what are your "rules"?

[milos_mommy]

What are the doggy "rules" in your house? Ones the dogs have learned to follow and ones you have to reinforce for whatever reason? such as no dogs on furniture or whatever?

our are simple:

Dogs may not be in the kitchen during family meals.
Dogs may not run down stairs past people. They must either go completely ahead of the person or follow behind.
Dogs may not bark at 1 am just because the neighbors dog is barking. (i've yet to figure out how to inforce this)

those are it really, besides the basic "no chewing, no digging, no peeing inside, no jumping on guests, etc."

 

[Scooter]

Our bed is the only piece of furniture she's allowed on
No begging- when we eat dinner she has to stay out of the dining room
No jumping on people (that's a hard one because people often let her)
She has to sit and wait for the "ok" from me or my husband before we cross the street
No eating grass or anything else on the ground while on a walk

That's about it. She is our little princess!

 

[bubbatd]

Rules ???? LOL !!! I had rules for 50 years ..... now Ollie rules me ! Just kidding !! Yes, all mine had to sit and wait for dinner .... not beg....never get on beds if I said " spread's on " ... no barking unless as a warning etc .... never up on couches unless invited etc etc . That's what you have to do with multi dogs . Ollie is really like a Granddog ......spoiled by Grammy !

 

[Spirit2010]

Sit, and wait for THEIR dinner..
No knocking small kids down, MUST be polite with them.
No knocking elderly down. Its a MUST.
Dogs must not tear anything up.
No getting on the furniture, only my bed.
No peeing/pooping on the carpet.
No excessive barking at 5:30 in the morning. (still have to figure this one out also)
Must settle down when family does.
No jumping on visitors.
No begging.

Wow, some of these are my rules, and most are my mothers. Poor dogs. Too many No's!

 

[ArcticHeatwave]

No jumping, no begging
not allowed in the kitchen!!
sit and wait for the okay to eat dinner
only furniture allowed on my bed, and that is only when invited
housetrained
when I say leave it, I mean walk away from the object (very good at this one

 

[Lizmo]

Hmm, I'll just do the rules for Lizzie. Major's are mostly the same except, he doesn't care about punishment.

~No getting on furniture - only Lizzie is allowed on my bed.

~ No jumping up on tables/counter (Major hasn't figured this one out Lizzie wouldn't try if she was dared to)

~No using the restroom in the house - of course.

~No barking unless needing something (to go out, come in, ect) or a threat. I've never has a problem with barking in the house with Lizzie, though, she doesn't bark much.

~No getting in trash cans to shred paper.

~No running out doors before invited.

~Not so much as a "rule", but habbit. For raw meals: She must be in a down/stay while I get her pen set up with the raw food, then I tell her "in" and she goes straight in her pen and then does a "sit" till I give her the raw food. Nor for kibble meals she must be in a sit before I put the food down.

~Sit at the door while I go through first then she can come through - not very much a "rule" again because I don't enforse it everytime just a habbit she has from when she was younger.

~No jumping on people - of ANY kind.

~Must stop barking at neighbor dogs when told/called off.

Can't think of any more

 

[PoodleMommy]

well i have lots of rules but the one I follow most is...


there is an exception to every rule!

(except about pottying... hes in big trouble if he goes anywhere other then his wee wee pad which he thankfully never does in my apt).

 

[adojrts]

Not allowed to raid the liquor cabinet
Not allowed to take the car unless given premission,
Not allowed to take the Muscle car or the Streetrod for a joyride.
Not parties when we aren't at home.
I'll kick their ***** if I ever catch them terriorizing the neighborhood as a gang and their done big time if they've got spray paint cans..............
And no mind games to mess up any visiting dogs and their owners

 

[elegy]

1. do what i ask, when i ask.
2. don't eat each other.
3. don't eat the cats.
4. no chewies on the furniture.

ummm... i think that covers it?

 

[Zoom]

Mine are about the same as Elegy's...

 

[bubbatd]

These are great !!!! Of course the potty issue , trash etc etc are no nos in any household !

 

[shazbot]

I don't have a bunch of rules for the dogs in the house. Only a few

No excessive barking- they are really good and stopping when I say enough
No eating food off the coffee table
The biggest would be that they have to wait for their food.

AND the ultimate NO NO...LEAVE MOM'S PATRON ALONE...certain death to any one who drinks it

 

[Babyblue5290]

I didn't have a ton for Lucas really. Main ones:

No bodies on couch unless you ask first!
NO trying to climb onto the laps any guest when they sit down!
No snouts in food that isn't yours

I think that's it that I really had to enforce and keep an eye out for.

 

[noludoru]

-You MUST get off the furniture when asked by a human. Period. No exceptions.

-No chasing the kitties, and leave them the heck alone when I say so

-No paws on tables of any sort including the counter, and if I'm stupid enough to leave you to countersurf, I had better not catch you at it when I come back in the room. You better be innocently sitting on the floor with the sammich you nabbed--if I see paws on the counter/table you'll have the dreaded Alone Time.

-No mouthing or playing with anything that is not yours.

-No barking while we're outside, even if the rest of the neighborhood is barking. Thank god he's good at this one.



Last, and MOST IMPORTANT OF ALL...

When I grab a blanket and hop onto my computer chair, if you brainlessly decide to jump onto it a split second before me, I will sit on you. And squish you. So don't do it.

 

[ACooper]

NO getting food of anykind for yourself from ANYWHERE in the house. Trash, counters, etc

NO dogs in the dining room when we eat our meals. I don't sit and beg for yours......you don't get to do it to me either

NO eating of toys other than your own. You know your toys because they are the ones I give you and tell you they are yours. Legos, stuffed bears from boyfriends, or Radio controlled cars ARE NOT dog friendly

NO getting rude and mean with one another. You are family......deal with it. My family ticks me off sometimes too but I am NOT allowed to bite them.

And PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE............No racing past me in the laundry room before getting your feet cleaned!!

Luckily, my two are WELL potty trained and do not bark for the sake of barking. When they bark I know someone is actually IN our yard.......not just somewhere in the neighborhood, LOL (otherwise I would have to make rules about that too)

 

[milos_mommy]

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When I grab a blanket and hop onto my computer chair, if you brainlessly decide to jump onto it a split second before me, I will sit on you. And squish you. So don't do it.

Milo hasn't comprehended the "don't jump up right when someone's about to sit there" yet.

 

[houndlove]

Must down and stay until released before dinner

Must sit and wait until released before we go out the front door for a walk.

Not allowed on the sofa when we're eating.

"Ask" to be let up on furniture if someone else is on it. If the furniture is unoccupied, they're allowed to get on it.

Must get off furniture when told.

No taking food from any place that is not their bowls or the floor.

No chasing cats.

Obey their known obedience commands to the best of their abilities (but these are often works in progress).

 

[BostonBanker]

No eating people.

If you are going to beg at the table, don't take the offered food and then spit it out under the table because you decided you don't want it (I've picked up many a pile of french fries or pasta).

If you are going to sleep on my good pillow instead of YOUR VERY OWN PILLOW that I got you, please keep the groaning to a minimum if I ask you to move when I want to go to bed.

The remote is mine. You don't get to pick what we watch.

 

[adojrts]

No eating people.

If you are going to beg at the table, don't take the offered food and then spit it out under the table because you decided you don't want it (I've picked up many a pile of french fries or pasta).

If you are going to sleep on my good pillow instead of YOUR VERY OWN PILLOW that I got you, please keep the groaning to a minimum if I ask you to move when I want to go to bed.

The remote is mine. You don't get to pick what we watch.

LMAO :hail:

 

[LilyoftheValley]

My pack is really good with boundries

Not aloud in the kitchen EVER unless invited
Not aloud on the sofa or arm chair EVER unless invited
No jumping in the bay window
No digging in the yard unless its in your half of the yard ( three acre yard is devided into parts, one acre is ALL theirs to do whatever they want, Dig, poo ect, and the other two acres is MINE. you can walk around in their but no digging.)
Your place is the Futon ONLY no sofa or arm chair, Futon
No exxesive barking.
And they MUST obey their obedience commands. No begging, or chewing, sit, stay, come, lay down, off ect.

My dogs are great with the rules and they know their boundries.