How do you disciplne your dog??

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Charlie is at the chewing stage and I have tried everything short of corporal punishment to get her to stop. The thing that works is to hit her with a sock. (Don't ask why I did it in the first place.) But when I do she will immediately stop her bad behaviour, lay down and chew on her raw hide.

Weird, weird dog!!

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I'll ask my brother. He works at a doggie daycare and is always comparing disciplining dogs to how I should discipline my daughter.

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Well I can recommend the sock method. Very effective in my experience. lol

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The other day one of our boy got into trouble. I was going to bump him (not kick, I wasn't going to hit him hard) as I walked by. He knew that I was mad at him so he hurried (ran) by, making me bump much faster than I was planning to. It ended up being a kick into our kitchen counter. My toe was numb for about 45 minutes. The truth is that I rarely discipline our little ones. At most I will chase them down & put my finger in their faces & tell them that they have been bad. Usually while I'm doing that I get licked & they are out of trouble.

[Agatha]

Jan 15, 2011 22:02:59 GMT -5 @justaposter said:

Well I can recommend the sock method. Very effective in my experience. lol

I don't have a dog anymore. . .sad story but what I had for her was a long , about ten inches, fabric baton filled with pillow stuffing. All it took was picking it up. She knew I was upset with her and would high-tail to her bed where she would stay in "time-out" looking at me with those big brown eyes until I relented. God, I miss her!

Yeah, she was a smarty.

[Jake 48]

I give Puffs the" look", she looks back at me with those brown eyes and I melt

[Apple]

When I first got mine she would try to chew non-stop on everything, even if I got after her. I finally had to get a shock collar it got so bad. She's part pit bull, but I got one made for a small dog and would only put it on "1 or 2" out of 10 levels and she'd jump and yelp like crazy. I felt bad, but it didn't take too long for her to figure it out that when I said "no" I meant it. With her size was afraid to smack her in case she bit me (we didn't know each other too well yet). Now she's sweet as can be. She'll still try to chew on things but she stops when she's told to.

[motherto2]

One of the worst things my pup chewed on was the cable to my computer . That was about a $60 replacement. He will get into stuff if I leave him out when I'm not home. Probably part bored and part mad. If he does do something wrong, he knows it was wrong, and when I discover it he goes running for his crate. He also got a hold of an ink pen and now I have a couple of dime size ink spots on the carpet on the landing of my stairs. But he has gotten better. I don't really have to discipline other than talking harshly (which I know he doesn't understand) since he puts himself in timeout. He's just so darn cute it's hard to stay mad at him. Probably a good thing he's not usually misbehaving ;D

[❤ mollymouser ❤]

You can also purchase some Bitter Apple Spray (or equivalent) at most pet stores to minimize risk of dogs chewing on things you don't want. Of course, makng sure that they have an abundance of appropriate things to chew (like Kongs) is also a great idea. But basically ... positive reinforcement when the dog behaves, scolding and time-outs when the dog doesn't. (And keep things off the floor that aren't chew toys!)

[Sharon]

It could be he is teething. Young pups will do that and then will stop once their adult teeth come in. They will also do it out of boredom.