I know they're supposed to be pretty even tempered, but I'm afraid that when he starts to get big fast, they won't have spent cute puppy time on dicipline and he'll go the way of Indy (the whippet).
They're very sweet and very strong willed. You have to put serious training time into weineramers (also almost certainly misspelled) or they sweetly walk all over you. My neighbors has one and it took them two years of concerted, consistant effort to keep it from jumping on people. Yeah, it was just jumping to lick and cuddle, but that's still a large dog for people jumping purposes.
Ugh. That's the downside of all training... the consistency and the concerted effort. Because honestly, sometimes it
is
cute and you want to acknolwedge and run with the cuteness, not the blatant irritation.
This is why, our dogs get on the bed with us, even if it is irritating at times. Because, sometimes it is cute adn we like it.
This is why, our dogs get on the bed with us, even if it is irritating at times. Because, sometimes it is cute adn we like it.
t looks over at puppy curled up so cutely on window seat
Yeah. I have issues with this too.
That's the downside of all training... the consistency and the concerted effort. Because honestly, sometimes it is cute and you want to acknolwedge and run with the cuteness, not the blatant irritation.
Yup. This is why we won't allow ourselves to have a dog yet. We don't have the time to make the effort & be consistent. Dammit.
#4 was just taken a few minutes ago
They look like they're in Heaven.
My eldest dog, Mac is definitely the snow dog. She used to love rooting through the snow with her snout. She was very white when she was younger and would literally disappear in the snow.
Sam's a shepherd mix but he dislikes the cold because of his hip dysplasia and arthritis.
My last dog (strictly speaking, my last roommate's dog, but I lived with them both for 7 years) spoiled me on the training front. We'd say, "Don't do that!" once or twice and she'd stop doing whatever it was. You could see the wheels turning in her head. "Hmmmm. This irritates my people. But I can still do these other things, and then they pet me and give me treats. Eh, other things are good." This made us a bit lazy, so we never really did a full, formal training. But she was so smart, and so not interested in being the alpha bitch, it was almost a collaboration rather than a training situation.
I doubt I'll be so lucky again, even if I do get another black lab-german shepherd mix.
Winn-Dixie had a run-down rep for years in GA. But that's changing with the opening of new stores which rival Kroger & Publix for size, cleanliness and selection.
My dog rarely gets up on the furniture, so when she does I'm more likely to coo than to scold.
To wit:
Christmas morning
Because of her brows, she looks a little sad when she's looking down, even when that's not the case.
A happier shot: Kisses!
Piggly-Wiggly is definitely an inner-city chain in Milwaukee. Don't know about anywhere else.
I used to live in Illinois north of Chicago and they had them there too, as well as a Jewel-Osco.
eta: spelling goes out the window on mondays
