I wish Clyde would lay down, just like once a day for like 20 minutes. He is 10 months and has never layed down... unless I put him in his kennel. Everyone talks about the enegry level but I still think I am dealing with a crazier than normal V...ADD of Vizslas if you will. Still love him though...at least I will be pleasently suprised if I ever decide to do this to myself again. Thanks for asking. Anna
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Nothing major comes to mind. I personally feel he is the way he is because of us and he can't help it. All in all he is a great dog, except when he will not listen, but even that is getting better.
So, if I had to choose one thing, it would be that he learn to lie down in the bed we bought for him. I would like to have him lie/sleep in that at night instead of his crate. Now he just attacks it and tries to shake the living bejeezus out of it ;D.... one day he'll understand :
So, if I had to choose one thing, it would be that he learn to lie down in the bed we bought for him. I would like to have him lie/sleep in that at night instead of his crate. Now he just attacks it and tries to shake the living bejeezus out of it ;D.... one day he'll understand :
thanks for your replies guys .... I am probably goin to upset you both as Purdey seems the total opposite of both your V's.....As I type this Purdey is sleepin upside down in her night bed still snoozing ( she's tired only been asleep 10 hours!) and apart from 10/20 mins of that typical V tearing round the garden and the velcroness of her I would say thats the only similarities she has of the breed!!!!!!
But having said that she's gorgeous,clever,loyal,loving,mad as a hatter (just like me!)and much much more but the one thing I would change FOR HER is to give her more confidence...Purdey is a very nervous girl who at the moment is seeing a dog behaviourist (who is also our trainer so has know Purdey from 10 weeks)...
So if I could Change anything for my soon to be birthday girl it would be that she could have a stress free life and not to feel scared ever again
.... I am probably goin to upset you both as Purdey seems the total opposite of both your V's.....As I type this Purdey is sleepin upside down in her night bed still snoozing ( she's tired only been asleep 10 hours!) and apart from 10/20 mins of that typical V tearing round the garden and the velcroness of her I would say thats the only similarities she has of the breed!!!!!! But having said that she's gorgeous,clever,loyal,loving,mad as a hatter (just like me!)and much much more but the one thing I would change FOR HER is to give her more confidence...Purdey is a very nervous girl who at the moment is seeing a dog behaviourist (who is also our trainer so has know Purdey from 10 weeks)...
So if I could Change anything for my soon to be birthday girl it would be that she could have a stress free life and not to feel scared ever again
I have thought about this a lot over the last two and a bit years : At different times I've said "if he would just..... then he'd be perfect"
What I'd really like is for Merc not to react to people he doesn't like with a big woof. I can live with the excess energy, with the insistence on cuddles, with the love of rolling in disgusting, unidentifiable things but I would like to be able to take him out in public with confidence.
However I have to admit it's my fault for not socialising him enough as a puppy. I did a great job with some things, but never considered that he would find girls skipping alarming or plastic bags up trees threatening. We're working on it now but next time I'll make sure my puppy grows up more confident in the world around him.
At different times I've said "if he would just..... then he'd be perfect"What I'd really like is for Merc not to react to people he doesn't like with a big woof. I can live with the excess energy, with the insistence on cuddles, with the love of rolling in disgusting, unidentifiable things but I would like to be able to take him out in public with confidence.
However I have to admit it's my fault for not socialising him enough as a puppy. I did a great job with some things, but never considered that he would find girls skipping alarming or plastic bags up trees threatening. We're working on it now but next time I'll make sure my puppy grows up more confident in the world around him.
I can't think of anything to change! Dexter was quite energetic when he was younger but Scarlet has been much less energetic from the beginning. Right now they are both lying in the sun in the back yard, being very quiet. We love them just the way they are!!!
Sarahaf, Lia does the same thing Rosie does! Lia is an extremely intelligent little girl (a little too much for her own good ) and knows what she has to do to not only get our attention but also a treat out of it at the same time. We have her in puppy classes and she recently learned "Leave It" for things that she wants to play with but can never have. It worked great for a few days and we would treat her after, but now we are to the point where it is a game...she gets the pleasure of playing with something she knows she is not supposed to, like a sock or shoe, and the when she stops when we give her the Leave It command, she gets a treat and goes right back to trying to steal the same sock or shoe, or anything else that will get our undivided attention. We stopped treating her as much and it's make Leave It a little less effective, but I'll ask the trainer tonight and see if he has any words of wisdom to report back.
So if there is one thing I could change about Lia, it would be that we could speed up time (but still have her be the same age she is now) so she would be more mature and we could let her roam free around the house without the worry of her finding a tasty sock or shoe to devower (she's already downed one pair of heals). Ryan would love it if instead of stealing a sock to chew on, she would retrive it for him so he can put them on, but I think we are a long time away from that happening! Wishful thinking...One more thing! Lia has the loundest "death cries", as we call it. She is such a whiner; doesn't back much (which is good), but will whine to no end, especially when she has done something she is not supposed to and we "punish" her by a little cuddle time with us to calm her down out of her "turbo" mode. Less death cries would be nice, but if I had to choose that or excessive barking, I would choose death cries.
) and knows what she has to do to not only get our attention but also a treat out of it at the same time. We have her in puppy classes and she recently learned "Leave It" for things that she wants to play with but can never have. It worked great for a few days and we would treat her after, but now we are to the point where it is a game...she gets the pleasure of playing with something she knows she is not supposed to, like a sock or shoe, and the when she stops when we give her the Leave It command, she gets a treat and goes right back to trying to steal the same sock or shoe, or anything else that will get our undivided attention. We stopped treating her as much and it's make Leave It a little less effective, but I'll ask the trainer tonight and see if he has any words of wisdom to report back.So if there is one thing I could change about Lia, it would be that we could speed up time (but still have her be the same age she is now) so she would be more mature and we could let her roam free around the house without the worry of her finding a tasty sock or shoe to devower (she's already downed one pair of heals). Ryan would love it if instead of stealing a sock to chew on, she would retrive it for him so he can put them on, but I think we are a long time away from that happening! Wishful thinking...One more thing! Lia has the loundest "death cries", as we call it. She is such a whiner; doesn't back much (which is good), but will whine to no end, especially when she has done something she is not supposed to and we "punish" her by a little cuddle time with us to calm her down out of her "turbo" mode. Less death cries would be nice, but if I had to choose that or excessive barking, I would choose death cries.
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