 Relatives, their dogs
#397173 - 03/05/2015 09:10 PM |
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Pointers on managing dogs who belong to relatives, when the relatives are visiting your home would be appreciated.
It is like criticism of children. I think it is a minefield.
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#397174 - 03/05/2015 11:37 PM |
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The bottom line is your house, your rules.
Most of my family is very doggy but different rules vary from house to house.
Some are more lenient then others but fortunately no one has a problem following the house rules wherever they are at.
I classify one family member to be in the "furbaby" category but that person knows house rules rule!
One in-law doesn't like dogs. We all except that and don't bring them when visiting there.
Rules need to be established with anyone who wants "their" dog(s) to be excepted in "your" house.
Being one of 7 kids with lots of nieces, nephews, grand-kids, etc I know I'm probably lucky on this subject.
We pretty much raised one another and the 7 of us still get together often. That can be with or without dogs and or kids.
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#397178 - 03/06/2015 07:21 AM |
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I agree with Bob.
Maybe to soften it, just blame it on Pinker. 
"Pink doesn't do very well with other dogs in the house--especially ones he doesn't know. He can be very territorial. So, much as we love Fluffy's visits, when she's here she will need to be on a leash inside, or in a crate. We wouldn't want anything to happen to her..."
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#397181 - 03/06/2015 08:20 AM |
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Tracy great advice.
It pissed me off that MY dog was on a leash and in a crate while furbaby ran wild. My dog made the mess....but on thinking about it, I know why. Condo is a very small space.
Just the sound of Furbaby's jingling tags was making ME want to pee on the couch after 48 hrs.
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#397182 - 03/06/2015 08:50 AM |
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Hmmmph... And I'm bothered because I have the opposite problem. All of my family's dogs know each other and visit, except mine. My family used to ask why I didn't bring her with me on extended visits, and the simplest answer was that "It would upset the harmony of our visit".
They also know that they can't bring pets when they visit our house. None have ever asked if it was okay, so I assumed it was just out of common sense or common courtesy, that they just got it.
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#397185 - 03/06/2015 10:44 AM |
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Pointers on managing dogs who belong to relatives, when the relatives are visiting your home would be appreciated.
It is like criticism of children. I think it is a minefield.
Well, as others here have more politely pointed out already, those particular relatives are just Clueless Clunkheads (no offense to you, Betty, of course) -- And the key word here, naturally, is RULES : the Rules of Etiquette ... Prior to their next visit, I would have a calm & courteous laying-down-of-the-law with those kinfolks, saying something to effect of, "The last time Fluffy came over s/he put Pinker & me under a whole lot of stress that I simply can't have again; so in future here are My house Rules for Dogs : A-B-C/1-2-3, which I know you will have the Good Manners to follow (but if not then I'm afraid you can't bring Fluffy with anymore)"
Yes, that's a minefield of their OWN making, so if they insist on running amok in it & blow themselves up, never to darken your door again, then you will have inadvertently hit on a Win-Win solution, IMHO -- Please refer to my Sig-Tag below, LOL...
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#397195 - 03/06/2015 11:38 PM |
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I like Tracy's advice also. That could take the pressure off the siblings.
Peeing on your own couch could well keep the visits very short......especially if you did it in their presence.
Just holler "This one is mine and I don't want any other dogs near it". "The rest belong to Pinkers".
Chances are they won't even bother to say goodby. They'll just stumble over one another trying to get back out the door.  
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#397197 - 03/07/2015 04:31 AM |
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I think it is easy to forget that the majority folks that post here are the minority when it comes to training, feeding and managing their dogs.
I think it is safe to say the majority still think housebreaking a dog is rubbing it's nose in the poop it did 6 hours earlier + about 10 pages of other crazy ideas that have reliably never, ever worked.
and to make it even more scary they are increasingly armed with e-collars as a substitute for actual training a dog which they have never managed to accomplish at the most basic level.
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#397201 - 03/07/2015 06:23 PM |
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The thing that confused me is that my dog, Pinker, is incredibly trained.
He has hardly EVER been on a leash, and in Florida was peeing and pooting on leash for 18 days, no free time at all. Like 18 days of dog class non-stop. It was urban. With folks in elevators....didn't bark at anyone...on the street with walkers, wheelchairs, little kids. He was just a perfect gentleman. I was so so proud.
And then he peed all over everything, my sister's dog was like the last straw or something, Pink just went 100% "farm".
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#397203 - 03/07/2015 10:33 PM |
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Along with the stress of a strange dog running around in "his" house it could also be the stress of everything going on around him.
I know he's not a come pet me type of dog with strangers so is it possible that he was in a simple form of avoidance with the things he doesn't see/experience on a daily basis?
Even all that time on a leash.
That could add more stress to all the rest of the situation.
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