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Related to our problems last week with the dog acting out when we were watching our nephew: I bought a doll last week and we have both been "rocking",

Posted by kelly (aka kelly) Aug 18 '09, 16:01

"burping", etc. this doll, seeing how the dog reacts. He's pretty much acting the way he was last week.

HOWEVER - only since we have started trying this has our dog shown us that he will sit on command. I swear, we've tried teaching him to sit on command since we got him last November, with no success. NOW he is showing us he can do it.

So confused...

(Dog needs to get used to this baby thing, as I am going to be watching the baby at our house one night a week while his mother is taking a class...)

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so what was the dog doing again? - tRuMaN Aug 18, 16:11 10
- Basically, just invading every bit of personal space me and that baby had. Constant licking, sniffing, pushing with his nose, jumping, jumping, - kelly Aug 18, 16:15 9
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  - "Baby. The other, other, white meat." -- nm - Murphy Aug 18, 16:18
  - so the dog came from a pound right? - tRuMaN Aug 18, 16:17 4
    - Yeah, from the pound, and it is possible. - kelly Aug 18, 16:22 3
      - well, i know that a lot of pets get given up due to new babies. and the smell - tRuMaN Aug 18, 16:24 2
        
        Oh, he's done that with his toys since Day 1. He just likes chewing them. The rugs are covered in doggie toy fuzz. :) -- nm - kelly Aug 18, 16:30 1
        
        i meant the baby's stuff/toys -- nm - tRuMaN Aug 18, 16:31
  - Don't have any advice, but now we know who his alpha is. You. -- nm - the liioulu with fresh baked cookies Aug 18, 16:17 1
    - yeah, let him think that, until a steak comes along. -- nm - Will Hunting si Aug 18, 16:18
Will.... - Remlik Aug 18, 16:11 1
- Dog has to learn; he was really bad last week around the kidlet. - Will Hunting Aug 18, 16:37
I'm sorry, but the visual of Will sitting there burping a doll is really cracking me up :) -- nm - MojaveMeg Aug 18, 16:04 4
- (and Will says: he's on to you.) :) -- nm - kelly Aug 18, 16:09
- Yeah, and I feel pretty silly doing it myself :), but we need to get him used to this. - kelly Aug 18, 16:08 2
  - you're a wonderful person to keep trying to work with him - - 'lia Aug 18, 16:10 1
    - Eh - he's not biting the baby, he's just going to lick him to death. :) - kelly Aug 18, 16:11
that's such a great idea to get the dog used to the doll ... more pet owners should be this committed and on the sit thing - JenBro Aug 18, 16:04 1
- Maybe - but he was all over that baby even when I wasn't holding him - when he was sitting in his chair, on top of the couch or kitchen table. - kelly Aug 18, 16:10
This would be a good question to ask Michael Vick. He used to train dogs ya know. -- nm - Redmond Aug 18, 16:03

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