the first day - he let out a growl and a lunged and he was off - the basket ball goal was right there and I wrapped myself around it - but he yanked me off of it - he yanked me several times before I could get a "no" out... Days go by - I swear I won't go back out with out a pinch... but 4:30 am rolls back around and the same thing happens - but this time instead of me wrapping my body around the goal - I wrap the flexy line around it and that stopped him. Butterfly's in my stomach at 4:30 in the morning - and I have a great Idea....put the dog on the pinch - this won't happen again at 4:30 am.... lesson learned--maybe?

happyday

by ShadyLady on 24 February 2010 - 17:02

RL & Happy, I love those moments, no matter how frustrating! ;-) New puppies or dogs that show that extra spark in intelligence, confidence and energy always win me over.

My avatar picture is a good example. It was taken right after I got her. Here she was jumping over logs and stalking grasshoppers.lol There was no way you could not observe her and think, "Wow, she's so cool." The other side of that coin though comes later as, "Wow, she's such a handful!" haha. I wouldnt have it any other way. A dead head dog is no fun.

by flygirl55 on 24 February 2010 - 18:02

My "oh boy" moment came when my neighbor had gotten a herd of sheep (she does Border Collies). Well, they bring the trailer up to the paddock to unload the sheep. Of course, my gang including my 10 month old girl, are watching the whole process (it's better than TV...LOL). So, one of the sheep decides that SHE is not going in the paddock and takes off up the fence line (this is a 15 acre field , mind you). The little one sees this sheep flying towards her and decides that she is going to take care of it. Through the 3 board fence AND hot wire she goes and takes off after the ewe... all I can think is HOLY CRAP!!! Sheep goes flying with her in hot pursuit.... Thank the Gods she really listens - I scream at her to "heir" twice and she breaks off and comes back. Whew - the only problem was getting her back on my side of the fence - she hit the hot wire and wigged(she forgot that she hit it on the way OUT!). I eventually got ahold of her and squished her under the bottom board and the hot wire. Turns out she is a herding fool (planning to compete with her). Of course, my others were just watching and trying to figure out if they were in trouble or not....

by mollyandjack on 24 February 2010 - 18:02

Ohhh man...

First week (ish) of ownership. I had bought the dog as a "deterrent"...he had been looked at by a police dept. and they had liked his civil drive but he didn't seem to have prey drive/retrieve drive. Not surprising, because he hadn't had any drive building in his two years of life.

So I decide to take him to a fenced area, just to see if I could get him interested in the ball. He had bonded quickly and tightly to me, so it was easy to keep his interest at least on me. After a few quick movements of the ball, he gets really excited. I toss it and he brings it back, we play tug and then I toss the second ball. We do this for a little while, maybe five minutes, till he gets wise. He knows I have the second ball. He leaves the thrown ball out in the field and comes for me full speed...

...launches himself into the air at me
...hind feet to my stomach
...punches me in the face with one paw
...goes for the ball

My glasses fly off , I fall down and I drop the ball. He wins. Takes the ball back over to the other ball, and lays on top of both his prizes.

No drive though!
The only problem I've had with his retrieve is that he's so damn POSSESSIVE.

by Mindhunt on 24 February 2010 - 19:02

My first male was 4 months old when I knew we were in for it. I used to wonder how the dog food in a trash can with a lid on it used to disappear so fast and Loki was gaining weight even though I was meticulous about his food amounts. One night I heard a rattling out in the garage so I went to quietly investigate. The back door to the garage was open, the lid was off the food can, Loki helping himself. When he was done, he put the lid on, pushed it down with his paw, walked in the back door, closed it with his nose, saw me and quietly went to his crate to lay down. I guess the teeth marks on the round door knob should have clued me in. We have to have latches on all our doors out of his reach.

Ronin climbed up the ladder behind me, 2 stories and chirped to let me know he was there. When he jumped through a midlevel window to "save" me when he heard me give a scream to the neighbor girl (4 years old) in her new Halloween costume.

I could go on with my other ones, I love those moments but I also do the mental "uh oh"

by DebiSue on 24 February 2010 - 21:02

Eight weeks old, first day. Echo watched me get her water from the kitchen sink. I only used a small ceremic bowl because she wasn't really big enough for the large stainless steel bowl. Some time later I hear a wierd noise coming from my kitchen...kind of a long thump-scrape, thump-scrape sounding thing going on. I go into the dark kitchen and find Echo jumping against the cupboard door and sliding down to sit position over and over again. She never took her eyes off the prize. I looked at her water bowl and it was dry. That was my uh-oh moment. Strange house, strange people but she had the water figured out and by golly she was going to help herself. I still have scratches on the front of the kitchen sink cupboard and that's ok. She keeps me on my toes!

by RLHAR on 25 February 2010 - 03:02

Wonderful stories everyone!

I have another one from tonight.

So it's been a week since I picked him up at the airport and tonight, he was introduced to a 12 week old puppy. Completely just one of those things, I had him out at a friend's OB class and someone brought in a 12 week old puppy. The puppy of course came over to investigate, though the puppy was already VERY well played with and much more interested in it's owner than me and my boy. Still, my guy sat politely at the end of his leash, not an aggressive move in his body as this little one came over and tried to entice him into wanting to play.

He tried to put a paw on the puppy a couple of times but puppy chewed cheerfully at his mouth and he just pricked his ears and thought puppy was the cutest thing.

This is the dog who will go off like a bear at anyone who approachs his yard, yet when he's on leash, he's a complete young gentleman.

Yes, he was rewarded with lots of yummy treats for his 'obedience' to me while the little one was scampering around.

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