Should I leave it in a high foot traffic zone in my house? Is that a OK? The only place in our house that isn't loud would be our bedroom. If I recall ED said not to put a dog in the bed room though.
I want our dog to get used to our routine which happens to have lots of loud NO's from mom and dad and sometimes a spanking or two. This of course can be pretty loud. We try to time out our kids which my 3 year old is actually MORE scared of! She's actually said "Just spank me!"
Needless to say I'm wanting our puppy to be able to get some rest too only fair.
My wife and I have also been talking about changing our NO's to something else so if we say NO it's to the dog and we can handle him easier. Whatever we need to do we are willing to do to get everyone living together in harmony.
I would definitely crate your dog away from where ever you're going to be striking your children.
Striking kids in front of dogs generally goes badly. We don't believe in hitting kids, but as my late husband learned, even just grabbing a four your old's arm roughly can have unexpected consequences with a good dog in the house.
The four year old had pulled a knife out of the butcher block, and my husband rushed over and grabbed his arm roughly, to immobilize it so he could get the knife away.
The dog rushed over and grabbed my HUSBAND's arm. Not hard enough to break skin or bruise, but hard enough that it got the point across. That, and the growling involved, made it clear. "There will be no harming of the boy while I am around, or I will make it my business to prevent it."
We learned to be much more aware of the dog's location before any sort of stern reprimand was given in the house. My son learned quickly that the dog being sent to her crate suddenly, was a bad omen.
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They need to be in a quiet area...if the means the bedroom then so be it, at least some of the time. At least for the first week or so to settle in if there is tons of constant comotion.
They also need to spend time around the family, in their crate, & see what goes on & what is NORMAL in their new home. This way they feel part of the pack, which is comforting to them. Just ease into it if it is that wild.
My pups have always been crated in the kitchen or dining room during the day...where most of the fanmily activity is & in my bedroom (next to my bed for baby pups) at night. I don't have any little kids in my home.
All my dogs have always slept in my bedroom. But that is just me & the way I do it. In fact my female sleeps on my bed most of the time. I don't advocate that practice for everyone...just my way. I have no dominance issues with my dogs. Someone else doing this may.
Everybody's life style with their dogs is different.
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Aaron is absolutely correct about dogs & kids. I don't have any in the house, my son is older, but have friends that have had simular experiences like Aaron mentined with Danke & son.
Some dogs are FAR more reactive to this kind of thing than others. Even dogs without protection training. One of the dogs I was speaking of is a Aussie.
My female is on her feet, staring at the person & ready, if a guest or my son raises his voice a little too much to me & steps toward me. Dogs don't understand heated discussions & read body language better than we ever will.
Ok I understand. That's what I as thinking. I was 5 and we had what I thought at the time was a Wolf I think he was a huskie named Max living next door. My dad came out screaming at me for doing something and the dog stepped in. I my dad froze I froze and we both became VERY scared but I sorta knew the dog was on my side. Dad went inside and the dog laid down.
It's not just taking it easy at first... you're always going to have to be careful striking kids around a dog. Especially if the pup grows up playing with the kids.
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Am going to stick only with the crate issue.
I keep my dog's crate in a bedroom that we use as an office. This room is nice because it has two doors, one right near the back door to let him out. While not in the middle of everything, he can still hear what's going on or maybe see one of us on the computer. This has worked out great, because he doesn't make a peep when he is crated and rests calmly in there, no matter what is going on. (example: he was crated on Easter when there were 20 people in my house...not one peep out of him).
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John, I have to ask…If you need to spank your girls to keep them compliant, what will you do with your pup?
While your checking out marker training for your pup, check out http://www.clickertraining.com/node/159 for your girls.
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