Is there anything about your dog that really irritates you?

[Dizzy]

On short car journeys, when bodhi knows where she's going she whines.... And whines.... And squeaks and just omg its sooooooooo irritating!!!!!!!! I have to put my music up really loud because I just can't stand it. I don't know why, its maybe the pitch or the fact she doesn't flipping stop!!!!!!!!! It makes me want to throw something at her (i wouldn't ever, but I'm not kidding).

On long journeys she is amazingly quiet, she will settle down and chill out, looks out the window or sleeps. But short ones omg I hate it.........!!!!!!!!

Anyone else have a confession??

 

[HayleyMarie]

Teagan can be very dramatic at times. Like when she wants outside she acts like the world is going to end and if she does not get outside she is going to explode.

That can be slightly annoying at times, but thats a terrier for yah.

 

[Toller_08]

Ripley won't listen when we have company over. He thinks that if I tell him to go lay down I didn't actually mean for him to stay there and quit bugging people. What I really meant was to only go to his bed for 5 seconds and come right back, and keep doing that continuously until I've really had enough. Then he makes me look like the bad guy because most people who come over to me house don't believe in actually telling their dogs to do anything. But alas... I still won't let him get away with being rude and so I put up with their comments.

Keira snuffles and screeches and whines and trembles and runs around like a moron for meal times for my mom (esp. irritating in the mornings when I'm trying to sleep), but is good and relaxed for me. She screams in her crate for my mom, but is fine for me. She runs my mom down the stairs, but is fine for me. She pulls on a leash for my mom, but is fine for me. The list goes on and on. And anything that she does bad for my mom is 50 times worse when she stays with her breeder. Why can't she apply the rules I've taught her to other people? Mom doesn't even do anything to warrant the crazy, wild-eyed, franticly anxious for nothing Keira. She is a totally different (nice) dog for me, and a complete nutcase for anybody else. Oh, and she won't potty outside easily if the yard is not hers, if it is cold out, or if the ground is wet.

Dance is always sneaking off into the kitchen and she has suddenly taken to trying to pee on my bed (even if she's already been outside), so now I have to keep my bedroom door shut. Oh, and it'd be nice if she'd stop barking at and acting all weirded out by people. We could do a lot more things together!

And they all scream in the car. Winston started it, then Keira learned from him, then Dance learned from her, and Ripley learned from both girls. It's an endless, evil cycle. When they were little we took plenty of 1:1 car rides to try and avoid anybody feeding off another dog's bad behaviour, but it obviously didn't work. Even if they're alone now they'll whine... which is still better than all 3 screeching I suppose.

Now I feel like I sound horrible complaining about them haha. But even for the irritating things they do, there are a hundred more things that are not irritating! Sometimes it would just be nice to be able to explain to them why I don't like certain behaviours and that I'd be very appreciative if they would stop.

 

[Backward_Cinderella]

Doom thinks he's a lap dog and pouts if he doesn't find a lap when he wants it.

Bobsie takes forever to find THE PERFECT PLACE to potty. I've seriously stood outside with her for half an hour before she goes when she was dancing to go as I brought them out. It drives me nuts, especially when its cold.

 

[Dizzy]

Bodhi will also pace till she's allowed on someone's lap or next to them on the chair.... She now has her own chair!!! Probably doesn't help

And she fusses round my boyfriend constantly.... She adores him and it winds me up because he spoils her lol!!!

 

[Dakotah]

Bobsie takes forever to find THE PERFECT PLACE to potty. I've seriously stood outside with her for half an hour before she goes when she was dancing to go as I brought them out. It drives me nuts, especially when its cold.

OMGoodness. My dad and I fostered a Husky, she was BEAUTIFUL and gah I loved everything about her from her coat color to her spunkiness! But she did the EXACT thing Bobsie does.

 

[Taqroy]

I could live without Mu's squirrel obsession. And her obnoxious OH HAI LET ME JUMP UP AND POKE YOU IN THE EYE thing she does to visitors.

With Tipper, I could stand a little less barking. I know she's a mix of two barky dogs but does she REALLY have to make that high pitched bark every single time I pick up the ball?

Murphy is perfect. Just kidding, actually he likes to sit in the corner of the yard and pretend like he can't hear me when he doesn't want to come outside.

 

[Southpaw]

Juno is way too vocal for my liking. Not barky. She just whines/whimpers/groans all the freaking time.

And Lucy barks at every little noise which is super irritating.

 

[PitBullLove]

Oh lets seeeeeee...

Kenai is OBSESSED with balls. If you have one in your hand, nothing else exists. And he also is very sneaky and when he is outside he'll be behaving and then he'll try to scurry up the road to my uncles and I'll say Kenai NO. Kenai COME. And he will stop. And look to the side. And all around. And just stand there. If I come towards him, he'll usually come towards me like, oh, you're coming to get me? Oh okay sorry I'm coming (this is because nobody enforces what they tell the dogs to do besides me). But I like him to come to ME. Sooner or later he'll either turn around or take off if he sees something interesting. This drives me nuts. And he will go out to the kennel for ME but for nobody else. He will lay on the ground on his back and will have to be dragged outside. He won't budge.

Karma is a frickin' RHINO. You could hold her in the air by an ear and she wouldn't mind one bit. She has a hard body and is also VERY hard headed. She does not catch on to ideas quickly when she has her own ideas in her head. She'll eat anything and EVERYTHING, and she is OBSESSED with my cat. She LOVES the cat. She follows her everywhere, makes people trip over her so she can trail close behind the cat and wag her tail as hard as she can and lick the cats face every time she gets as her tail hits and knocks everything over. She also doesn't get the OUT or NO idea. If she's begging at the dinner table and someone tells her OUT, she just drops to the floor and lays there. If she's pushed, she just drops to the floor and lays there. She's also quite the character - if she doesn't wanna go in her crate (went through this multiple times a day when she's in heat) she'll lay down and pull herself into the superman position and look at you and go AWOOWOOWHOOOO, like noooo pleaseeeee nooooooo. And she is unpredictable with other dogs. She's still my girl.

Darla (my sister's dog that is living with me at the moment) has recently gotten much better at not screaming when she is in the crate, besides when someone comes home that she can get away with it with, then she will scream and whine constantly. She also submissive pees over the TINIEST things because my sister did not socialize her at all. It is SO annoying, she can't even come in my room. If you say no, she pees. Snap the leash, shes pees. Praise her, she pees. Pet her, she pees. Walk towards her, she pees. She also destroys EVERYTHING. My sister had done no training with her before she moved in with me and now I am working with her. But in this process she has destroyed the outside kennel, the heat lamp, the tarp, the kennel door, all of the doors in the house, multiple window screens, and tons of shoes, underwear, and bras. Oh and she is WAY too vocal.

 

[Laurelin]

Mine are both loudmouths and it's annoying sometimes. Yapping and whining. Both have issues holding in their excitement and it comes out vocally a lot. Most the time I honestly don't care but occasionally it bugs me.

The constant tennis balls thrown at me annoy me sometimes. Sometimes she just has really awful timing.

 

[sillysally]

COUNTER SURFING. They both do it and it drives me nuts. Jack is a little easier to deal with because he will do it right in front of you, so you can take care of it then and there, but Sally is super sneaky.

Jack practically goes into convulsions when it's meal time. I won't feed him, or even walk toward him with the food until he calms down, but it's like he HAS to get that burst of crazy out before he eats.

 

[Wakh]

Oops!

 

[Sweet72947]

Miles (roomie's pom) is mostly very good, but I do dislike when he lays by the door, and then barks at it if the wind blows or he hears somebody walk by outside. I also dislike when he takes forever to go potty! He's getting better about both though.

Daisy has become bad in her old age. I am very glad she lives with my parents, lol! Daisy steals food like nobody's business. If you have it pushed back on the counter, she won't take it, but if its toward the edge of the counter, she snatches it! When I was staying at my parents' house for two weeks to watch the dogs, I left a glass pan with some brownies in it on the counter and when I came downstairs the next morning the pan was on the floor, and empty. Daisy never used to steal brownies before! Good thing I there wasn't that many left. I don't mind a dog that is food driven at all, but Daisy is food OBSESSED.

 

[elegy]

Steve BARK BARK BARK BARK BARK. Also, he kicks things when he wants something. Like if I'm lying in bed reading a book and he wants me to throw his ball, he'll kick the side of my bed. Or if he gets his ball stuck somewhere, he'll kick the wall. It makes me insane.

Mushroom drives me nuts with his food obsession. He is absurd about food. He is pretty sure that he is starving to death ALL THE TIME.

And Luce and the vacuum cleaner. She is certain that the vacuum cleaner must die and she ought to be the one to do the killing. (No wonder I'm so terrible about housekeeping!)

 

[stardogs]

Ziva: The incontinence is something she can't control, but the accidents are sooooo frustrating because just when I think we've figured out the right combo of foods/supplements/water she has another one. Other than that she's pretty awesome.

Kestrel: horrid counter surfer - I've actually considered a Scat Mat for it, but we just manage it so meh.

Aeri: she still poops in the house if I don't watch her - her signal to go out is so slight at times. Thankfully she is getting better about not faking me out about needing out; that was a huuuuge issue a month or so ago. Now to work on her ability to hold it...

Snipe: such an instigator! I have to watch her like a hawk or she'll pick at the other dogs over bones and such, though this has improved greatly in the last 2 weeks.

 

[oakash]

Suzie's need to chase the cat whenever she see's her. Its gotten worse. Its never aggressive, and while she'll mouth her head, its not because she want to eat her, its because she wants her to run so she can chase her up a tree. And while the cat isn't moving, she's barking her head off like a maniac.

And I wish that she had more drive to do stuff. She plays with her toy for like three minutes. And then she's done.

 

[PWCorgi]

Frodo still insists on chewing things/eating things like he is still a puppy. It can be very frustrating.

The most random things have to be put up or he will chew them. Like today I was sewing and my thread fell on the floor. Had to make sure to pick it up asap so Frodo wouldn't get it.

 

[Moth]

Watson's obsession with the kitty...He loves to bug her, and bug her, and bug her...trying to get her to run so he can have a chase *rolls eyes*

Menchi's lack of an indoor voice...she is not noisy most times, but when she is it is impossible to ignore.

 

[Locke]

His distrust in strangers, how he goes from calm to "OMGIT'SMOUTHYPLAYFIGHTINGTIMENOW" just from saying his name, his whiney panic mode when we come to a stop while in the car, his licking of pants and subsequent humping attempts on guests (usually the ones not fond of dogs in the first place), when he smacks me in the face to let him up on the bed, his snarkiness with other dogs, his laundryjustcameoutofthedryermustlayonalltheclothes honing device...that's just to name a few...

 

[GoingNowhere]

Boo - I wish she were more bombproof around strangers. She drives me crazy at home when she goes into one of her little insecurity barking/growling frenzies when someone that she doesn't trust walks into her space. It's manageable and I know that it's stemmed out of fear and insecurities, but it's irritating as anything especially when you're alone trying to deal with her and the stranger at the door. She drives me crazy when she goes into "deer!!!" mode on a walk or in the yard and won't be re-directed to save her life. I also honestly wish that she were a bit more bombproof around other adult dogs in her personal space. Oh, and I do wish that she would develop a way to "tell us" when she needs to go outside, rather than just hoping we let her out. Granted, none of these things "really irritate me" on a regular basis. They're just things that would be nice to have a quick fix to.

Other than that, she's an angel. About the easiest dog to live with that you could ask for!