Wioleta

Ha! I bet they think you are stupid for leaving such precious stuff right out there where just anybody can walk off with it!

Wworm

Bella, you is a tough gal! wow! hey maybe you can hire Mikey T to come across the Atlantic to train you and give u treats lol

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Princess Buttercup

Treats if i growl at boys?!!! Grrr... Ruff... Grrrrrrrr... Ruffffff!!

Where's MY treat fellas?


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cnth

my puppy minnie she´s just two months old and growls at me everytime i give her a command or scowl her... im starting to get frustated.. guessing maybe im not training her properly.. she wont even walk by me when on a leash... what to do?????

Mikey T

more than likely as they say you atttract more flies with honey than vinegar so called traditional training methods based on compulsion do not work well with most bassets.

see hard to train?
look at "difficult-to-train" breeds and the reality of what shapes these canine minds.

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But from their point of view, the growling "works" - the men leave. Every time.

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nuttypigs

Ah well all is well at the minute, maybe Bella was having an off day, she's been her usual self the past few days.

My next door neighbour did mention that we'd had a few gypsies coming round and she'd seen them looking at Bella who was on her windowsill, so it could of been that that's upset her.

I'd better watch out the gypsies could be a real threat to my little dog, though I had her spayed and microchipped so she's of no real value to anybody who wanted to steal her. Plus they'd have a job catching her. She can't get on the windowsill now but still manages to lay on the back of the chair so she can see out!!

nuttypigs

So true, as with our postie.

nuttypigs

That is such a good article.

I think Bassets are the most intelligent breed, they manage to manipulate us into thinking they're not very clever, so we'll leave them to snooze on the windowsill all day.

I've accepted that Bella doesn't enjoy Agilty class but loves the social aspect of it, so we're back to obedience classes over winter because she gets to see her friends and gets more treats than usual. When she's done something well she'll get maybe 2 or 3 treats I find that makes her work a little bit harder for me because she thinks it will happen again. It's called being manipulated Bella .

JustRoxy

You are probably right. They always look so proud of themselves after they are gone. I think at this point it is more a routine than anything. They wait expectantly by the window for them.